We missed this Thursday, but as President Biden was giving a speech to State Department employees, he revived an old claim that he’d been shot at inside Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone.
Joe Biden revives controversial claim that he was 'shot at' overseas https://t.co/G3jxDzRsoP pic.twitter.com/uCm47x00GD
— New York Post (@nypost) February 4, 2021
The New York Post reports:
“You have great personal courage. I’ve been with some of you when we’ve been shot at,” Biden told a group of diplomatic aides in Washington.
Biden did not offer a detailed description of being shot at. But he was forced to walk back a similar claim in 2007 as veterans warned him not to exaggerate.
Biden said during a CNN-hosted Democratic presidential debate in 2007 that he was “shot at” inside Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone.
He later revised the claim, saying that in fact, “I was near where a shot landed.”
Is Biden back to remembering something that didn’t happen after forgetting that he’d already walked it back? Newsmax’s Greg Kelly has the clip:
The President of the United States falsely claimed today to have been “shot at” —-STOLEN VALOR. pic.twitter.com/7hdst5nQ93
— Greg Kelly (@gregkellyusa) February 5, 2021
Where’s Biden’s “reality czar” when we need him?
— Stephe96 (@Stephe96) February 5, 2021
@jaketapper could you do a fact check on this claim? Thanks.
— Stephe96 (@Stephe96) February 5, 2021
Was it during a corkscrew landing under sniper fire?
— Tom Martino (@tom_martino1) February 5, 2021
Let’s have Jen circle back tomorrow on this
— theflyingnun (@theflyingnun3) February 5, 2021
He dreamed it. Give him some slack.
— BOOMERSHAWN! (@ShawnSloan70) February 5, 2021
He was with Brian Williams when it happened. ??
— Jeff Turner (@Ragshimano105) February 5, 2021
Probably was Corn Pop
— T. A. Powers (@TAPowers01) February 5, 2021
Dear mercy…he's telling that tale again.
— Gail Terry (@gailmterry) February 5, 2021
Where’s his mask?
— gsimone (@gsimone14) February 5, 2021
Where’s his helmet and flak jacket?
I feel like that would of been in the news.
— My name is mudd (@boomslang_1975) February 5, 2021
When was this? In the basement?
— Christine (@crel2112) February 5, 2021
Was that before or after he was arrested in South Africa?
— Me llama Hilaria Baldwin (@mightfollow) February 5, 2021
This was after he wasn’t arrested in South Africa in the late ’70s.
Where’s your fact check on that Twitter ?
— Grant Athey (@AtheyGrant) February 5, 2021
Just some fire crackers Joe, relax.
— mark (@mark41699721) February 5, 2021
Was it Hunters crack dealer looking for payment?
— Ivan Trba (@IvanTrba) February 5, 2021
Mr. Biden is a master con artist. Review his history on videos.
— Marshall Gostnell (@MWayneG) February 5, 2021
Where are the fact checkers?
— WiseDude (@constage123) February 5, 2021
Leftist Press Jumps to Defend President Biden
What he meant to say was, “I’ve been with several of you when we got our shots.”
— Brandon Kowz (@RMFT2021) February 5, 2021
“I’ve been with some of you when *we’ve* been shot at…”
When the hell was @JoeBiden ever alongside first responders in a firefight?
Just another big lie on which he’ll get a complete pass.
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) February 6, 2021
It’s true. pic.twitter.com/l8DVzv8UI1
— Zombie John Gotti ? ? ? (@ZombieJohnGotti) February 6, 2021
A favorite motto amongst those that have been, you can always tell the ones that haven't been.
— groovesonmyhosel (@dnorm223) February 6, 2021
We don’t recall Jen Psaki getting any questions on this Friday that she could circle back to.
Related:
Joe Biden asks CNN if they’ve ever heard President Trump ‘say one negative thing about white supremacists,’ is not fact-checked https://t.co/3npu1KbbT3
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 27, 2020
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