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  • 2022-04-12 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Biden Say 'Imagine Had the Tobacco Industry Been Immune to Prostitute Being Sued'? (en)
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  • On April 11, 2022, videos began to circulate in which U.S. President Joe Biden appeared to utter the nonsensical words, Imagine had the tobacco industry been immune to prostitute being sued. We also received inquiries from readers about the legitimacy of the quote. The official White House video showed that Biden did indeed speak these words. One of the viral videos came from Sky News Australia. It was on track to being viewed more than 1 million times in less than 24 hours: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqtXvTZOZ7E The official YouTube channel for the White House posted video of the full event. The part when Biden says the word prostitute appears at the 27:42 mark in the video: The moment came during what the official White House transcript called, Remarks by President Biden Announcing Actions to Fight Gun Crime and His Nominee for ATF Director, Steve Dettelbach. The event was held in the Rose Garden on April 11, 2022. In the official transcript of Biden's remarks, the word prostitute is not spelled out. Rather, it is rendered as prost-, with a dash. Based on the official transcript, the sentences that came both before and after the statement in question suggest that Biden may have meant to use the word prosecution, not prostitute. We reached out to the White House for further clarification. The official transcript from the White House reads as follows: This story will be updated if we receive a response from the White House. (en)
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