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I never thought I’d say this, but President Joe Biden has actually called into question that old joke that you can tell when a politician is lying because his lips are moving.
Unfortunately for the life-long office-holder — and more unfortunately for the country he’s supposedly running — it’s not because he’s developed a streak of honesty unusual in his profession.
No, the reason Biden cannot sometimes be accused of lying is because lying implies an intent to deceive, whereas the president himself seems often unaware of what the truth actually is.
Here’s an example: Biden is apparently mad at special counsel Robert Hur for something Hur never did. That doesn’t strike me as a lie so much as some sort of emotional disability.
You’ve probably already read that, in his report about Biden’s mishandling of classified material, Hur stated that during his questioning of the president, Biden “did not remember, even within several years, when his son Beau died.”
Biden reacted to that statement with anger during a news conference that has been described in terms that range for “hastily called” to a “debacle.”
“How in the hell dare he raise that?” Biden asked the media — rhetorically, one presumes. “Frankly, when I was asked the question, I thought to myself, it wasn’t any of their damn business.”
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