Biden, just making' stuff up again
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The university has stated that he was never a student there. It said that he has only visited a couple times as a commencement speaker.
The statement is so weird that I have tried to find an alternative meaning. One possibility was that he got a job teaching there. However, he never claims such a position. I am not sure when that could have happened. He became a bar member in 1969 and was elected the very next year to the New Castle County Council in 1970. Two years later he was elected to the United States Senate.
Another possibility is that he is claiming that he started his political career at the school, but again the campaign has said nothing and his own book does not mention the connection. Did he launch his campaign for the New Castle County Council at the university? I believe the university is about 45 minutes away in Dover from New Castle. He might be referencing his start for the Senate. The campaign however has gone days without explaining if there was a speech launching his campaign from the university (though that would raise some issues on the use of a state school). Absent such an explanation, the clear impression is that he attended a HCBU.
Biden has been previously criticized for false claims ranging from graduating in the top half of his class to having three degrees from college to being the first in his family to attend college to coming from a family of coal miners to being arrested in trying to meet with Nelson Mandela.
Obviously, President Donald Trump has also been regularly and correctly flagged for false statements, including denials of his prior statements. Yet, if President Trump made such a statement, it would have had every network and newspaper demanding clarification or proof.
The story also magnifies the concerns over the lack of serious journalism surrounding Biden who has been routinely given softball questions and faced little scrutiny from the press corp. Interviews with Biden have been cringeworthy as reporters from major media seem to actively assist the campaign in staging favorable pressers. There was no reporting of this extraordinary statement. If this video is false, it is a major story. If it is true, it is an even greater story.
