During a weekend address to a crowd in Las Vegas, Joe Biden shared a story about his conversation with French President Francois Mitterrand back in 2021.
There’s just one tiny hitch with that tale. Mitterrand has been deceased since 1996.
Some media figures have floated the idea that Biden might have simply confused names. Do you think that’s the case?
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As reported by FOX News:
Biden tells crowd he recently met with Mitterrand, former French president who died in 1996
President Biden told a crowd in Las Vegas on Sunday that he recently met with Francois Mitterrand, the French president who has been dead for nearly 30 years.
The comments came while Biden was warning of the dangers of a potential second Trump presidency, as he aimed to shore up enthusiasm ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic primary in Nevada.
Biden recounted a story he has told many times during his presidency, about a meeting he had with French President Emmanuel Macron during a G7 meeting in England, some months after Biden had taken over the White House.
“I sat down and I said, ‘America’s back,’” Biden recalled. “And Mitterrand from Germany – I