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bluewater

(5,376 posts) Fri Feb 28, 2020, 04:12 PM Feb 2020

Lawmaker: no memory of any confrontation at the airport as described by Biden

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Wow, that's a direct contradiction of Biden's claim there was a confrontation at the airport, let alone an "arrest".

That was a "Further Update" from the Washington Post 1:46 PM · Feb 28, 2020

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Lawmaker: no memory of any confrontation at the airport as described by Biden (Original Post) bluewater Feb 2020 OP

(rolls eyes) Thomas Hurt Feb 2020 #1

So... his heroic self-serving explanation doesn't hold up either. BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #2

But Mandela personally thanked him and hugged him for being arrested. braddy Feb 2020 #3

Biden claimed Mandela said: 'You tried to see me. You got arrested trying to see me.'" bluewater Feb 2020 #5

Is he white or black? brush Feb 2020 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author bluewater Feb 2020 #6

Um, was the airport even in South Africa? bluewater Feb 2020 #7

Disturbing story melman Feb 2020 #8

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)

1. (rolls eyes)

Reply to bluewater (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 04:13 PM

Feb 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

BusyBeingBest

(8,054 posts)

2. So... his heroic self-serving explanation doesn't hold up either.

Reply to bluewater (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 04:19 PM

Feb 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

braddy

(3,585 posts)

3. But Mandela personally thanked him and hugged him for being arrested.

Reply to bluewater (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 04:37 PM

Feb 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

bluewater

(5,376 posts)

5. Biden claimed Mandela said: 'You tried to see me. You got arrested trying to see me.'"

Reply to braddy (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 04:46 PM

Feb 2020

“After he [Mandela] got free and became president, he came to Washington and came to my office. He threw his arms around me and said, ‘I want to say thank you.’ I said, ‘What are you thanking me for, Mr. President?’ He said: ‘You tried to see me. You got arrested trying to see me.’”
— Biden, in remarks in Las Vegas on Feb. 16

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/25/bidens-ridiculous-claim-he-was-arrested-trying-see-mandela/

THAT is waaaaaaaay over the top in light of recent revelations.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

brush

(53,787 posts)

4. Is he white or black?

Reply to bluewater (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 04:43 PM

Feb 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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bluewater This message was self-deleted by its author.

bluewater

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7. Um, was the airport even in South Africa?

Reply to brush (Reply #4)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 05:00 PM

Feb 2020

“We had no problem with airports at any of the countries we visited,” for Rep. Don Bonker said, noting Biden "wasn’t the only white guy on the trip.” Bonker also said such a confrontation was unlikely in Lesotho because it was an African-run country that did not have apartheid.

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Lesotho is a non-apartheid Black nation completely surrounded by South Africa.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

melman

(7,681 posts)

8. Disturbing story

Reply to bluewater (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 05:06 PM

Feb 2020

Really bad.

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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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