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BooScout

(10,409 posts) Wed Feb 26, 2020, 05:19 PM Feb 2020

Joe Biden drops claim he was arrested seeing Mandela [View all]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51648166

Joe Biden drops claim he was arrested seeing Mandela

Joe Biden was not arrested in South Africa while trying to see Nelson Mandela, his campaign has conceded.

The US presidential contender had repeatedly said he was arrested during a trip there in the 1970s, when South Africa was under apartheid.

But a deputy campaign managers told reporters Mr Biden had been referring to an episode where he was "separated" from black colleagues at an airport.

(More) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51648166

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Joe Biden drops claim he was arrested seeing Mandela [View all] BooScout Feb 2020 OP

Does he also drop the claim that Mandela thanked him for getting arrested? BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #1

Why does Joe say things that are so easily shown to be untrue?! I can see why it makes you nervous. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #15

They ALL make me a little nervous, Bloomberg, Klobuchar, and Bernie included, LOL. BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #19

I hear ya. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #22

It's crazy that the moderators didn't see fit to ask about that last night melman Feb 2020 #2

They were all Biden supporters or so it seemed. jimfields33 Feb 2020 #3

Yeah melman Feb 2020 #7

Yep. No bias there. jimfields33 Feb 2020 #9

how she gets the classification of "journalist" mystifies me NJCher Feb 2020 #33

Yup, and then he yelled at her Polybius Feb 2020 #48

I don't think so PatSeg Feb 2020 #10

Joe needs the lift... but not gonna affect the outcome. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #23

Yeah, I hear ya ... NanceGreggs Feb 2020 #51

I didn't watch the debate, but I think they were protecting him-- BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #4

Ya think?! hahaha!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #24

He said it mgcgulfcoast Feb 2020 #26

Because in a world where Trump is President, marybourg Feb 2020 #5

In a Dem primary, people are being fairly nice. BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #6

Dottard sending the Ghoul all over the world holding governments hostage... BilltheCat Feb 2020 #11

I remember there was a similar Hillary Clinton moment PatSeg Feb 2020 #13

Yes. I find many of my old memories are marybourg Feb 2020 #18

I think it is often a bad habit PatSeg Feb 2020 #37

I'm sure you're right about politicians, but we all do it to a marybourg Feb 2020 #45

Oh yes PatSeg Feb 2020 #46

She did not survive that. Sinbad the comic said she was full of BS and Obama BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #20

Good point!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #25

Sinbad changed the course of history. BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #29

He sure did!! haha!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #30

we have a lot of choices NJCher Feb 2020 #34

It's pretty easy to understand why. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #17

if you are blocked or impeded it is a form of arrest according to the dictionary nt msongs Feb 2020 #8

Huh... BooScout Feb 2020 #12

Yes ... I was just arrested this morning stuck in heavy traffic. Who knew?! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #27

He said he was arrested in the streets of Soweto with the UN ambassador. BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #21

Or maybe you can... either way tho, it's not a good look. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #31

That is incorrect (Via Cornell Law School) Gravitycollapse Feb 2020 #39

If so then why has he dropped the claim that he was arrested? n/t totodeinhere Feb 2020 #42

Reminds me of Hillary claiming she was under fire ALBliberal Feb 2020 #14

Arrested vs stopped is not the same as an event not being there at all uponit7771 Feb 2020 #41

True but I think all candidates at some point ALBliberal Feb 2020 #43

Well... Mike Nelson Feb 2020 #16

please NJCher Feb 2020 #35

Thank you! nt Nay Feb 2020 #56

good, glad to see this nt Celerity Feb 2020 #28

Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #32

And why do I keep hearing a Bloomberg ad on tv that says he was mayor of Jane Austin Feb 2020 #36

Here Celerity Feb 2020 #38

Yeah that pisses me off. jimfields33 Feb 2020 #52

Biden would not go through the "white door" this is a net positive for Biden. Haters will uponit7771 Feb 2020 #40

He is a lawyer! Most lawyers understand what an arrest is! Nt USALiberal Feb 2020 #44

Still semantics ... important part is Biden's courage uponit7771 Feb 2020 #47

And yet not courageous enough to write in his autobiography. jimfields33 Feb 2020 #53

But Andrew Young and Charles Diggs dutifully went through a "colored" door jberryhill Feb 2020 #54

Stolen Valor is never a net positive. LenaW Feb 2020 #55

So now he's lying About the door?!?! uponit7771 Feb 2020 #57

Not what I said. n/t LenaW Feb 2020 #58

Snopes David__77 Feb 2020 #49

Lol...considering my source was the BBC... BooScout Feb 2020 #50