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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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Tall-tale Joe ..
1 posted on 05/02/2024 1:50:42 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

Liars gonna lie...


2 posted on 05/02/2024 1:52:47 PM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
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To: 11th_VA

Him and Beau help carry Jesus’s cross to the Crucifixion site and were beat up by the roman guards.


3 posted on 05/02/2024 1:54:32 PM PDT by BigFreakinToad (Remember the Biden Kitchen Fire of 2004)
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To: 11th_VA

It’s not senility (though Joe is obviously senile) - he’s been getting caught in obvious lies for decades now, long before senility could have been an issue.


4 posted on 05/02/2024 1:57:15 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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Joe Biden:
I stood next to Frederick Douglass helping him give speeches to end segregation right before Charlton Heston and I marched General Lee into the Georgia Ocean so blacks could sing and dance like you know they do about the greatness of our country and we could all drive the big rigs from the plantation to the train station I took daily commutes on with my close negro friends....
5 posted on 05/02/2024 1:58:05 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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Biden’s got more fantasies than Walter Mitty!


6 posted on 05/02/2024 1:58:16 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("A republic, if you can keep it" Benjamin Franklin.)
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7 posted on 05/02/2024 1:58:25 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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Stern turned out to be the biggest kiss ass on this planet.


8 posted on 05/02/2024 1:59:41 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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Lyin' Joe's gonna lie, but I'll give this one to him because he said that he was arrested on the black family's porch and the police brought him home.

Hard to disprove that, since there's most likely no incident report or arrest record to consult.

9 posted on 05/02/2024 1:59:42 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

It’s the sign of a pathetic, insecure, immature, little man suffering imposter syndrome.


10 posted on 05/02/2024 2:00:46 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: ConservaTexan

Nobody confronts him about it that’s why he keeps doing it, it drives me crazy.


11 posted on 05/02/2024 2:01:01 PM 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: 11th_VA

It’s only news IF he tells the truth....


12 posted on 05/02/2024 2:03:29 PM PDT by Thank You Rush ( )
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Joe Biden: “I was born a poor black child...”


13 posted on 05/02/2024 2:04:04 PM PDT by workerbee (==)
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It’s truly an indictment on how truly pathetic a life he’s lead when he has to make up lies to present his life as “remarkable”
Especially as one whose be a senator for the vast majority of his life.
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Trump may exaggerate but he doesn’t have to spin an interesting story of his life out of whole cloth.
In fact, if he was to write a true life autobiography, he’d out perform many famous Hollywood writers.


14 posted on 05/02/2024 2:04:41 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("A republic, if you can keep it" Benjamin Franklin.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Word!!


15 posted on 05/02/2024 2:05:36 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("A republic, if you can keep it" Benjamin Franklin.)
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Biden’s so humble /s........he refrained from mentioning the time
he and Nelson Mandela ate a whole watermelon together in the WH.


16 posted on 05/02/2024 2:05:38 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: GrandJediMasterYoda

Ain’t that the truth.
Stern has become exactly what he used to ridicule, an establishment hack.
He was feeding Biden lines just as he was reading from a script, which no doubt he was but Biden couldn’t remember his own lines!!!


17 posted on 05/02/2024 2:08:21 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("A republic, if you can keep it" Benjamin Franklin.)
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To: 11th_VA

Did he say “Civil Rights” or “Civil War”?


18 posted on 05/02/2024 2:08:38 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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President Trump just visited NY cops and firemen and brought them couple dozen pizzas.

Not to be outdone, Biden is meeting with DC garbage men and brought them bags of WH trash.


19 posted on 05/02/2024 2:12:06 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

I wanna see the mugshot.

When Politifact leaves a Democrat, hell is freezing over.


20 posted on 05/02/2024 2:13:31 PM PDT by DaxtonBrown (away.)
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