Posted on 12/16/2022 11:19:24 AM PST by deplorableindc
President Biden claimed Friday that his uncle Frank Biden won the Purple Heart for his actions during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II — but there’s no evidence of the award and key details of the story are chronologically impossible.
The 80-year-old commander-in-chief has a habit of sharing false or embellished personal anecdotes to build a connection with his audiences and told his latest apparent tall tale during largely unscripted remarks to veterans in Delaware.
“My dad, when I got elected vice president [in 2008], he said, ‘Joey, Uncle Frank fought in the Battle of the Bulge.’ He was not feeling very well now — not because of the Battle the Bulge, but he said, ‘and he won the Purple Heart and he never received it. He never got it. Do you think you could help him get it? We will surprise him,'” the president recalled.
“So I got him the Purple Heart. He had won it in the Battle of the Bulge. And I remember he came over the house and I came out and [my father] said, ‘Present it to him, okay?’ We had the family there,” Biden went on.
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Biden’s father, Joseph R. Biden Sr., died in September 2002 — more than six years before his son was elected vice president. Frank Biden, Joe Sr.’s brother, died in 1999.
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Biden son Beau was killed in Iraq too. This is just more of the same. Inherited virtue via stolen valor. Where are the real warriors in the Republican Party that will call him out.
Wild stories and lies are one of the hallmarks of dementia. My dad had it and he told some whoppers.
He is simply trying to live up to democrat legacies like Kerry personally invading Cambodia or that time Obama personally strangled Bin Laden to death with his bear hands
“I misspoke.”
Why bother with the facts..it’s just a good story... it fits the narrative.
Unlike your father, Biden has been LYING his entire adult life.
Nothing but a steady stream of b.s. from Joe. His first instinct is just to make it all up.
Our lying media never calls him out because he’s one of them. So they ignore the lies.
It’s a crazy list (and some have pointed to a few in this thread) that keeps getting longer every time he opens his mouth.
You never win an enemy marksman badge, the person responsible for taking you out of action gets the reward.
Not sticking up for Joe, but there was the fire in St. Louis VA records facility in the 50’s or 60’s. A lot of veteran’s records were destroyed. My dad, who retired from the Army in 1963 had to fight that problem for years when he went to his VA appointments.
Yes, there was, and it really screwed over a lot of legitimate veterans.
Unfortunately, the "stolen valor" crowd loves to hide behind it.
Our lying media never calls him out because he’s one of them. So they ignore the lies.
But after he was blessed by the ‘Light-bringer’ he became untouchable.
He must be related to Gianni Russo.
Eggshell to the face?
When I requested some records, I was told that some had been destroyed in a flood. These would have been post 1990’s. I still got them, but they weren’t the originals and had to be reconstructed.
I'm glad you posted that. The same holds true for Medal of Honor "winners"....drives me crazy when people - or politicians - say that!
I think Mister Swift Boat is still picking rice out of his ample ass. I think he served in Viet Nam.
For sure this is another FJB lie..... Am I going to waste me time looking into it? No an FJB
Joe Biden is and always has been a pathological liar. That’s the sign of a very insecure person. Lying and bluster are common in bullies. And Biden is a typical bully, as he talks tough but is a coward.
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