RNC Drops Comprehensive List Of Biden’s Whoppers, Fish Stories, And Fibs
The Republican National Committee compiled a comprehensive list naming Presidents. Joe Biden’s biggest whoppers on Tuesday, from his repeated claims that he drove an 18-wheeler to his insistence that a 2004 house fire — which was reportedly contained to his kitchen — had very nearly killed his wife and a couple of fire-fighters.
The RNC shared the list on Tuesday. “21 made-up stories Biden has told about himself as president.”
First on the list was Biden’s claim that he “used to drive” An 18-wheeler.
“I used to drive a tractor trailer … I only did it for part of a summer,” Biden said in 2021 — but PolitifactThere is no evidence that he did this. However, he did once ride in a tractor-trailer as a senator and drove a bus during the summer of law school.
1. Biden claimed — on multiple occasions — he “used to drive” An 18-wheeler.
Biden **rode** in an 18-wheeler once nearly 50 years ago. He’s never driven one.https://t.co/o7Za8LaR4J
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 10, 2023
Whopper number two was Biden’s claim that he spoke with the Insulin inventor — but of the several people credited with the discovery of artificial insulin, two were dead prior to Biden’s birth and there is no evidence that he ever had any contact with the others.
3. Biden claimed he “had a house burn down with my wife in it” And they said they “almost lost a couple firefighters.”
In 2005, Biden’s house had a “small” Fire that was contained to the kitchen “there were no injuries.”https://t.co/smEweQxg4E
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 10, 2023
Number three was Biden’s Repeated claim This is a 2004 Fire in Delaware nearly burned the house down with his wife in it and could have claimed the lives of a couple of the firemen as well — but local reporting suggests that the fire was quickly contained to the kitchen and that no one was injured.
Next on the list was Biden’s claim that he had grown up in the Puerto Rican community in Delaware — where in 1970, Puerto Ricans accounted for 0.39% of the population.
5. Biden stated that he was able to recall. “spending time” And “going to” After the 2018 shooting, the Tree of Life synagogue was restored.
Biden was never said to have visited the synagogue.https://t.co/9z0C8jo0fl”>https://t.co/9z0C8jo0fl
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 10, 2023
Then came Biden’s claim that he visited Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue after the shooting — despite the synagogue having no record of any such visit — and Biden’s assertion that he had served as a liaison to Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir during the Six Day War. That claim was problematic due to the fact that Biden was not yet a senator — and Meir was not yet PM — when that war took place.
7. Biden claimed his “first job offer” Boise Cascade in Idaho, a lumber company, was the source.
According to the company, they are able to provide this service. “no record of President Biden’s application or of him having worked for the company.”https://t.co/xLYMpUa1z9
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 10, 2023
Next came Biden’s “first job offer” — which he said came from an Idaho lumber company that has no record of him applying for a job — and his “first arrest,” He said it was to protest civil rights. There are no records that Biden was ever detained or attended such a demonstration.
9. Biden stated that he spoke with an Amtrak conductor about flying over 1,000,000 miles on Air Force Two in 2012 or 2013.
The conductor retired in 1993, passed away in 2014, and Biden didn’t reach 1 million miles on AF2 until 2015.https://t.co/92RvdxUtFc
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 10, 2023
Biden’s now-infamous Amtrak story — in which he claimed to have discussed reaching the million-mile mark with a conductor who died before he reached that milestone — was fib number nine.
Coming in at number ten was Biden’s claim that he was “appointed to the Naval Academy in 1965” — despite the fact that he graduated from the University of Delaware in that same year.
11. Biden claimed that oil refining plant pollution is the root cause “I and so damn many other people I grew up have cancer.”
Biden doesn’t have cancer. He *had* skin cancer, but the cause was sun exposure — not pollution. https://t.co/cKFXXoZNCp
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 10, 2023
Then came Biden’s claim that he Got cancer from oil-refinery pollution — he did have skin cancer, but that was attributed to sun exposure — and his insistence that he was a full professor at University of Pennsylvania. His records show that he never taught classes.
13. Biden claimed his “great-grandpop was” a coal miner — something he has been saying for decades.
He wasn’t.https://t.co/qbKkOW64V5
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 10, 2023
Next was the claim that he “great-grandpop was a coal miner” (he was not) and his assertion that as VP, he had finally gotten an overdue Purple Heart For his Uncle Frank. Biden’s
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