'My Son Beau Was One Of Those Veterans': Biden Invokes Late Son At PACT Act Event

In remarks about the PACT Act, President Biden spoke of his late son Beau whom he said contracted brain cancer due to exposure to a burn pit in Iraq.
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[@StacyCantu-yk1qq]

Good God quit embarrassing this country.

[@teresas8173]

How is this embarrassing? Supporting veterans you find embarrassing? Something is wrong with you. Embarrassing is a criminal running for President.

[@deaglanmustapha2943]

his lips r moving he's lies

[@dontfallvictim]

You didn't seem to mind that your other son Hunter was sleeping with Beau's wife!

[@ABonRMS]

Why would he care? He gave Hunter a regular allowance to Hunter to spend on Drugs and Sex.

[@lifeontheX]

FJB

[@Saladin.aslan7168]

​​@@andyd5038Take this kidney shot son splash splash @fjb ✊🏾💦

[@sliglusamelius8578]

He has never not told a lie in a speech.

[@HerMajesty1]

Many lies

[@nordan00]

He can’t help it! It’s truly remarkable!

[@girlfriday1608]

Your son Beau died of cancer.He is not a veteran stop lying

[@girlfriday1608]

Too bad. We are not allowed to have freedom of speech to say what we really want to comment on this man's words

[@FunnyBunny-pd5xx]

Excellent comment, thank you.

[@HerMajesty1]

I did

[@codyhertzler2387]

Back when he was Vice president during covid

[@nancyking9033]

What Parent would lie about their Son's death?

[@johnbarrett51]

Joe obiden

[@nancyking9033]

@@johnbarrett51 the dude will say anything if he thinks it will get him a vote!

[@monstertrucktennis]

OBribeden​@@johnbarrett51

[@nancyquigley8480]

Go away for Pete’s sakes !

[@juliagrant3299]

And what is he doing about it? Nothing.

[@10beachbum22]

With all due respect to our veterans, I thank you for your service. Biden really doesn't care about our active servicemen or our veterans. What he did in Afghanistan was not only disgraceful, it was flipping a bird to our people there. Remember this in November.

[@user-ov6ti7ch5e]

Shut it.

[@TheRougeChef]

Yet, you give the money to elagels... Interesting

[@jackbennett3291]

Trump 2024!!!

[@mtpocketbuilds4286]

Why do they allow him to speak at all ?

[@nicknick8294]

❤🇺🇸🫵🏿🙏🏿 TRUMP 2024

[@therealcnn5346]

Wait wait is he talking about the derailment of a 50-car freight train in East Palestine, Ohio? Oh, I know what agent orange did my ex girlfriend. Never married, but I basically had to get divorced through the American legal system. No, I live the American dream on the side of the road.

[@Mc_hanic]

Lies lies and more lies ,what an embarrassment this guy is lied about his son to fool the fools who don't see through his bewlsheit,

[@rvalatinofotografia]

That's why the VA denied my claim for Camp Lejune! They sent me a redacted letter and blank paperwork from my C& P exam from a breathing test which the Doctor said it was too dangerous for me to take! The VA said fuck you for your service!!!

[@Normal6755]

No evidence of that.

[@timtran7196]

Does FJB knows what R.I.P means? He needs to let his son R.I.P.

[@sunenfun3607]

Joe ,, Cannibals and ice-cream

[@catotacatota6852]

Pause

[@scwps23]

JB demands personal empathy for himself. But has no empathy whatsoever for Gold Star families who have given the greatest sacrifice of all, their loved ones.

[@jrcruz8303]

Who is addressing to.? I don't see anyone !

[@HerMajesty1]

It's all a show. A horror show

[@christianbolt5761]

He will use all actual and made up characters for his political ends.

[@lyudell63]

Again we have to hear about his son... he can't even feel for others without mentioning himself....

[@teresas8173]

Thank you President Biden for supporting veterans! 💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸

[@Louis-ut9lx]

Wth is he talking about! Is he sleep talking! ….oh here we go again make about himself… if CARED about our veterans , or homeless, or people of any race he wouldn’t be given billions to foreign countries, catering to illegals give them thousands of our tax payer dollars . We the people have had enough! It is about US now … ! US !

[@jamesbranham2217]

He must be looking for a way to financially gain from his sons death

[@felix194918]

Lie...lie...lie.

[@twangshanty9559]

When I was in Tikrit Iraq our compound wasn't far from the Army's airborne division compound. There was an army soldier that would walk from their compound to the chow hall (DFAC) with an armed body guard, Blackwater who held a MP-5 at the ready all the time and didn't clear his weapon upon entering the chow hall; very irresponsible. I was told that kid was some US congressman's son. He never left base, never went on patrol but helped to pad out his parent's resume, that's all. The kid looked embarrassed.

[@motorsportfreak1]

Biden is so talented, listening to his many speeches and his a train and truck driver and pilot as well as an amazing golf player.

[@anthonypettit3713]

My dad came back and had a kidney removed and had a fugus the doctors never identified on the bottom of his feet and when he died a long and painful death with 7 cancers in his body and his wife of 52 years died 8 years later waiting to see if it was conected to the poison he was in charge of disturbing as a shipping and receiving Sargent in the namn that was sprayed regularly she never got a determination if she was eligible for compensation for his cancers

[@danoconnor3639]

Where's Oswald?

[@teresas8173]

Cowardly Trump calls veterans losers and suckers, even those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for all of us.

[@connorissa961]

I love you Uncle Joe!

[@otisshaw1]

His son was not a grunt down on the burn pits , wtf is he lying about now

[@scwps23]

I liken JB to paper mache. In slang, "papier-mâché" is an adjective that means something is easily destroyed or discredited, or is false, pretentious, or illusory.

[@mai98938]

Fabrication again is he for real?? Seriously people we need a cognitive real leader..Trump 2024

[@tbone1780]

Nobody's buying into joe's crazy grandpa stories. ⚡️🔥🏠🧑‍🎨💸🏈🚛🚴‍♂️🤸‍♂️🛩🧔🍖👺🥜🍿🍦🛸😂

[@michaelmooney6550]

Deal with it Joe!

[@LetsTradeLunches]

Enough of this bum. The world needs the right everywhere. Especially here.

[@user-gt8ff6ls6x]

OMG Beau again? Just stop

[@owenmccord5078]

“I like people who weren’t captured.” Trump 2024

[@sliglusamelius8578]

Nice try.

[@sammyzane3635]

He's just full of bs

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[@user-rq7el8nh6q]

Thick with poison smells bad, please stay away, kinda common sense

[@jamesbranham2217]

How about the 1million dollar oil painting and the20 thousand dollar plastic 22foot christmas tree the v.a. bought while joe was v.p. i called my congressman at the time and nothing.. i told marcy kaptor about it recently.. nothing.. its all b.s.talk

[@catotacatota6852]

FJB TRAITOR

[@danielemerson5790]

Blah blah blah BS ...

[@joeybean-pl6bn]

Trump 2024!!!!!!!!

[@Befree.e]

Bi*en #7

[@ericb5480]

Every speech is about Jobama

[@thantmyo]

Thanks for his service and sacrifice for the country! You have every rights to be proud of your patriotic family. Haters will hate and no need to care about them if they have not done as much for the country.

[@Rjisawake]

I love Biden! f*** Trump lol

[@tom903]

His son beau did nothing in the military besides getting a commission handed to him just like Hunter the king of base.

[@raydonica6723]

FJB