{"id":1023478,"date":"2021-11-17T13:13:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T18:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1023478"},"modified":"2021-11-17T13:13:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T18:13:52","slug":"joe-biden-exaggerates-details-of-2004-fire-my-house-burned-down-with-my-wife-in-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-exaggerates-details-of-2004-fire-my-house-burned-down-with-my-wife-in-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Exaggerates Details of 2004 Fire: My House Burned Down &#039;With My Wife In It&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-biden-exaggerates-details-of-2004-fire-my-house-burned-down-with-my-wife-in-it%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1023478&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">President Joe Biden exaggerated Tuesday details of a fire that burned his home in 2004 while emphasizing the importance of infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on a bridge in New Hampshire, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/11\/16\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-bipartisan-infrastructure-law\/\">said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p>And I know, having had a house burn down with my wife in it \u2014 she got out safely, God willing \u2014 that having a significant portion of it burn, I can tell: ten minutes makes a hell of a difference.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden has cited this story before, particularly while talking about the importance of firefighters.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Biden\u2019s Delaware house did not \u201cburn down,\u201d and a \u201csignificant portion\u201d of his home did not burn.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firehouse.com\/home\/news\/10516121\/lightning-sparks-fire-at-bidens-house\">reported<\/a> at the time that lightning struck Biden\u2019s home, but the fire was \u201csmall,\u201d and firefighters responded quickly to a call from his wife, Jill Biden.&nbsp;Cranston Heights Fire Company Chief George Lamborn said they were able to keep flames from spreading beyond the kitchen.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Biden\u2019s telling of the story demonstrates his repeated willingness to stretch the truth to demonstrate a point.<\/p>\n<p>Previous versions of Biden\u2019s house fire story have been more accurate, such as his retelling of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/09\/13\/remarks-by-president-biden-in-briefing-on-the-impacts-of-the-recent-wildfire\/\">event<\/a> at a wildfire center in Sacramento in September.<\/p>\n<p>He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p>I got a phone call: Lightning strike hit \u2014 I live on a little pond \u2014 a 10-acre pond that borders my property. Hit a conduit in the side of the hill. It went up underneath and set on fire the internal part of my house, so the air conditioning just was billowing out smoke.&nbsp;When the fire company came, the smoke was so thick \u2014 not a joke. And the firefighters \u2014 I mean, you could not see in the house, from the basement floor all the way to the third floor. Not a single thing. And my fire service went and they saved my wife, and, as she says, saved the cat and my \u201867 Corvette.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_18792874\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/BIDEN-Corvette.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18792874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/BIDEN-Corvette.jpeg\" alt=\"Joe Biden sits in his 1967 Corvette Stingray on July 16, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware. (Adam Schultz\/Biden for President\/Flikr)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Biden sits in his 1967 Corvette Stingray on July 16, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware. (Adam Schultz\/Biden for President\/Flikr)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Biden also told the story in 2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/blogs\/politico44\/2013\/05\/biden-honors-firefighters-jokes-they-saved-his-corvette-163656\">during<\/a> the 25th Annual National Fire and Emergency Services Dinner of the Congressional Fire Services Institute.<\/p>\n<p>He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p>I was down here doing a Sunday program, and lightning struck my home and destroyed a significant portion of it, and you got my wife out. \u2026And in addition to my wife, you got my second-best love out of the house: my \u201867 Corvette. So thank you all. So I owe you. When I say I owe you, I mean I owe you.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden\u2019s remarks about the fire on Tuesday sparked a response from Glenn Kessler, a fact-checker for the Washington Post.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.6531986531987\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden today: We &#8220;had a house burn down with my wife in it. She got out safely.&#8221;<br \/>2004 AP news report: &#8220;A small fire that was contained to the kitchen\u2026.Jill reported the fire\u2026The fire was under control in 20 minutes.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2VcAebg9r5\">https:\/\/t.co\/2VcAebg9r5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlennKesslerWP\/status\/1460735080813535246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden exaggerated Tuesday details of a fire that burned his home in 2004 while emphasizing the importance of infrastructure. 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