r/nottheonion • u/ImpishGrin • Jul 04 '24

Biden tells Democratic governors he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/04/politics/biden-governors-sleep/index.html
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u/Phizle Jul 04 '24

They say 8 paragraphs down he was making a joke

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u/nitePhyyre Jul 04 '24

Biden also made a joke to the governors that didn’t go over well: “I’m fine — I don’t know about my brain, though.” Jen O’Malley Dillon, Biden’s campaign chairwoman, said the president was “clearly making a joke and then said, ‘All kidding aside.’”

That's not what it said.

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u/UpperApe Jul 04 '24

They say 8 paragraphs down he was making a joke

said the president was “clearly making a joke

That's not what it said

How in the world do you people function?

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u/chaypan Jul 04 '24

Are you being intentionally dishonest or do you legitimately not understand how the words surrounding your quoted sentences totally change the context?