BREAKING: Biden claims he visited the border, Psaki clarifies he drove through the border once in 2008

After a CNN townhall on Thursday evening in which President Joe Biden mentioned that he had been to the US-Mexico border, Fox News requested the White House why he’d mentioned that when it wasn’t true.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki mentioned that the President had visited the border again in 2008, when he was on the marketing campaign path for Barack Obama.

“Why did President Biden say he has been to the border?” Doocy requested.

“Well, Peter,” Psaki replied, “as you may have seen, there’s been reporting that he did drive through the border when he was on the campaign trail in 2008. And he is certainly familiar with the fact, and it stuck with him, with the fact that in El Paso the border goes right through the center of town.

“But what the most essential factor everybody ought to know and perceive is that the President has labored on these points all through his total profession. And is well-versed in each facet of our immigration system, together with the border. That consists of when he was vice chairman. And he went to Mexico and Central America ten occasions,” Psaki said, holding up her hand for emphasis, “to handle border points and discuss what we will do to scale back the variety of migrants who’re coming to the border.”

Psaki went on to address Biden’s record, which did not include a visit to the border as president, despite the president’s claim Thursday night.

On Thursday, Biden was asked about his plans and current policies on immigration, and why he hasn’t visited the border. After he spoke at some length about that, moderator Anderson Cooper asked: “Do you’ve gotten plans to go to the southern border?”

In response, Biden said: “I’ve been there earlier than, and I have not, I imply, I do know it nicely, I suppose I ought to go down. But the complete level of it’s, I have not had a complete hell of a variety of time to get down. I’ve been spending time going round taking a look at the $900 billion price of injury achieved by by hurricanes and floods and and climate and practice touring round the world, however I plan on— Now, my spouse Jill has been down she’s been on either side of the river she’s seen the circumstances there, she’s appeared into these locations.”