Fact check: Biden twice repeats his false ‘Joey, baby’ story about a deceased Amtrak conductor
President Joe Biden has a charming personal story he likes to insert into speeches in which he is discussing Amtrak, the rail service he used for decades as a US senator to commute between Washington and his home state of Delaware. Biden has publicly told the story at least 11 times as president, including twice on Monday at a rail-funding announcement in Delaware. The problem is that the story is not true – as CNN and others have been pointing out for more than two years now.
First, he could not possibly have had this exchange with Negri: He did not reach the million-miles-flown mark as vice president until September 2015, according to his own past comments, but Negri had died more than a year earlier, in May 2014. Second, Biden’s mother was not dying at the time he reached the million-miles-flown mark. In fact, she had died more than five years prior. It is not clear exactly when Biden hit the 1.
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