• jacksilver@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    God I hate sites like the dailybeast. The qoute in the article is “And when I was vice president, things were kind of bad during the pandemic”. However, Biden was VP during a pandemic - Swine Flu Pandemic. I wouldn’t be surprised if he made a gaffe like this, but their own article doesn’t support the headline.

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      6 months ago

      Yeah, the gaffe is just not recognizing that “the pandemic” means COVD now, not “whichever pandemic was happening when my story takes place”. Not a good sign for the sharpness of the old presidential noggin, but not “lost in time and jumbling events”.