Biden’s Dubious Civil Rights Arrest Anecdote
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In his interview with SiriusXM radio’s Howard Stern, President Joe Biden revived a dubious anecdote about having been arrested as a teenager while standing in solidarity on the porch of a Black family amid a desegregation protest.
As it has in the past, the story came up as Biden recalled mulling Barack Obama’s offer to join the 2008 Democratic ticket as vice president and discussing it with his mother, who encouraged Biden to accept, as Obama had a chance to be the nation’s first Black president.
In the April 26 interview, Biden said that his mother had told him, “‘Joey, let me — remember’ — true story, she said — ‘Remember when they were desegregating Lynnfield, the neighborhood, there was 70 homes built, suburbia — and I told you — and there was a Black family moving in and there was — people were down there protesting. I told you not to go down there
