
This falsehood feeds into Trump’s frequently repeated criticism that Biden uses teleprompters, but it’s worth noting that Trump has had his own issues with them over the years. The video below shows that part of the broadcast: Indeed, in the video, Díaz-Balart follows Biden’s remark, saying, “Yeah, well, but that’s good, because we can talk, you and I, on that.” “I told him he could answer looking at me,” Díaz-Balart told Politico, “and that was that.” He said, “In one moment the monitor went to black,” and Biden said, “‘I lost the lady.'” It’s hard to hear that part of the video, but Díaz-Balart explained what happened to Politico. The viral post has misquoted that phrase, claiming in text below the video clip that Biden said, “OK, I lost that line.” Biden responded, saying, “freeze deportations for the first 100 days and then - and only people who will be deported are people who committed a felony while here.”īiden then appears to look back toward the screen, saying, “OK, I lost that lady,” in reference to the viewer who had asked the initial question. Biden began to answer her question while facing the screen.ĭíaz-Balart then interjected, clarifying that Biden had pledged to halt deportations during his first 100 days in office. He was looking at a screen showing a Telemundo viewer asking about deportation policy during the Obama administration.
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President Donald Trump later retweeted the claim.īut it’s clear from the full interview that Biden wasn’t looking at a teleprompter. The claim is written in large text above the clip, saying: “Biden caught red-handed using a teleprompter.” It got a boost when the president’s second son, Eric Trump, shared it on Twitter, along with a clip from the interview with José Díaz-Balart on Noticias Telemundo. Full StoryĪ bogus claim that Joe Biden, Democratic nominee for president, was reading off of a teleprompter during a recent television interview has been viewed widely online. Actually, Biden was looking at a screen showing a viewer’s question before he looks at the interviewer in the room with him. A clip from a television interview with former Vice President Joe Biden is circulating online with the false claim that he is reading from a teleprompter.
