Conservative Twitter blasted President Joe Biden for reciting another “ridiculous tall tale” about himself in a speech where he claimed his uncle won a Purple Heart for his actions in World War II.
Critics roasted Biden, claiming there was no evidence of its truth.
Biden made the remarks during a town hall for U.S. veterans in Delaware this past Friday,
“My dad, when I got elected vice president [in 2008], he said, ‘Joey, Uncle Frank fought in the Battle of the Bulge.’ He was not feeling very well now — not because of the Battle of the Bulge, but he said, ‘and he won the Purple Heart, and he never received it. He never got it. Do you think you could help him get it? We will surprise him,” said the 80-year-old president.
“So I got him the Purple Heart. He had won it in the Battle of the Bulge. And I remember he came over the house and I came out and [my father] said, ‘Present it to him, okay?’ We had the family there,” added Biden.