Mary Margaret Olohan on September 3, 2019
Former vice president Joe Biden said Tuesday “the details are irrelevant” for decision-making in regard to his inaccurate war story that was actually three different stories compiled together.
The 76-year-old presidential candidate told 400 people assembled in a Hanover, New Hampshire, college meeting hall an emotional story about how a general asked him to travel to Afghanistan to award a Navy captain, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
Biden’s story was an inaccurate compilation of at least three war stories, WaPo reported. The publication based this claim on interviews with troops, commanders and Biden officials.
Biden commented on the story in a Tuesday radio interview with NPR Politics Podcast and Iowa Public Radio, saying the details are “irrelevant in terms of decision-making,” according to NPR.
“That has nothing to do with judgment of whether or not you send troops to war, the judgment of whether you bring someone home, the judgment of whether you decide on a health-care policy,” Biden said.
Biden’s three-minute story inaccurately detailed not only the time period, location and action, but also the type of medal, and the service member’s military branch and rank — and Biden‘s own role in the ceremony.
“This is the God’s truth,” Biden said to the audience as he told the story. “My word as a Biden.”
The 2020 presidential candidate compared his inaccurate telling of the story to accidentally confusing the color of a reporter’s eyes.
“It’s like saying, ‘I had this very bright reporter, and I think her eyes were blue,’” Biden said Tuesday. “What difference would it make about whether you were a bright reporter? Your eyes are brown. It’s irrelevant, and you know it.”
The Biden campaign did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
Biden does not even begin to tell all the lies Trump does. Furethermore, I checked out Bernie Sanders story. He was very calm. He simply asked for the baby to keep it down. Nothing like Trump says in all his rallies. Bernie is very mild in comparison.
In a Demokratz world, the details are irrelevant, when it is rewriting history.
For someone who says the president lies….OK.
He said ” This is the God’s truth” and on the “Word of a Biden. I wouldn’t believe nothing he says. He lied in God’s name.
Joe Biden “will tell the truth….even if he has to lie to do it!”
Biden must be a charter fan of the “True Lies Club”.
Biden has his “after all what difference does it make” moment. To a liar the truth and facts are alien things, thats why they are Leftards.
Well, I’ve violated their policy once again. so F**K THEM.
Why is anyone surprised. This worthless speck is a politician , a Democrat politician. They could not tell the truth if this life depended on it.. Hopefully everyone will see him for what He is a old lying worthless sack of @#%$. And will not vote for for him.
I remember Biden telling me, “and there I was, God’s truth, when Capt. Kirk told me we were going to Vulcan to award the Vulcan Iron Cross to Luke Skywalker for defeating the Klingon horde at the battle of Jack in the Box, when the enemy space cruiser Yamato fired an 18inch shell at us.”
He will want to be touching all the female reporters and their kids.
The guy has dementia, he cannot run our country. He cannot even keep his lies in line!!!
Well JOe you have had it like the rest of your Dems lie lie lie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What is truth? The liberals and Democrats could care less about truth. I quit watching the news because they wouldnt know the truth if hit them between the eyes. It is so sad to see this great country going down the tube due to truth, integrity, honesty, etc has no meaning anymore. Our politicians lack it, but whats even more scary, is the people who vote these lying maroons into office. Shen this country is like Venezuela, just remember you got what you asked for. No one to blame is yourself when your standing in the food line waiting for a slice of bread.
He believes hes living in a time of no social media, no Fact Checks and people dont remember anything.
Hes too old. He still thinks hes living in a time where there wete no Fact Checks, no social media and nobody remembers anything.
Will nobody come out and say that this man is in stage 4 dementia? That story was a typical delusionary tale that people with dementia spew.
Biden reminds me of Hillary – they both were making up stories to put themselves in the limelight. Remember Hillary and Bosnia, where she said she got off a helicopter under enemy fire? Well anyone with half a brain would have known she was lying…a. the landing zone would have been thoroughly vetted before the bird went to that locale, b. it never would have landed if lead was flying, c. if lead started flying as she was getting off, the secret service would have dragged her back on and gotten outta dodge immediately. But it never happened. And Biden seems to be doing the same thing.
With Joe it is very important on who his vice president pick is if he gets elected. If you think this man would make it through his first four years you are as delusional as he is.
Well then “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” must be true because it was based on a true historical person, right?
I believe that he totally missed the point. Dense is not a redeeming quality for a president.
Biden is IRRELEVANT
Biden illustrated what we all know – facts are irrelevant for Democrats and their media arm. Propaganda rules the day.
Biden is a commie…
please don’t put this old person in as president he has lost his mind he has dementia the beginning of Alzheimer’s and he don’t know what he’s doing half the time he will destroy the United States if he’s made president it would be a big mistake to vote him in
The God’s honest truth, his word as a Biden…….we know just how much that is worth. “What difference does it make”…think we have heard these words before, from another lying democrat
Be carefulness of this guy. He lies about this he will lie to all of us. We already have enough liars in the government I don’t think we need one like this. He’s pretty clumsy as well, in the telling….
They are all useless.
A guy who wants to be president and who can not stop lying at every turn and who can’t keep his hands off the ladies plus worse of all he is an OBUMMER follower. Nope don’t think so. A person who has been in politics for 40 some years, why would we expect him to change his do nothing but suck the government tit now. His corrupt kids tells the whole story.
Not much different than Hillary dodging gunfire in Bosnia. Both said their ‘stories’ were true — until the lies were exposed. Remember, Biden did say “This is the God’s truth. My word as a Biden.” Obviously his word “as a Biden” doesn’t mean much!
he’s irrelevent
Sorry Joe, but the devil is in the details. The liberals like to use grandiose talking points and shy away from the details, but it is exactly those details that will shred the constitution and make slaves of us all!!!
I say “Over me dead body.”
Not fit…
He is not for and even he knows it. His brain is ..tired. His ego should give it a whirl
If you are foggy on the details like Joe Biden, you are going to make bad decisions if you cannot manage the details properly.
To be truthful Biden is nothing more than a Lier and would nothing different as President. Look at his past