Biden says his great-grandfather was accused of being in a group of killer coal miners in long-winded anecdote

NY Post ^ | 09/03/2024 | Victor Nava

[ChicagoConservative27]

President Biden claimed in a long-winded anecdote on Monday that his great-grandfather was rumored to have been part of a group of coal miners that would kill anti-Catholic mine foremen and lay the dead bodies “on the doorstep” of their families’ homes.

Vice President Kamala Harris nodded along as the 81-year-old president spun the strange yarn during his remarks to union workers in Pittsburgh, Pa., joking that he was “disappointed” to learn that his great-grandfather Edward Francis Blewitt was not a member of the “Molly Maguires.”

“I remember when my great-grandfather was only the second Catholic elected statewide in the state Senate here in Pennsylvania,” Biden began. “And I remember they talked about — when they’d run against him in 1906 — they said, ‘Guess what? He’s a Molly Maguire.’

[sopo]

Is he trying to bring back the old Kinnock lie? All of this needs to be fact checked, since all the “he’s lying “ red flags a re flying ( “no joke.”)

[FirstFlaBn]

I bet his grampa had high cheek bones to boot.

[GreenHornet]

For those of you who remember the tv series "Welcome Back Kotter", Joe Biden has become the Gabe Kotter of American politics:

"Did I ever tell you about my uncle who was eaten by cannibals?", "Did I ever tell you about my great-grandfather who was a coal miner?"

[Vaduz]

The reprobates mind never was good for anything but testing before it died.

[PeterPrinciple]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Maguires#History

After a series of often violent conflicts, twenty suspected members of the Molly Maguires were convicted of murder and other crimes and were executed by hanging in 1877 and 1878.

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They missed one?

[dfwgator]

Only Kotter’s wife was much cuter than Jill.

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

“I didn’t see or read anything about what this. Was he trying to describe how far corruption ran back in his family?”

No. He was suggesting that if you feel oppressed by someone, it’s OK to kill them.

[Dr.Deth]

So is this the father or grandfather of Uncle Bosie, so tragically eaten by cannibalism?

Same guy: Timothy Biden.

[Jumper]

Just a wow-zer. Biden is now pointing to a time when his family was involved in criminal activites. Tracing this back in time, the USG could use this justification to seize all his family-line’s wealth.

[Ann Archy]

HIS EYES WERE DOWNRIGHT SCARY!

[GailA]

lol

[mass55th]

It would have been hard for his great-grandfather Edward F. Blewitt to have been a Molly McGuire since he was born in New Orleans, La., in 1859.

From The Irish Times 2023:

Biden's Irish Ancestry

[mass55th]

Joe's great grandfather was Edward F. Blewitt born in New Orleans, La. in 1859, not even Ireland. Molly McGuires existed from 1862 to 1876. His great-grandfather was 3 when the group was organized. Biden’s great-great-grandfather Patrick Blewitt crossed the Atlantic as a 20-year-old cabin boy in 1848.

Joe Biden's Irish History

[M Kehoe]

Killer coal miners?

Maybe Brandon meant the Molly MCGUIRES?

LOL.

RIP Black Jack Kehoe.

5.56mm

[SERKIT]

::::Biden began. “And I remember they talked about — when they’d run against him in 1906.....:::::

So, he remembered things people said in 1906? Does the 25th Amendment cover Lewy Body Dementia?

[MayflowerMadam]

I saw that movie, “The Molly Maguires” decades ago. I don’t know how truthful it was.

[j.havenfarm]

What an amazing family. You know, Joe’s father was a very early proponent of gay rights

[Kathy in OC]

OK, but did he mention Hannibal Lecter, sharks, invisible US fighter jets, needing ID to buy cereal or how magnets don’t work when they’re wet?

[Iron Munro]

That actually took place on Biden’s Bizarro World on the dark side of the sun.

[Organic Panic]

And his parents named him after the first guy to climb Mons Venus. Sir Robinette Hillary