Biden Mocked After Live Appearance In Which He Claimed He Was Arrested At A Civil Rights Protest
On Friday, President Joe Biden was subject to criticism from commentators on both sides of the aisle for stretching the truth during an interview with radio host Howard Stern.
This marked one of the few times that Biden has been interviewed live during his time in office. During the debate, however, Biden made several claims that were hit with scrutiny from national media and others in the political sphere, who alleged that the claims had little to no evidence, or were outright falsified.
Biden was particularly scrutinized for his claim that he had been arrested at a Delaware desegregation protest.
During the interview, Biden recounted what his mother had told him when he was invited to join the campaign of former President Barack Obama ahead of the 2008 presidential election.
“She said, ‘Remember when they were desegregating Lynnfield, the neighborhood … suburbia…and I told you…and there was a Black family moving in and there was…people were down there protesting; I told you not to go down there, and you went down, remember that? And you got arrested standing on the porch with a Black family? And they brought you back, the police?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, Mom, I remember that,’” he told Stern.
Biden was quickly bashed by various media voices from across the aisle, who claimed there was “no evidence” for the claim.
CNN reported that there is “no evidence Biden ever got arrested during a civil rights protest, as the Washington Post and PolitiFact found when they looked into this claim in 2022 – and Biden has at least twice told the story of his supposed presence at this particular Delaware protest without mentioning any arrest, instead claiming that the police merely took him home that day.”
Similarly, the New York Times reported that Biden “appeared to once again stretch the truth about being arrested at a Delaware desegregation protest as a teenager. There is no evidence that he was ever arrested at a civil-rights protest.”
Biden also made several other questionable remarks, as noted by conservative commentator Greg Price including the claim that he saved “half a dozen” lives while serving as a lifeguard in his younger years, and another claim that he was a “runner-up in state scoring,” during his high school football years.
Biden also claimed that he received “salacious pictures” while acting as a senator in the 1970s, telling Stern, “I got put in that ten most eligible bachelors list … and a lot of lovely women… would send very salacious pictures, and I’d just give them to the Secret Service.”
Biden did not receive Secret Service protection until 2008, so it is unclear how he might have given said photos to the protection service reserved for White House officials.
Biden has long been accused of making up tall tales, such as the infamous “Corn Pop” monologue, in which he claimed that he squared off against a gang leader under the moniker Corn Pop while he was lifeguarding at a public pool.
Just earlier this week, Biden repeated a claim that he used to drive an 18-wheeler truck while appearing at a campaign event in Florida.
In a “fact-check” piece, CNN wrote: “Biden has repeatedly embellished or invented biographical tidbits. In 2021, he claimed during a tour of a Mack Trucks facility: ‘I used to drive an 18-wheeler, man,’ then added, ‘I got to.’ At a separate 2021 event, he told college students studying truck technology, ‘I used to drive a tractor-trailer,’ adding, ‘I only did it for part of a summer, but I got my license anyway.'”
“Biden’s claim remains untrue. There is no evidence he ever drove an 18-wheeler,” the outlet added.
This marked one of the few times that Biden has been interviewed live during his time in office. During the debate, however, Biden made several claims that were hit with scrutiny from national media and others in the political sphere, who alleged that the claims had little to no evidence, or were outright falsified.
Biden was particularly scrutinized for his claim that he had been arrested at a Delaware desegregation protest.
During the interview, Biden recounted what his mother had told him when he was invited to join the campaign of former President Barack Obama ahead of the 2008 presidential election.
“She said, ‘Remember when they were desegregating Lynnfield, the neighborhood … suburbia…and I told you…and there was a Black family moving in and there was…people were down there protesting; I told you not to go down there, and you went down, remember that? And you got arrested standing on the porch with a Black family? And they brought you back, the police?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, Mom, I remember that,’” he told Stern.
Biden was quickly bashed by various media voices from across the aisle, who claimed there was “no evidence” for the claim.
CNN reported that there is “no evidence Biden ever got arrested during a civil rights protest, as the Washington Post and PolitiFact found when they looked into this claim in 2022 – and Biden has at least twice told the story of his supposed presence at this particular Delaware protest without mentioning any arrest, instead claiming that the police merely took him home that day.”
Similarly, the New York Times reported that Biden “appeared to once again stretch the truth about being arrested at a Delaware desegregation protest as a teenager. There is no evidence that he was ever arrested at a civil-rights protest.”
Biden also made several other questionable remarks, as noted by conservative commentator Greg Price including the claim that he saved “half a dozen” lives while serving as a lifeguard in his younger years, and another claim that he was a “runner-up in state scoring,” during his high school football years.
Biden also claimed that he received “salacious pictures” while acting as a senator in the 1970s, telling Stern, “I got put in that ten most eligible bachelors list … and a lot of lovely women… would send very salacious pictures, and I’d just give them to the Secret Service.”
Biden did not receive Secret Service protection until 2008, so it is unclear how he might have given said photos to the protection service reserved for White House officials.
Biden has long been accused of making up tall tales, such as the infamous “Corn Pop” monologue, in which he claimed that he squared off against a gang leader under the moniker Corn Pop while he was lifeguarding at a public pool.
Just earlier this week, Biden repeated a claim that he used to drive an 18-wheeler truck while appearing at a campaign event in Florida.
In a “fact-check” piece, CNN wrote: “Biden has repeatedly embellished or invented biographical tidbits. In 2021, he claimed during a tour of a Mack Trucks facility: ‘I used to drive an 18-wheeler, man,’ then added, ‘I got to.’ At a separate 2021 event, he told college students studying truck technology, ‘I used to drive a tractor-trailer,’ adding, ‘I only did it for part of a summer, but I got my license anyway.'”
“Biden’s claim remains untrue. There is no evidence he ever drove an 18-wheeler,” the outlet added.
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