Cognitive Evaluation Time… Big Time.

He’s gone round the bend, this president.

Biden Called Out For ‘Ridiculous Tall Tale’ About Giving Uncle ‘Purple Heart’

“My dad, when I got elected vice president [in 2008], he said, ‘Joey, Uncle Frank fought in the Battle of the Bulge.’ He was not feeling very well now — not because of the Battle of the Bulge, but he said, ‘and he won the Purple Heart and he never received it. He never got it. Do you think you could help him get it? We will surprise him.’”

He continued: “So I got him the Purple Heart. He had won it in the Battle of the Bulge. And I remember he came over the house and I came out and [my father] said, ‘Present it to him, OK?’ We had the family there.”

But Biden’s dad died in 2002, more than six years before Joe was elected vice president in 2008. His Uncle Frank passed away in 1999. So, Joe could not possibly have had this conversation with his father.

A report from the New York Post shot holes through the story, stating, “The known facts indicate it’s not true. Biden’s father, Joseph R. Biden Sr., died in September 2002 — more than six years before his son was elected vice president. Frank Biden, Joe Sr.’s brother, died in 1999.”

The piece also noted, “Frank Biden’s tombstone does not identify him as a Purple Heart honoree, nor does his obituary. A partial registry of known Purple Heart recipients also doesn’t note anyone by that name receiving the award, though that database is not comprehensive.”

The RNC Research Twitter account, which shared a clip of the statement to Twitter, debunked Biden’s speech, saying, “Joe Biden says after he was elected VP, he awarded his Uncle Frank with a Purple Heart he earned at the Battle of the Bulge. There is no evidence any of that is true — and Biden’s uncle died in 1999, while Biden wasn’t elected VP until 2008.”

“Seinfeld” actor John O’Hurley described it is “cognitive evaluation time” for Biden after watching the clip.

The Spectator’s Stephen Miller slammed the mainstream media for giving Biden a pass, saying they would have gone after former President Donald Trump over a claim such as this. He wrote, “This is the kind of thing fact checkers would have spent a week and 3 press briefings on 4 years ago.”

Even Forbes called out Biden’s claim, writing: “There doesn’t appear to be any record of Biden giving his uncle the honor—the president hasn’t mentioned the story in the past, there have been no news articles written about it and Frank Biden’s name does not appear on a list of recipients held by the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, though the list is incomplete. The White House did not respond to a request for comment from Forbes.”

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