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'Pants on fire, Joe? Biden's claim his Delaware home 'burned down with Jill inside' is greeted with skepticism after report from 2004 is uncovered revealing 'it was a kitchen blaze'
2021-11-22
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • President Joe Biden said he 'had a house burn down with my wife in it' in 2004

  • Reports from the time state the 'small fire' was contained to the kitchen and controlled within 20 minutes

  • Biden has told variations of the story of his house fire on multiple occasions

  • The president has been known to exaggerate personal stories over the years
Posted by:Skidmark

#11  Joe Biden made a mistake, it was his pants on fire.

Now *that* would make for an exciting 20 minutes!
Posted by: SteveS   2021-11-22 16:52  

#10  Joe Biden made a mistake, it was his pants on fire.
Posted by: ruprecht   2021-11-22 16:16  

#9  However, at the time of the 2004 blaze, fire officials told the Associated Press that the lightning strike merely caused a small fire that was contained to the kitchen.

“Luckily, we got it pretty early,” Cranston Heights Fire Company Chief George Lamborn told the wire service, noting there were no injuries from the blaze.
Posted by: Frank G   2021-11-22 14:08  

#8  Dementia Joe forgot to mention the fire was put out by him forgetting to turn the upstairs tub water off.
Posted by: Airandee   2021-11-22 14:02  

#7  Joe Biden lied about my dad being drunk in crash that killed his wife and daughter
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-11-22 12:10  

#6  Biden has been telling lies for so long that I don't think that he recognizes the concept of 'truth'.
Posted by: ed in texas   2021-11-22 11:55  

#5  No sympathy for Joe or Jill but, if it takes 20 minutes to control a kitchen fire, those 20 minutes will be a lot more exciting than you would like.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-11-22 11:45  

#4  Biden wouldn't know the truth if it bit him in the ass.
Posted by: Chris   2021-11-22 10:23  

#3  Maybe he confused it with a Talking Heads song?
Posted by: Frank G   2021-11-22 08:39  

#2  According to the report at the time there was some minor damage to the kitchen
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2021-11-22 08:29  

#1  That's the mark of a career politician: Lie even when it makes no difference.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-11-22 08:15  

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