White House does some cleanup of President Biden's story about Sen. Joe Manchin

Brett T. | 7:32 PM on December 21, 2021

First, a disclaimer: We don’t understand this tweet from CNN’s Kevin Liptak. President Biden had said Tuesday that Sen. Joe Manchin told a liberal caucus in the House that “Joe Biden didn’t mislead you, I misled you.” But later, the White House followed up by clarifying that Manchin did not characterize himself as having been misleading.

So Biden’s anecdote was just made up?

After Biden said today that Manchin "was speaking to a liberal caucus in the House and said 'Joe Biden didn't mislead you, I misled you,'" the White House follows up: "The President wanted to clarify that Senator Manchin did not characterize himself as having been ‘misleading.'

— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) December 21, 2021

https://twitter.com/thatluckyolsun/status/1473443103180734468

I’m still confused. 😒

— marina (@marinakyritsis) December 21, 2021

Biden "I misled you" — well finally https://t.co/5N6X97sl8Q

— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) December 21, 2021

'the president wanted to clarify that he made that whole thing up' is not a dream statement for comms to have to issue https://t.co/dfaw1acKdE

— Logan Dobson (@LoganDobson) December 21, 2021

Biden fabricated a story (he lied). Very on brand.

— Scarlett 🍸 (@fledtothesouth) December 21, 2021

Is he going to last the full term?

— ParksDept (@parks_dept) December 21, 2021

This has to be the most confusing clarification I've ever read. Can we get a clarification on the White House's clarification? https://t.co/MSxAs6ICQm

— Conservative Daily News (@CDNnow) December 21, 2021