Presidential candidate Joe Biden said President Barack Obama’s administration did not have a “single whisper of scandal” for all eight years during his appearance on “The View.”
“I’m incredibly proud to have served with him,” Biden said. “The thing I’m proudest of is, we, coincidentally, were each in a different part of the country and we were each talking to groups of people that were being televised and at the same day, purely coincidentally, we were asked what are you proudest of from your administration? You know what I said — he said the same thing as I did — not one single whisper of scandal.”
“I know. He’s amazing,” co-host Joy Behar said in agreement.
Some say the Obama administration did have one scandal: when the president wore a tan suit.
One of Obama’s biggest scandals was wearing a tan suit ☕️ pic.twitter.com/2K2IFZwoYQ
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) August 22, 2018
Others maintain Obama’s administration had many more newsworthy scandals, such as:
- Operation Fast & Furious
- Benghazi
- IRS targeting conservative 501(c)3 nonprofits
- Ignoring Hezbollah drug-running
- Trading five Taliban prisoners for Army deserter Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl
- Secret VA waiting lists
- Mass domestic spying by the NSA
- DOJ investigation of journalists
- Mocking Mitt Romney for sounding the alarm on Russia
- Calling ISIS the “JV Team”
- Iran Deal “echo chamber”
- Possible FISA abuse at DOJ/FBI
People expressed their objection to Biden’s claim on social media:
If Obama didn’t have “one single whisper of scandal,” explain this:
• “If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor”
• Benghazi
• Iran deal
• Spying on Trump’s campaign
• Hillary’s private server
• Fast & Furious
• IRS targeting conservatives
• VA abuse https://t.co/QIwhadhJq8— Bradley Byrne (@BradleyByrne) April 26, 2019
#Joe2020 is correct — four dead Americans in Benghazi was not a scandal. It was a national disgrace. RIP Ambassador Chris Stevens, Information Officer Sean Smith, and two CIA operatives, Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods. https://t.co/kirjOQfnJY
— Mike Opelka (@stuntbrain) April 26, 2019
bUt ThE tAn SuIt tHoUgH https://t.co/LrBKoeU4sV
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) April 26, 2019
This is literal propaganda from the Obama administration. It was plagued by scandal. That is why they feel the need to say it so much: “If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth.” https://t.co/Km2NAFIkU8
— Jon Miller (@MillerStream) April 26, 2019
Biden, who launched his campaign on Thursday, has yet to receive Obama’s endorsement. Biden explained he asked the former president not to endorse him because the nominee should win based on their own merit.
