They. Lie. About. Everything.

[Nevilledog]

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@AP photos show that President Joe Biden presented the Medal of Honor to a Vietnam War veteran properly, despite false claims that he put the award on backward. Here are the facts.

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Biden did not put Medal of Honor on veteran backward
CLAIM: President Joe Biden placed the Medal of Honor improperly around a Vietnam War veteran’s neck, positioning the medal on the man’s back instead of his chest. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
4:38 PM · Jul 7, 2022

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-biden-medal-of-honor-video-439374153701

CLAIM: President Joe Biden placed the Medal of Honor improperly around a Vietnam War veteran’s neck, positioning the medal on the man’s back instead of his chest.

AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Associated Press images and video show that Biden placed the medal correctly on the veteran’s chest.

THE FACTS: In the days after Biden on Tuesday bestowed the nation’s highest military honor on four Army soldiers for heroism during the Vietnam War, social media users were circulating a grainy video from the ceremony with false claims it showed the president making a blunder.

The video shows Biden placing the medal around the neck of Spc. Five Dwight W. Birdwell, who was honored for his help heading off an assault and evacuating wounded at Tan Son Nhut Airbase near Saigon in 1968, despite injuries to his torso and face. The blurriness of the video circulating online makes it difficult to see whether Biden places the star-shaped medal on Birdwell’s chest or back.

“Biden put his medal on backward,” read a tweet with the video that amassed thousands of retweets. “He’s declining before our eyes.”

“81 million?” read another tweet, referencing the number of votes Biden received in the 2020 election. “The man can’t even place a medal on a Vietnam Vet properly.”

But a review of clearer video from the ceremony makes it clear no mistake was made. While one recipient was given his medal framed, Biden fastened the three other medals around each recipient’s neck, fastening them at the back of the neck with the medal extending down on the chest.

AP images of the moment the medal was placed around Birdwell’s neck also show that Biden positioned it properly.

[SoCalDavidS]

1. Facts Are Meaningless, Try Again

Once they put the LIE out there, it's too late.

[keithbvadu2]

4. Mission accomplished: they got the message of lies out to their base....

Mission accomplished: they got the message of lies out to their base....

Cokie's Law - about politics and media coverage...

Cokie's Law states that it does not matter if it is true or not. It's out there.

Cokie Roberts journalist, author, reporter

Then they can apologize in a much smaller forum. (If they do)

[cilla4progress]

2. I'm fucking watching it now.

These stories of Biden's decline are a parallel to the claims that Obama was a Kenyan born Muslim.

They make me LIVID.

Do the fucking christofascisttarrds ever watch for themselves?

Or naaaahhhh?

[LoisB]

3. No they don't. They wait for Tucker to tell them what they saw.

[spanone]

5. Fuck Them.

[keithbvadu2]

6. 74 million who cannot see for themselves?

74 million who cannot see for themselves?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. Regular-clarity footage clearly shows Biden put the medal on the right way.

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[dwayneb]

8. That's because lies WORK

And the more ridiculous the better they work to drive the wedge. This is all about dividing us. Taunting those of us that are truth-seekers.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. "The person who posted the most viral tweet falsely claiming Biden put the medal on backwards ..."

The person who posted the most viral tweet falsely claiming Biden put the medal on backwards told me they know people have pointed out Biden actually put the medal on the right way, but they won't delete "because it’s Biden and he deserves the scrutiny."

cnn.com
Fact check: Anti-Biden commentators spread false claim that he affixed a Medal of Honor 'backwards'...
A false claim that President Joe Biden placed a Medal of Honor "backwards" around the neck of a Vietnam War hero has gone viral on social media -- with

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