Biden Tells The Same Sto­ry, Almost Word For Word, Just Min­utes After Telling It The First Time

Pres­i­dent Joe Biden told a sto­ry at a Man­hat­tan cam­paign event, appear­ing com­plete­ly obliv­i­ous to the fact that — just moments ear­li­er — he had told the exact same sto­ry, almost word for word.
The sto­ry was one Biden has told numer­ous times in the past — about the 2017 riot in Char­lottesville and how it had ulti­mate­ly proved to be the inspi­ra­tion behind Biden’s 2020 pres­i­den­tial run.

**BREAKING**
White House Press Pool con­firms Biden told donors “the same sto­ry word for word” just moments after telling it the first time. pic.twitter.com/hPMpU5r7e4
— The First (@TheFirstonTV) Sep­tem­ber 21, 2023

The White House press pool report addressed the issue, stat­ing, “After briefly tout­ing his eco­nom­ic record, POTUS reflect­ed on his deci­sion to seek the pres­i­den­cy. He told the sto­ry about the events of Char­lottesville in 2017 as the rea­son for his cam­paign. A few min­utes lat­er, he told the sto­ry again, near­ly word for word.”

The New York Post elab­o­rat­ed on the event, host­ed by real estate heiress and bil­lion­aire Amy Gold­man Fowler, dur­ing which Biden appar­ent­ly joked about being hap­pi­ly retired before the events o …