Snopes' debunking of Charlottesville hoax shows Biden lied, says Trump campaign

Valletta said:

Snopes detailed in its fact check that Trump was clear he was not calling neo-Nazis "fine people" when he made the comment at a press conference that year. "While Trump did say that there were ‘very fine people on both sides,’ he also specifically noted that he was not talking about neo-Nazis and White supremacists and said they should be 'condemned totally.' Therefore, we have rated this claim 'False,'" Snopes wrote.

Snopes' debunking of Charlottesville hoax shows Biden lied, says Trump campaign

The Trump campaign says a recent Snopes fact check debunking claims President Trump said neo-Nazis are "very fine people" shows President Biden promoted a "lie."

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Good for them! They surprised me and I hope Snopes continues to strive for the truth.

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Yttrium said:

It always bothers me when people read the worst into whatever Trump says. Demonizing him is not necessary. I mean seriously, it really, really isn't necessary.

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MrMoe said:

Biden has said several times that statement by Trump is the reason he decided to run for president. This was him saying that a few months ago.

So his presidential run was based on a lie.

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RoBo1988 said:

He also lied about the truck driver involved in his first wife's fatal accident (Biden claimed he was a drunk driver) . Just another of many.

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Pommer said:

These “lies” are rhetorical devices.
You just don’t come out and say, “don’t drink and drive!”; you give the audience a truth, (wife and daughter killed in car crash) and a “morality tale”, drunk-drivers are bad!

Personal anecdotes stem from one’s own history, (if we each look back at our personal history, what changes could we each see in what we tell ourselves to be “true”?)

If one should think that one hasn’t “amended memories”, one is lying to oneself.

But then, we’re not out giving speeches and telling our personal anecdotes, faulty as they might be.

These petty fibs are part of his schtick, his palaver. He’s been telling these stories for fifty-odd years, (not now Groucho!), If there wasn’t some variation and “morality-tales”, I’d be a little bit disappointed.

But if one really needs to be angry over these things, go right ahead.

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Driver In Biden Crash Wanted Name Cleared

CBS Evening News: Daughter Says Truck Driver Was "Haunted" By The Event, And That He Hadn't Been Drinking

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RoBo1988 said:

He would say that the driver "drank his lunch" he was sued for it.

Driver In Biden Crash Wanted Name Cleared

CBS Evening News: Daughter Says Truck Driver Was "Haunted" By The Event, And That He Hadn't Been Drinking

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CBSNews said:

At least twice, Biden himself has made public references to alcohol being involved in the crash. In 2007 Biden said the truck driver "allegedly ... drank his lunch." And multiple news outlets, including CBS News, have reported that Dunn was drunk.

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Pommer said:

I didn’t see a suit being mentioned in your link, the quote from the article was


”Allegedly” is grownup speak for “people are saying”.

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RoBo1988 said:

Biden used this untrue story to garner the sympathy vote on the campaign trail, probably ruining this man's reputation. He was not charged for DUI, or even fault in the accident.

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Pommer said:

And this irks you?

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RoBo1988 said:

I guess it shouldn't; the fact that a 50 year politician, uses a constituent as fodder to prosper himself.

A real "man of the people" right there, yesiree!

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hislegacy said:

So did all the propagandist - times after time - day after day.

There are people still today that believe it -

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Oompa Loompa said:

How many times did people use that Snopes "fact check" in arguments in this forum?

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Arcangl86 said:

Is it just me, or is this a distinction without a difference? Yes, he didn't say that white white supremacists or nazis were good people. But he did say there were good people on the side that the nazis were marching on. Call me strange, but if you show up at a rally and see numerous nazis and think "oh, these are the type of people I want to march alongside", well then I will have a very hard time considering you a good person.

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RoBo1988 said:

Biden used this untrue story to garner the sympathy vote on the campaign trail, probably ruining this man's reputation. He was not charged for DUI, or even fault in the accident.

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