Whereas making an attempt to console a household who had simply misplaced their soldier daughter in a drone strike in Jordan final weekend, Joe Biden mentioned that he can perceive their ache as a result of his son Beau died in Iraq.
Besides he didn’t. The president’s son Beau Biden died of mind most cancers in 2015. Biden has repeated this lie greater than as soon as.
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‘My Son Spent a Yr in Iraq; That’s How I Misplaced Him’
Biden’s telephone name to the grieving household began out as finest it may given the circumstances, with information of a posthumous promotion.
The New York Submit experiences, “The 81-year-old commander-in-chief talked about of his household tragedy right into a name to Shawn Sanders and Oneida Oliver-Sanders, which was recorded by the Atlanta Journal-Structure.”
“Through the Tuesday dialog, Biden mentioned that Military Spc. Kennedy Sanders, 24, could be posthumously promoted to sergeant,” the Submit famous.
The story continued:
“Oh wow, that’s the finest information I’ve heard immediately, thanks a lot,” Oliver-Sanders mentioned as she and her husband started to cry. “You don’t know the way a lot which means to us.”
“Oh, effectively, I let you know what, it means quite a bit to me,” Biden replied earlier than including: “My son spent a yr in Iraq; that’s how I misplaced him.”
Beau Biden died of mind most cancers in Could 2015 on the age of 46, almost six full years after he returned from a seven-month deployment to Iraq. The president has beforehand defined that he believes publicity to poisonous fumes from “burn pits” brought about Beau’s deadly sickness.
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Not the First Time Biden Has Mentioned Beau Died in Iraq
This isn’t the primary time the president has achieved this.
“This previous August, Cheryl Rex, the mom of Marine Lance Cpl. Dylan Merola, who died within the Aug. 26, 2021, suicide bombing at Kabul’s worldwide airport, recalled her interplay with the president,” the Submit experiences. “His phrases to me have been, ‘My spouse, Jill, and I understand how you’re feeling. We misplaced our son as effectively and introduced him house in a flag-draped coffin,’” Rex recounted at a discussion board convened by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.).”
The lives of American troopers are extra vital than any election, however when the present president of the US who’s looking for one other 4 years in workplace can’t appear to get this proper, and his seemingly deteriorating cognitive capacity continues to be a difficulty – at what level do you simply cease doing this?
Perhaps he can’t cease. Or possibly he does it on function. Which is worse?
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