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Mike Pence Shuts Down Joe Biden After He Claims He’s Still Vice President

Vice President Mike Pence spoke out on Friday to take a clear jab at Joe Biden after the former Vice President bizarrely claimed that he was STILL Vice President in Thursday night’s democratic debate.

Politico reported that while speaking at a gathering of House Republicans in Baltimore, Maryland, Pence went through his main takeaways from the debate. Pence was bashing Democratic proposals like “Medicare for All” when he noted Biden’s slip.

“By the way — I heard my predecessor said that, he was answering a question about his years in the White House and he said ‘I’m the vice president of the United States,’” Pence told the lawmakers. “So let me be clear: I am the vice president of the United States of America.”

Pence’s comments drew a loud round of applause from the audience.

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Biden’s statement in question came when moderator Jorge Ramos pressed Biden about the Obama administration’s level of deportations and his role in those removals. Biden tried to dodge the question by pivoting to Barack Obama’s record versus that of President Donald Trump, Ramos, a Univision anchor, continued to probe.

“You didn’t answer the question,” Ramos told Biden as the former vice president objected. “Did you make a mistake with those deportations?”

“The president did the best thing that was able to be done,” Biden responded, causing Ramos to ask, “How about you?”

“I’m the vice president of the United States,” Biden responded.

Biden has come under fire many times in this race already for twisting words and making misstatements. At times, he’s even suggested that one of the anecdotes he often told didn’t need to be factually accurate as long as the “essence” was true, and that his grasp of specifics is “irrelevant” to making policy.

Biden has also faced accusations that he’s too old or doesn’t have the mental capacity to become president, though many have rejected this notion. He has also been questioned for constantly bringing up Obama when it is convenient for him to do so.

positive aspects of Obama’s record, and shying away from the unfavorable parts.

“Every time something good about Barack Obama comes up, he says, “Oh, I was there, I was there, I was there, that’s me, too,’ and then every time somebody questions part of the administration that we were both part of, he says, ‘well, that was the president,’” Julian Castro said during the debate.

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