Category: gaffe

Biden Claims There Are ’54 States’ Amid Concerns Over Cognitive Ability

October 31, 2022
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President Joe Biden has once again become a center point of discussion after claiming at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania that there are “54 states” in the United States despite the fact that there are only 50. Biden made the bizarre verbal miscue while speaking at a rally Friday evening in Philadelphia to support his fellow…

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Biden Falsely Claims Gasoline Prices Were ‘Over $5’ When He Took Office

October 28, 2022
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President Joe Biden incorrectly claimed on Thursday that the price of gasoline was over $5 a gallon when he entered the White House, while the then-average price of regular gasoline was just $2.39. “Today, the most common price of gas in America is $3.39—down from over $5 when I took office,” Biden said during a…

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Biden Misspeaks, Giving Mask Mandate Answer to Title 42 Question

April 22, 2022
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President Joe Biden misspoke while fielding questions from reporters Thursday, giving an answer on a topic unrelated to the question posed and forcing White House staff to once again issue a correction on behalf of the president. Following a live address April 21 on renewed military aid to Ukraine, a reporter asked Biden whether his…

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Citigroup Cannot Recoup Revlon Payouts After Nearly $900 Million Gaffe: US Judge

February 18, 2021
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NEW YORK—A federal judge on Tuesday said Citigroup is not entitled to recoup half a billion dollars of its own money that it mistakenly wired lenders of Revlon, in what he called “a banking error of perhaps unprecedented nature and magnitude.” U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman in Manhattan said the Aug. 11, 2020, transfers were…

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