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<blockquote data-quote="ThxOne" data-source="post: 8925040" data-attributes="member: 675210"><p><strong>The uncle eaten by cannibals story.</strong> During a 2024 Pennsylvania campaign swing, Biden suggested his late uncle Ambrose Finnegan was eaten by cannibals after his plane went down in World War II. The dramatic details didn't match the Defense Department's official account of the plane crash. He'd told a similar version before, which made this one of the more scrutinized "tall tale" type claims of his presidency. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/19/politics/fact-check-biden-pennsylvania-campaign-swing" target="_blank">CNN</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Misrepresenting his own debate comments on Israel.</strong> In a 2024 interview, Biden claimed he'd told CNN debate viewers he was only sending Israel defensive weapons. That was false. He hadn't specified at the debate that he meant defensive weapons, he'd actually said the U.S. was providing "all the weapons they need." <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/16/politics/fact-check-biden-false-claims-israel-immigration-spending/index.html" target="_blank">CNN</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>The Zelensky/Putin gaffe walk-back.</strong> After mistakenly calling Zelensky "President Putin" at a NATO event, Biden later claimed at a press conference that he'd corrected himself and then "added five other names." Fact-checkers found that claim false based on the actual footage. <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-biden-false-misleading-031751217.html" target="_blank">Yahoo!</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>The UAW endorsement timing.</strong> Biden suggested the United Auto Workers had "just" endorsed him to brush off concerns about his candidacy after a bad debate performance. That endorsement actually came more than five months earlier, in January, not in response to recent events. <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-biden-false-misleading-031751217.html" target="_blank">Yahoo!</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>China's population claim.</strong> Biden claimed China has more retired people than working people. That claim is false; China's working-age population is far larger than its retired population. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/19/politics/fact-check-biden-pennsylvania-campaign-swing" target="_blank">CNN</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>The Equal Rights Amendment.</strong> Biden said the Equal Rights Amendment "has become part of our Constitution," which PolitiFact rated false, since the ERA was never ratified by enough states to be added to the Constitution. <a href="https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/specific-lies-biden-told-1e67a9" target="_blank">Factually</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Insulin and COVID-era exaggerations.</strong> The AP found Biden often leans toward exaggeration rather than outright fabrication, citing overstated claims about insulin costs and old remarks about disinfectant during the pandemic that he sometimes mischaracterized. <a href="https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/specific-lies-biden-told-1e67a9" target="_blank">Factually</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThxOne, post: 8925040, member: 675210"] [B]The uncle eaten by cannibals story.[/B] During a 2024 Pennsylvania campaign swing, Biden suggested his late uncle Ambrose Finnegan was eaten by cannibals after his plane went down in World War II. The dramatic details didn't match the Defense Department's official account of the plane crash. He'd told a similar version before, which made this one of the more scrutinized "tall tale" type claims of his presidency. [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/19/politics/fact-check-biden-pennsylvania-campaign-swing']CNN[/URL] [B]Misrepresenting his own debate comments on Israel.[/B] In a 2024 interview, Biden claimed he'd told CNN debate viewers he was only sending Israel defensive weapons. That was false. He hadn't specified at the debate that he meant defensive weapons, he'd actually said the U.S. was providing "all the weapons they need." [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/16/politics/fact-check-biden-false-claims-israel-immigration-spending/index.html']CNN[/URL] [B]The Zelensky/Putin gaffe walk-back.[/B] After mistakenly calling Zelensky "President Putin" at a NATO event, Biden later claimed at a press conference that he'd corrected himself and then "added five other names." Fact-checkers found that claim false based on the actual footage. [URL='https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-biden-false-misleading-031751217.html']Yahoo![/URL] [B]The UAW endorsement timing.[/B] Biden suggested the United Auto Workers had "just" endorsed him to brush off concerns about his candidacy after a bad debate performance. That endorsement actually came more than five months earlier, in January, not in response to recent events. [URL='https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-biden-false-misleading-031751217.html']Yahoo![/URL] [B]China's population claim.[/B] Biden claimed China has more retired people than working people. That claim is false; China's working-age population is far larger than its retired population. [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/19/politics/fact-check-biden-pennsylvania-campaign-swing']CNN[/URL] [B]The Equal Rights Amendment.[/B] Biden said the Equal Rights Amendment "has become part of our Constitution," which PolitiFact rated false, since the ERA was never ratified by enough states to be added to the Constitution. [URL='https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/specific-lies-biden-told-1e67a9']Factually[/URL] [B]Insulin and COVID-era exaggerations.[/B] The AP found Biden often leans toward exaggeration rather than outright fabrication, citing overstated claims about insulin costs and old remarks about disinfectant during the pandemic that he sometimes mischaracterized. [URL='https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/specific-lies-biden-told-1e67a9']Factually[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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