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Joe Biden’s campaign has not disputed any of the facts reported in a Washington Post article claiming the Democratic frontrunner gave an inaccurate account of his pinning a U.S. soldier with a medal for their service.
Biden retold the false war story at a campaign event at a New Hampshire college last week, describing the wrong time period, location, heroic act, type of medal awarded, military branch and rank of the veteran wrong. The only kernel of truth in Biden’s story is that he did once pin a medal on a soldier, Army Staff Sgt. Chad Workman, who the Post reported did not believe he deserved it.
The former Vice President later acknowledged the gaffe without retracting:
“I was making the point how courageous these people are, how incredible they are, this generation of warriors, these fallen angels we’ve lost … I don’t know what the problem is. What is it that I said wrong?”
Following interviews with more than a dozen U.S. troops, their commanders and Biden campaign officials, the Post reported the true story:
Workman, 35, ran into a burning vehicle to save his dying friend but was unable to after prying the door open and plunging into the flames.
In his interview with the Post, Workman said Biden “has that look where his eyes can see into your eyes,” adding that he felt Biden “really understood.”
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