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[–] krashmo 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (14 children)

Why doesn't anyone call him out on lying about running for a second term? I very vividly remember hearing him say in 2020 that he would not seek reelection and yet here we are.

[–] mojofrododojo 9 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Why doesn’t anyone call him out on lying about running for a second term?

never saw this. citation requested thanks

[–] John_McMurray -1 points 2 days ago (9 children)
[–] mojofrododojo 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] John_McMurray -4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Google's right there when you're done being obtuse.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just went ahead and Googled it and I can find no credible source that he actually said these words at any time. So, if you'd like to bandy out that source, I think we'd all appreciate it.

[–] John_McMurray 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/4718993-did-biden-break-his-one-term-pledge/ it's been memory holed. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/09/biden-reelection-transition-president/675395/ (btw I was using "google" as a verb, my mistake. There's nothing on Google, you need to use search engines without agendas, or at least not that agenda)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"It's been memory holed"

No, your own source states that that was never announced. It was talked about within the party. There was never a public announcement to the American people stating that he would not run as an incumbent. Every source reporting on that was and is reporting on unsubstantiated hearsay never set into stone.

If you'd like to compare, Trump is tagged at 30,573 verified lies only during his time in office, not even counting statements made on either campaign trail.

[–] John_McMurray 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Didn't even read them, huh? Focused on one line.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's real rich from the guy that didn't even read his own source he posted in this conversation. Try harder.

[–] John_McMurray 1 points 15 hours ago

Read it all, moron.

[–] mojofrododojo 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

from the hill article:

So Biden never explicitly made a one-term promise during the campaign

ok. Look I'm not trying to pick a fight, I just never heard biden say that and wondered what I'd missed. The Hill article goes on to state:

but he certainly implied it with the language of “transition.”

yeeaah, uh, I'm going to vote for him because < HAHA FUCKING HELLSCAPE PROJECT 2025 > either way

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