Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) recently referred to an unverified claim made by President Joe Biden.
It has been noted that at a press conference Tuesday, Ernst could be heard saying, “Bottom line: never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals.”
During the press conference, Ernst talked about Biden for issues at the border and claimed Democratic voters in her life are switching their upcoming votes to former President Trump because of it.
Biden had previously dropped a bold claim during a speech to the United Steelworkers Union in Pittsburgh that his uncle, Ambrose Finnegan, was shot down near Papua New Guinea and that his body was never recovered because “there were a lot of cannibals” in New Guinea at the time.
“He flew those single-engine planes as reconnaissance over war zones, and he got shot down in New Guinea. They never found the body because there used to be, there were a lot of cannibals, for real, in that part of New Guinea,” he said.
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape had issued a statement responding to Biden, saying his country “does not deserve to be labeled as such.”
Biden went on to visit a war memorial honoring World War II veterans in Scranton. His story about Finnegan, nicknamed ‘Bozey,’ has led to some confusion as the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has a record showing Finnegan was not shot down. However, there was an engine failure and the plane needed to ditch at low altitude.
Ernst, a staunch Trump supporter, continues to point to President Biden’s alleged political failures at a time when former President Trump has seen polls dip after 34 felony convictions in New York.
HOT MIC: Senator Joni Ernst on Biden: “Bottom line, never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals.”
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 4, 2024
