{"id":1671330,"date":"2022-10-04T07:38:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T11:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1671330"},"modified":"2022-10-04T07:40:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T11:40:10","slug":"biden-says-he-was-raised-in-the-puerto-rican-community-in-delaware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-he-was-raised-in-the-puerto-rican-community-in-delaware\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Says He Was Raised in the Puerto Rican Community in Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fbiden-says-he-was-raised-in-the-puerto-rican-community-in-delaware%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=1671330&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--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>President Biden told an audience in Puerto Rico Monday that \u201cI was sort of raised in the Puerto Rican community at home, politically\u201d \u2014 despite the fact that only about 2,000 people of Puerto Rican ancestry lived in Delaware when he was launching his career five decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has a habit of inflating his personal connection to audiences and made the claim while pledging Hurricane Fiona recovery aid <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/03\/biden-knocks-trump-en-route-to-tour-puerto-rico-hurricane-damage\/\">during a trip to Ponce<\/a> on the island\u2019s southern coast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a very, in relative terms, a large Puerto Rican population in Delaware relative to our population,\u201d Biden said in an unscripted aside. \u201cWe have the eighth largest black population of the country and between all minorities we have 20% of our state [that] is minority. And so I \u2014 I was sort of raised in the Puerto Rican community at home, politically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden, 79, was first elected to the US Senate in 1972 \u2014 two years after winning election to the New Castle, Del., County Council. <\/p>\n<p>According to the 1970 US Census, Delaware had about 2,154 people who were either born in Puerto Rico or descended from Puerto Rican parents \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.census.gov\/library\/publications\/decennial\/1970\/population-volume-1\/1970a_de-02.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">roughly 0.39%<\/a> of the First State\u2019s population of nearly 550,000 at the time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/biden-puerto-rico-060.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>President Biden told an audience in Puerto Rico Monday that \u201cI was sort of raised in the Puerto Rican community.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Evelyn Hockstein<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/biden-puerto-rico-059.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/biden-puerto-rico-059.jpg\" alt=\"JOE BIDEN\" class=\"wp-image-24110432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/biden-puerto-rico-059-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/biden-puerto-rico-059-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/biden-puerto-rico-059-2.jpg&amp;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>In 1970, Delaware had about 2,154 people who were either born in Puerto Rico or descended from Puerto Rican parents.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/Evan Vucci<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The number of Puerto Ricans in Delaware <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=DA4-8PmTyM0C&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;source=gbs_ge_summary_r&amp;cad=0#v=onepage&amp;q=puerto%20rican&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reached 4,857<\/a> \u2014 .81% of the state\u2019s population \u2014 by the time Biden was serving his second term in the US Senate in 1980, according to that year\u2019s census.<\/p>\n<p>Biden did not describe any links to Puerto Ricans in Delaware in his 2007 memoir \u201cPromises to Keep\u201d and the White House did not supply any examples in response to a request for comment from The Post.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter alignright\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\tKeep up with today&#8217;s most important news\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\tStay up on the very latest with Evening Update.\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Although Delaware had an extremely small Puerto Rican community, Wilmington\u2019s port was a common destination for emigrants from the island \u2014 though it\u2019s unclear if Biden interacted with those migrants.<\/p>\n<p>The Wilmington Morning News reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/156468583\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in 1969<\/a> on a panel discussion that described the city\u2019s port as the third-ranking East Coast destination for Puerto Rican migrants after Miami and New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Over time, the Puerto Rican population of Delaware grew. The state is now about 10% Hispanic, the Census Bureau estimates. The Pew Research Center says<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/hispanic\/fact-sheet\/latinos-in-the-2014-election-delaware\/#:~:text=Hispanic%20Origin.,26%25%20claim%20other%20Hispanic%20origin.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> about 55%<\/a> are of Hispanic Delaware residents are Puerto Rican, suggesting that close to 50,000 of the state\u2019s current population has roots on the island.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has faltered before when attempting to demonstrate a close connection to minority groups and other constituencies.<\/p>\n<p>Biden last September<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/09\/02\/tree-of-life-synagogue-disputes-joe-bidens-claim-he-visited\/\"> told Jewish leaders\u00a0<\/a>that he remembered \u201cspending time at\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cgoing\u00a0to\u201d Pittsburgh\u2019s\u00a0Tree\u00a0of\u00a0Life\u00a0synagogue\u00a0in\u00a02018 after the worst anti-Semitic attack in US history, in which 11 people were murdered. The synagogue said he never visited\u00a0and\u00a0the White House<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/09\/03\/white-house-admits-bidens-didnt-tree-of-life-synagogue\/\">\u00a0later said<\/a>\u00a0he was thinking\u00a0about\u00a0a\u00a02019 phone call\u00a0to\u00a0the synagogue\u2019s rabbi.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0January,\u00a0Biden\u00a0told students at\u00a0historically black colleges\u00a0in\u00a0Atlanta that he was\u00a0arrested multiple times while protesting in favor of civil\u00a0rights \u2014\u00a0another claim for\u00a0which there<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/sYzFB#selection-957.183-957.237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0is\u00a0no evidence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/biden-puerto-rico-058.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/biden-puerto-rico-058.jpg\" alt=\"A makeshift memorial stands\" class=\"wp-image-24110438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/biden-puerto-rico-058-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/biden-puerto-rico-058-2.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/biden-puerto-rico-058-3-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/biden-puerto-rico-058-3-scaled.jpg&amp;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Biden has a history of telling stories in order to relate to people, but later proving they were not true.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/Matt Rourke<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Biden\u00a0said at the\u00a0Naval\u00a0Academy\u2019s graduation ceremony in May that he was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/27\/joe-biden-says-he-applied-to-naval-academy-dates-dont-add-up\/\">appointed to\u00a0the military school\u00a0in\u00a01965<\/a>\u00a0by the late Sen. J. Caleb Boggs (R-Del.). A\u00a0search\u00a0of\u00a0Boggs\u2019 archives<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/14\/no-record-of-biden-naval-academy-appointment-he-boasted-about\/\">\u00a0failed\u00a0to\u00a0turn up evidence<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0the appointment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And Biden has told at least eight times as president<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/06\/biden-tells-false-joey-baby-amtrak-story-a-7th-time-as-prez\/\"> a chronologically impossible\u00a0<\/a>tale involving a former Amtrak conductor to underscore his love of passenger rail \u2014 most recently last month while hosting union negotiators in the Oval Office to celebrate the aversion of a major rail strike.<\/p>\n<p>Although Biden is the oldest-ever president, causing his mental acuity to frequently feature in public debate, he\u2019s also had a decades-long record of making incorrect statements about his own biography.<\/p>\n<p>Biden dropped out of his first presidential campaign in\u00a01988\u00a0due to a scandal <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/10\/23\/joe-bidens-campaign-has-spent-thousands-on-anti-plagiarism-software\/\">involving plagiarism<\/a>\u00a0of speeches and a law school paper and controversy about claims he made about his academic record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden told an audience in Puerto Rico Monday that \u201cI was sort of raised in the Puerto Rican community at home, politically\u201d \u2014 despite the fact that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1671332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1671330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1671330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1671332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1671330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1671330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1671330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}