March 14, 2023 3:03pm EDT
Flashback: Biden claims to have been arrested on Senate floor when he was 21 years old
Biden has a history of falsely claiming he was arrested
By Houston Keene | Fox News
President Biden has made many false claims throughout his decades-long political career, including one about being "arrested" when he was 21 years old for sitting in the Senate presiding officer's chair illegally, which he would contradict two years later.
A 2007 interview Biden gave with comedian David Letterman is circulating on social media after being reposted in the wake of Fox News’ Tucker Carlson’s publication of Capitol footage from the Jan. 6 riots.
In the interview, Letterman asked the Delaware Democratic senator what it was like walking into the Senate chamber in his 20s.
"You know, I walked in when I was 21, and I got arrested," Biden claimed. "It was a Saturday. I was down visiting some friends from Georgetown University.
"And I came up on a Saturday morning because I was fascinated with the Senate, and they had a Saturday session," Biden added. "I walked up — those days no guards stopping you everywhere — and they just got out of session. I walked in the back, and, all of the sudden, I found myself in the chamber, and I was stunned.
"I walked up, sat down in the presiding officer’s seat," Biden added. "Guy grabbed me by the shoulder and said, ‘You’re under arrest!’"
https://twitter.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/1635399107933249538Biden’s claim of being arrested at 21 for illegally entering the Senate floor and sitting in the presiding officer’s chair has been contradicted by the president himself, as some have pointed out online.
In his January 2009 farewell address to the Senate, two years after saying on national television he was "arrested" for illegally entering the Senate chamber, Biden said he was not arrested when he was 21.
"Literally, I walked in, and I walked in down here, and I came through those doors. I walked into the chamber and the lights were still on and I was awestruck, literally awestruck. I don’t know what in God’s name made me do it, but I walked up, I say to my friend from Arkansas, and I sat in the presiding officer’s chair. I was mesmerized," Biden said in his speech.
"The next thing I know, I feel this hand on my shoulder and the Capitol policeman picks me up and says, ‘What are you doing?’ Biden added. "After a few moments, he realized I was just a dumbstruck kid. He didn’t arrest me or anything.
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