Right-Wingers Get Instant Fact-Check Over Joe Biden’s ‘Ron Burgundy' Moment
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Right-wingers rejoiced on Tuesday over a so-called Ron Burgundy moment from President Joe Biden that never actually happened.
Biden, in a clip tweeted by multiple conservative accounts, appeared to read the “end of quote” instruction on a teleprompter during a speech on the economy ― which would have been a bungle reminiscent of Will Ferrell’s character in “Anchorman.”
But as progressive PAC MeidasTouch pointed out, the video that went viral was devoid of context.
🚨 Disinformation alert: Right wing social media has deceptively edited a clip to pretend President Biden accidentally read teleprompter instructions saying 'end of quote,' referring to it as a 'Ron Burgundy' moment. Here is the full clip. pic.twitter.com/w8Uf6MAC68
— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) November 24, 2021
Biden actually said:
“And, by the way, you may have heard the CEO of Walmart yesterday on the steps we’ve taken. He said, and I quote, ‘The combination of private enterprise and government working together has been really successful.’ He went on to say, ‘All the way through the supply chain, there’s … a lot of innovation.’ Because of the actions we’ve taken, things have begun to change.’ End of quote.”
Yes, Biden did say “end of quote” a line late.
But it certainly wasn’t the bungle that right-wingers used to boost their narrative about him being mentally addled.
Viral clip combines misleading video edit (cuts out Biden saying Walmart's CEO "said, and I quote,'...") with tweet that makes zero sense. No one would write "end of quote" in a teleprompter as a stage direction. You have to say that *out loud* so people know where the quote ends https://t.co/W2Jt8yTJKo
— Robert Mackey (@RobertMackey) November 24, 2021
Took me 2 mins to find the context, do better Clay pic.twitter.com/87zOkXp9Hz
— Rocky (@asap_rocky__) November 23, 2021
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.