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Joe Biden repeats False tale that he got arrested during Civil Rights era
https://www.politifact.com ^ | May 2, 2024

Posted on 05/02/2024 1:50:42 PM PDT by 11th_VA

President Joe Biden has a track record of spinning tall tales about his past, including some that PolitiFact has rated False or Pants on Fire.

In an April 26 interview on "The Howard Stern Show," Biden told the talk radio star that he got arrested decades ago while protesting in defense of civil rights.

Biden said his mother encouraged him to accept Barack Obama’s invitation to be his 2008 running mate by reminding him of the stance Biden took while young when a civil rights flare-up happened in the suburban Delaware community of Lynnfield, near where Biden’s family lived at the time.

Biden said his mother used the moment to point out that all these years later Biden had the chance to help Obama become the first Black U.S. president.

We have heard this story before...

Police were called to the home as hundreds of people protested outside. There were a few arrests, but there is no record of Biden being arrested. We rated Biden’s statement False.

It was not the first time Biden shared a falsehood about his arrest history. In 2020, Biden said he was arrested in South Africa in the 1970s, a statement we rated Pants on Fire. Biden was stopped at an airport when he was traveling with African American colleagues but we did not find he was arrested, and Biden later walked back that part of his story.

Following the Stern interview, we emailed Biden spokespeople to ask whether they had additional evidence about Biden being arrested in Delaware in the 1950s. We recieved no response.

(Excerpt) Read more at politifact.com ...


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To: Right Brigade

Darn, I plumb forgot about that.......thx for the reminder.


41 posted on 05/02/2024 4:44:33 PM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. )
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To: Liz

He trained Jesse Owen’s how to run, taught Jackie Robertson how to hit a ball, showed Chuck Berry to play the guitar.


42 posted on 05/02/2024 6:04:31 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: 11th_VA

When he was told about the defacement of the statue of George Washington by the insane, destructive, terroristic rioters, Joe-Joe pointed out that early in his career, he served with George Washington, and was one of George's chief advisors.   Joe-Joe then related how he had advised George, just in the nick of time, that he should cross the icy Delaware River, from PA to NJ, and said this was how he told him:

      "From the river, to the sea,
      cross from P-A, to Jersey."

43 posted on 05/02/2024 6:24:18 PM PDT by Songcraft ( )
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To: Keyhopper

And he never even brags abput it.......watta guy........./s.


44 posted on 05/02/2024 6:43:12 PM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. )
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To: 11th_VA

He’s a poor, well-intentioned senile old man... ha ha ha ha ha ha


45 posted on 05/02/2024 6:46:25 PM PDT by californian by choice
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To: All

I guess Al Gore already claimed to have invented the internet, but Biden could convince many that he invented the wheel. Actually, it was the square wheel, a forerunner of the round wheel.


46 posted on 05/02/2024 7:31:39 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (A conspiracy theory is usually a fact that a leftist cannot endorse)
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To: 11th_VA

Howard Stern and Joe Biden “simply love each other”, as Creepy Joe’s father might have explained.


47 posted on 05/02/2024 7:39:16 PM PDT by alstewartfan (Child slavery, rape and drug OD's mean nothing to Roberts and Barrett. )
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To: Keyhopper

With those guys as friends, Joe had little to fear from Corn Pop.


48 posted on 05/02/2024 7:41:21 PM PDT by alstewartfan (Child slavery, rape and drug OD's mean nothing to Roberts and Barrett. )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Wow. Joe has certainly done a lot in his 182 years!


49 posted on 05/02/2024 7:46:26 PM PDT by alstewartfan (Child slavery, rape and drug OD's mean nothing to Roberts and Barrett. )
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To: Right Brigade

Did he really say that?!


50 posted on 05/02/2024 10:06:11 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: RedMonqey

He did the same with Hillary, you should see that one, I almost puked “I am your biggest fan, you are everything I love in a President, they treated you so mean when you ran for President” Once Stern got that huge contract from Sirrius radio he instantly became “Hampton Howie” ultra left

Caution: Watch with barf bag ready...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2kHUA-Zma1U&t=99s&pp=ygUUSG93YXJkIHN0ZXJuIGhpbGxhcnk%3D


51 posted on 05/03/2024 3:25:35 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Sorry my delay but I want to wait until I had time to watch the video

Wow, Stern has really sold out his brand.
He’s now just as pathetic as Drew Barrymore talk show.
Actually more pathetic cuz Drew actually has a “p***y”
Stern is just one big one


52 posted on 05/05/2024 9:21:17 AM PDT by RedMonqey ("A republic, if you can keep it" Benjamin Franklin.)
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To: 11th_VA

Money

https://www.jihadwatch.org/2024/05/how-hamas-bought-joe-biden


53 posted on 05/05/2024 9:25:50 AM PDT by combat_boots
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