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Biden confuses the Military with Michigan; and flubs the numbers.

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Good ol' Joe just being Good Ol' Joe

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden made a widely inaccurate claim about the number of coronavirus deaths among military members on Wednesday, saying that more than 6,000 have died from the virus.

“Military COVID infected: 118,984,” Biden said reading a list of statistics while at a campaign stop in Michigan. “Military COVID deaths: 6,114.”

According to the Department of Defense, those figures were grossly inflated. The number of coronavirus infections in the military is slightly above 40,000, while seven have died.

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After the event, his campaign explained that he mixed up the numbers for Michigan with the military’s. The Johns Hopkins coronavirus tracker says 6,811 people in Michigan have died from the virus, however, not 6,114.
 
Town Hall. Dismissed.
 
There's going to be quite a few gaffes with Biden and Trump running their senile mouths.
 
#TrumpLiedPeopleDied
 
These things happen. No big deal. Lets not get stupid like the left over these things. We have enough idiots doing this everyday already to Trump. Lets not sink to their level.
I thought it was funny.
 
There's going to be quite a few gaffes with Biden and Trump running their senile mouths.

Both are too old to run, no doubt about that.
 
Why does the source matter? They are quoting Biden.

It matters because ONLY their sources count... Didn't get the far left tyrants' memo?
 
These things happen. No big deal. Lets not get stupid like the left over these things. We have enough idiots doing this everyday already to Trump. Lets not sink to their level.

Especially with Trump dismissing the military and the tapes we've heard so far.
 
It matters because ONLY their sources count... Didn't get the far left tyrants' memo?

Was Biden caught saying what Trump did on Nixon Tapes 2.0?
Otherwise, it's just another false-equivalence from the alt-right.
 
Why does the source matter? They are quoting Biden.

If there is a legitimate quote then a legitimate source can be provided.
 
You wish.

The message remains. Biden is a gaffe ridden oaf, and you don't care.

I don't care about gaffes. You don't care about gaffes. Nobody cares about gaffes.
 
You wish.

The message remains. Biden is a gaffe ridden oaf, and you don't care.

Better than being a festering BOIL like Trump.
Blatant Outrageous Insane Liar
 
It needs be understood that when politician state figures they are what staffers give them. For that reason I know why a mistake can be made, though still one can argue such an obviously high figure should have been questioned by the politician (Biden). The diff, though, is that Trump only says what comes to his mind, not what others give to say, such as what Trump tweeted last Thursday “Kim Jong Un is in good health. Never underestimate him!” The diff btx what Trump said and what Biden said is that Trump's statement was His own and not from a staffer, and was of His own intent and not a mistake.
 
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