“I did not walk in the shoes of generations of students who walked these grounds. But I walked other grounds. Because I’m so damn old, I was there as well. You think I’m kidding, man. It seems like yesterday the first time I got arrested.”
Joe Biden
President. in remarks in Atlanta. Claim dated 11 Jan 2022.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios
What Washington Post found
In Atlanta, the president referenced "the first time I got arrested.” But his story does not add up.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (President) made this claim around 11 January 2022. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 January 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/01/11/remarks-by-president…
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