Joe Biden Repeats Debunked Amtrak Story on 'Jay Leno's Garage'
Summary
President Joe Biden shared a story on Jay Leno's Garage about an Amtrak conductor named Angelo Negri confronting him about flying many miles on Air Force Two. However, fact-checkers found the story is not possible because Negri died before Biden reached that flight milestone, and his mother had also passed away earlier.Key Facts
- President Biden told a story about conductor Angelo Negri grabbing his cheek to criticize him for bragging about Air Force Two miles.
- Negri retired in 1993 and died in May 2014, before Biden reached 1.2 million miles on Air Force Two.
- Biden has publicly repeated this Amtrak story at least a dozen times.
- Biden’s mother died in 2010, before the timing he gave in the story.
- It is likely Biden traveled over a million miles by train while a senator.
- Biden and Negri were reportedly good friends, and Biden may have confused which conductor he spoke to about the miles.
- Fact-checkers from the Associated Press and CNN have identified inconsistencies in Biden’s story.
- Newsweek tried to get comments from Biden and Jay Leno but did not report receiving any.
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