Woah. Video Surfaces of Joe Biden Calling Our Troops 'Slow, Stupid Bastards'https://pjmedia.com/election/megan-fox/2020/09/25/woah-video-surfaces-of-joe-biden-calling-our-troops-slow-stupid-bastards-n969946If the media unearthed a video of Donald Trump calling our military “stupid bastards,†do you think it would be running 24/7 on every cable news station? You bet it would. What are the chances, however, that this video of Joe Biden doing exactly that will ever get played on CNN?
Now, I know what you’re thinking: “That could be doctored.†Sure it could. That was my first thought as well. But then I went searching for the full context and found the whole video. It doesn’t appear doctored in the full video (below at the 1:51 mark). Further, the video was uploaded in January of 2017, years before anyone knew Biden was running for president. In fairness, it’s impossible to tell now what is or is not a deep-fake video. If evidence is presented that casts doubt on the veracity of this video, we would certainly report that. So far, no one has disputed its legitimacy.
I also reflexively wondered whether the few-seconds clip I saw/heard might be doctored. What I first saw/heard lacked context and cut off immediately after
the comment. This blogpost has a ~3 minute piece of the Biden speech.
Watching Biden's hand movements before and during
the comment, his lips, and the echo-y quality of the sound before, during, and after, I think it's genuine and that Biden was having one of his famous
what-was-he-THINKING?! foot-in-mouth moments. And maybe a Freudian slip?
