{"id":2228593,"date":"2024-04-23T20:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T00:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/papua-new-guineas-prime-minister-slams-biden-for-suggesting-cannibals-ate-his-uncle-there-in-wwii\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T20:46:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T00:46:56","slug":"papua-new-guineas-prime-minister-slams-biden-for-suggesting-cannibals-ate-his-uncle-there-in-wwii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/papua-new-guineas-prime-minister-slams-biden-for-suggesting-cannibals-ate-his-uncle-there-in-wwii\/","title":{"rendered":"Papua New Guinea PM Criticizes Biden Over WWII &#8216;Cannibals&#8217; Comment"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fpapua-new-guineas-prime-minister-slams-biden-for-suggesting-cannibals-ate-his-uncle-there-in-wwii%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=2228593&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>Papua New Guinea&#8217;s Prime\u2064 Minister James Marape \u200dcriticized President Joe Biden for implying that \u2064his uncle was killed by cannibals \u2063during WWII\u2064 in \u200cthe country.\u2063 Marape expressed disappointment in Biden&#8217;s remarks and emphasized that his nation should not be portrayed in such a light. Official records suggest\u2062 the plane \u2062crash was \u2062due to mechanical failure, conflicting with Biden&#8217;s narrative. Papua New Guinea&#8217;s Prime Minister, James Marape, criticized President\u200c Joe Biden for insinuating \u2062that\u200b his uncle was\u2062 killed by cannibals during \u2064WWII in \u200bthe country. \u2064Marape \u200dexpressed disappointment in Biden&#8217;s \u2063comments\u2063 and clarified that official \u2062records attribute the plane crash to mechanical failure, contradicting Biden&#8217;s account.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape slammed President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> for suggesting recently that his uncle was killed by cannibals in the country during World War II.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, who made the comments last week during visit to Scranton, Pennsylvania, was referring to his uncle Ambrose Finnegan, a second lieutenant who served in the Fifth Air Force during the war. Finnegan went missing on May 14, 1944, while on a flight from Los Negros Island to Nadzab Airfield in New Guinea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe got shot down in New Guinea and they never found the body because there used to be \u2014 there were a lot of cannibals, for real, in that part of New Guinea,\u201d Biden said during his speech to steelworkers.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, 81, told a similar story earlier in the day when visiting a World War II memorial in Scranton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe got shot down in an area where there were a lot of cannibals at the time,\u201d the president said. \u201cThey never recovered his body, but the government went back when I went down there and they checked and found some parts of the plane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marape noted this week that Biden\u2019s statement \u201cappeared to imply his uncle was eaten by cannibals\u201d in his country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden\u2019s remarks may have been a slip of the tongue; however, my country does not deserve to be labeled as such,\u201d Marape said in a statement. \u201cWorld War II was not the doing of my people; however, they were needlessly dragged into a conflict that was not their doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s comments about the disappearance of his uncle do not align with official government records about the crash, which suggest that the plane went down due to mechanical failure and that three of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-claims-uncles-body-was-never-found-after-ww2-plane-crash-because-of-a-lot-of-cannibals\/\" title=\"Biden suggests uncle's body was not found after WW2 crash due to \u2018many cannibals\">men onboard drowned<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor unknown reasons, this plane was forced to ditch in the ocean off the north coast of New Guinea,\u201d a U.S. military report on the incident says. \u201cBoth engines failed at low altitude, and the aircraft\u2019s nose hit the water hard. Three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rare-whiskey-more-than-30-years-old-sets-record-profit-at-auction\/\" title=\"Rare Whiskey More Than 30 Years Old Sets Record Profit At Auction\">men failed<\/a> to emerge from the sinking wreck and were lost in the crash. One crew member survived and was rescued by a passing barge. An aerial search the next day found no trace of the missing aircraft or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-suggests-unfounded-idea-about-his-uncle-and-cannibals-in-world-war-ii\/\" title=\"Biden floats unsubstantiated claim about his uncle and 'cannibals' during WWII\">lost crew members<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>New Guinea was a key battleground during World War II as the Japanese sought to control the island for access to Australia, prompting fierce fighting through the island\u2019s remote jungles. The island also has a history of cannibalism, with Michael Rockefeller, the son of Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, reportedly being eaten by a tribe of cannibals on the island in 1961.<\/p>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed on Friday that Biden was speaking about how his uncle was brave.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe takes this very seriously. His uncle, who served and protected this country, lost his life serving. And that should matter,\u201d she said. \u201cYou have a president that lifts up our U.S. troops, our American veterans every day, who thinks about them, who actually thinks they\u2019re all heroes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When she was pressed about where Biden\u2019s claims came from that his uncle was potentially killed by cannibals, Jean-Pierre ignored the question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you\u2019re missing the point,\u201d she claimed. \u201cThe point is, you have a president that lifts up American veterans, who lifts up our U.S. service members, and that\u2019s what matters. He understands how critical and how important it is to be commander-in-chief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Leif Le Mahieu contributed to this report. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Papua New Guinea PM Marape criticized President Biden&#8217;s remarks claiming his uncle was eaten by cannibals in the country during WWII. Biden made the comments while visiting Scranton, Pennsylvania, mentioning his uncle Ambrose Finnegan, a second lieutenant in the Fifth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2228594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/James-Marape-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2228593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/James-Marape-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228593","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\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2228593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2228594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2228593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2228593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2228593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}