Biden repeats lie about being the first in his family to go to college — decades after admitting it’s not true
By Social Links for Melissa Koenig Published April 9, 2024, 8:01 a.m. ET President Biden has repeated a lie that he was the first person in his family to attend college — more than three decades after first admitting it’s not true. The oldest-ever president repeated the untrue claim while touting his efforts to bail out student loan borrowers during a stop Monday at a college in the swing state of Wisconsin.
“I, like an awful lot of people in this audience, was the first in my family to go to college and watched my dad struggle to get there,” he said. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on student loan debt at Madison College, Monday, April 8. 3 President Biden was caught repeating a lie that he was the first person in his family to attend college as he spoke in Wisconsin on Monday. AP Biden, 81, has been called out several times before for making the same claim. He acknowledged it was untrue more than 35 years ago when his 1987 presidential campaign unraveled in a plagiarism scandal that saw him lift remarks from a British politician.
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By Social Links for Melissa Koenig Published April 9, 2024, 8:01 a.m. ET President Biden has repeated a lie that he was the first person in his family to attend college — more than three decades after first admitting it’s not true. The oldest-ever president repeated the untrue claim while touting his efforts to bail out student loan borrowers during a stop Monday at a college in the swing state of Wisconsin.
“I, like an awful lot of people in this audience, was the first in my family to go to college and watched my dad struggle to get there,” he said. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on student loan debt at Madison College, Monday, April 8. 3 President Biden was caught repeating a lie that he was the first person in his family to attend college as he spoke in Wisconsin on Monday. AP Biden, 81, has been called out several times before for making the same claim. He acknowledged it was untrue more than 35 years ago when his 1987 presidential campaign unraveled in a plagiarism scandal that saw him lift remarks from a British politician.
https://nypost.com/2024/04/09/us-ne...t-being-first-in-his-family-to-go-to-college/