MSN "The media has long downplayed and softened President Biden’s decades-long history of falsehoods, as most recently evidenced by a euphemism-filled New York Times report that referred to outright fabrications and lies as "folklore" stories with "factual edges shaved off."
"The Times finally discovered Biden’s trouble with the truth on Tuesday but was widely mocked for using mealy-mouthed language in the report.
"The Times noted Biden has lied about being "raised in the Puerto Rican community at home," his academic record, his life story, being arrested when protesting civil rights, being arrested in South Africa, pinning a Silver Star on a Navy captain and even the timeline when he rode on Amtrak to visit his sick mother, among other things. He’s told other unbelievable stories that the Times failed to mention, such as the claim he confronted a gang leader named "Corn Pop" in the 1960s.
"But instead of flatly calling Biden a liar, the Times said he "embellished narratives, sometimes only loosely based on the facts, to weave together his political identity." . . .
Video of Joe Biden Saying His Son 'Lost His Life in Iraq' Viewed 500k Times
"Joe Biden incorrectly described himself as the father of a man who " https://youtu.be/rBt7VPJRbUE " at a speech in Colorado on Wednesday.
"Speaking near the town of Vail, Biden designated Camp Hale, a 436-square-mile site where the 10th Mountain Division were trained during World War II, as a national monument.
"Biden saluted the bravery of the 10th Mountain Division in battle in Italy, before claiming he lost a son in Iraq.
"The president said: "Just imagine, I mean it sincerely, I say this as a father of a man who won the Bronze Star, the conspicuous service medal, and lost his life in Iraq. Imagine the courage, the daring, and the genuine sacrifice—genuine sacrifice they all made.". . .
Following his death in 2015, Beau Biden was posthumously given the Delaware Conspicuous Service Cross, presented for "heroism, meritorious service and outstanding achievement."
However, Beau Biden died of brain cancer on May 30, 2015, at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, rather than in Iraq.
The then-vice president's son, who also served as Delaware attorney general, was 46 when he died.. . .
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