On Thursday, President Joe Biden launched into a heated tirade on gun control, misfiring wildly with a series of misleading claims. His target? Senator JD Vance, whom Biden accused of dismissing shootings as “facts of life.” “Who in the hell do these people think they are?” Biden bellowed. But Vance’s actual comments paint a far different picture than Biden’s outburst suggests.
Vance, who Biden inaccurately referred to as “Secretary of Ohio” — possibly confusing him with Cyrus Vance, the Secretary of State during Biden’s Senate days in the late 1970s — never said that shootings were an accepted reality. Instead, Vance expressed deep concern, stating, “I don’t like that this is a fact of life. But if you are a psycho and you want to make headlines, you realize that our schools are soft targets. And we have got to bolster security at our schools.” Biden’s take was not just a misrepresentation; it was a glaring distortion, the kind of rhetoric that fuels divisiveness rather than genuine debate.
Biden refers to Senator JD Vance as "Secretary Vance," then regurgitates the debunked lie that he dismissed school shootings as "facts of life."
That's a disgusting lie from a man in cognitive decline (which Kamala covered up). pic.twitter.com/dsqhN71YTZ
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 26, 2024
Yet this wasn’t the only moment Biden seemed detached from both the facts and history. During his speech, Biden claimed he had taught Constitutional Law for years, a statement that has some truth—he did lecture at Widener University. But his interpretation of the Second Amendment reveals either a stunning lack of understanding or a willful mischaracterization. Biden repeated his long-debunked assertion that the right to bear arms was never absolute, declaring that people couldn’t own cannons when the Constitution was written. The problem? Historically, they could — and still can today. Despite this being a well-documented fact, Biden has stubbornly clung to this falsehood.
Biden starts randomly screaming again: "Never was the Second Amendment meant to be absolute! Back when it was passed, you could not own a cannon! No, I'm not joking!"
(That's a debunked lie. He's sundowning.) pic.twitter.com/EJrhP9pRIC
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 26, 2024
As if that wasn’t enough, Biden also took aim at one of America’s most revered founders, Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson famously said, “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants,” a statement reflecting the weighty sacrifices required to preserve freedom. But Biden mocked it, twisting the words into a hollow echo: “The liberty of Americans is watered with the blood of patriots,” followed by a dismissive “Like hell!” as the audience laughed in approval.
Biden’s rant continued, punctuated by more yelling as he forcefully declared, “It was never absolute — never, never, never, never!” His grand finale? A call to increase funding for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
At this point, Biden’s speeches seem to rely more on volume than substance. His insistence that shouting his claims somehow makes them true falls flat, leaving the audience with the same inaccurate statements and a leader who seems increasingly unmoored from the facts.
Reminder: This man controls the nuclear codes. 😶🌫️ https://t.co/zfhz4vKy3f
— Jewels Jones ® (@JewelsJonesLive) September 26, 2024