{"id":544118,"date":"2021-05-28T12:20:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T16:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=544118"},"modified":"2021-05-28T12:20:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T16:20:21","slug":"fact-check-did-joe-biden-say-mark-my-words-peace-and-democracy-will-be-made-in-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-joe-biden-say-mark-my-words-peace-and-democracy-will-be-made-in-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Joe Biden Say, \u2018Mark My Words: Peace And Democracy Will Be Made In Uganda\u2019?"},"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\">34<\/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%2Ffact-check-did-joe-biden-say-mark-my-words-peace-and-democracy-will-be-made-in-uganda%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=544118&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1320051840-scaled-e1622135391486.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>An image&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KazoraFredrick\/photos\/a.102874871643770\/222803592984230\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KazoraFredrick\/photos\/a.102874871643770\/222803592984230&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1622213017629000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEz7LhjB3F_Yh1AfmIQd9XpGxcaAQ\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims President Joe Biden said, \u201cMark my words: Peace and democracy will be made in Uganda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence that Biden said this quote.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Facebook image includes two photos: one on the left of Biden, and one on the right of Bobi Wine, a Ugandan presidential candidate who lost in the January election, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/01\/16\/africa\/uganda-presidential-election-yoweri-museveni-bobi-wine-intl\/index.html\">CNN<\/a> reported. Wine has previously stated he had evidence of election fraud, according to the outlet. The caption of the Facebook image attributes to Biden the quote, \u201cMark my words: Peace and Democracy will be made in Uganda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence Biden said the quote attributed to him. A search of his verified Twitter accounts \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Uganda%20(from%3APOTUS)&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@POTUS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=uganda%20(from%3AJoeBiden)&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JoeBiden<\/a> \u2014 turned up no such comments. Nor did a search of ProPublica\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/politwoops\/user\/POTUS\">archive<\/a> of his deleted tweets. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/12\/23\/fact-check-barack-obama-joe-biden-tweets-free-bobi-wine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Barack Obama And Joe Biden Tweet, \u2018#FreeBobiWine\u2019?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact also searched the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/?s=uganda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">White House<\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ug.usembassy.gov\/news-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Embassy in Uganda<\/a> websites, but found no mention of Biden pledging to bring \u201cpeace and democracy\u201d to Uganda. A search for news reports attributing the statement to Biden turned up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=joe+biden+uganda&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=nws&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj0v9ayt-rwAhXsFVkFHVGACFEQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&amp;biw=1440&amp;bih=821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/duckduckgo.com\/?q=biden+uganda&amp;t=hc&amp;va=u&amp;ia=web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">results<\/a> either.<\/p>\n<p>While there is no record of Biden making public statements about democracy in Uganda, Ned Price, a spokesperson for the State Department, told reporters during a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GN4d6HsEm10?t=9535\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 23 press briefing<\/a>&nbsp;that the Ugandan January 14 presidential election was \u201cmarred by election irregularities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUganda\u2019s January 14 elections were marred by election irregularities and abuses by the government\u2019s security services against opposition candidates and members of the civil society,\u201d Price said during the briefing. \u201cWe strongly urge independent, credible, impartial and thorough investigations into these incidents. We will consider a range of targeted options to hold accountable those members of the security forces responsible for these actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The State Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/imposing-visa-restrictions-on-ugandans-for-undermining-the-democratic-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> April 16 visa restrictions on Ugandans who are \u201cbelieved to be responsible for, or complicit in, undermining the democratic process in Uganda, including during the country\u2019s January 14 general elections and the campaign period that preceded it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image\u00a0shared on Facebook claims President Joe Biden said, \u201cMark my words: Peace and democracy will be made in Uganda.\u201dVerdict: False There is no evidence that Biden said this quote. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313389,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1320051840-scaled-e1622135391486.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Did Joe Biden Say, \u2018Mark My Words: Peace And Democracy Will Be Made In Uganda\u2019?","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-544118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1320051840-scaled-e1622135391486.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Did Joe Biden Say, \u2018Mark My Words: Peace And Democracy Will Be Made In Uganda\u2019?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544118","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=544118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}