Joe Biden’s Political Career is Defined by Lies and Plagiarism

It’s no secret that Joe Biden has spent more than four decades in Washington without any notable accomplishments to tout on the campaign trail. A litany of gaffes and misstatements throughout his 2020 presidential campaign have rightfully given voters pause – but it’s the events that unfolded during his initial run for the White House that could do lasting damage.

The Washington Post: “Biden’s first run for the presidency more than three decades ago exploded in a controversy over plagiarism. Without credit, Biden’s stump speech included lines lifted from a speech given by Neil Kinnock, then leader of the British Labour Party.”

“Biden tried to hang on, but then reporters discovered he has flunked a class in a law school for submitting a paper that borrowed heavily from another law review article without proper citation. The coup de grace came when Newsweek reported that Biden had made false or exaggerated claims about his law school record during a discussion months earlier with voters in New Hampshire…”

The Newsweek report was particularly egregious because it revealed Biden was willing to flagrantly lie about significant parts of his biography. Here are a few examples from The Washington Post’s analysis:

• Biden did not go to Syracuse Law School on a “full academic scholarship.” It was a half scholarship based on financial need.
• He didn’t finish in the “top half” of his class. He was 76th out of 85.
• He did not win the award given to the outstanding political science student at his undergraduate college, the University of Delaware.
• He didn’t graduate from Delaware with “three degrees,” but with a single B.A. in political science and history.

For a candidate who claims to be running to “restore the heart and soul of this nation,” Joe Biden certainly has a penchant for lying to the American people.