Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was challenged over claims he made in a video about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
The former vice president claimed in a new video that he met with every family member of those killed in the 2012 Connecticut massacre in which 20 children and six adults were killed. But one man is pushing back on what he is calling a “lie” by Biden.
(Video: YouTube/Giffords)
“The issue of gun violence has been a concern of mine for a long, long time,” Biden said in the video created by a group co-founded by former Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz., and her husband, Mark Kelly.
“What really got to me though, really firsthand, was what happened up at Sandy Hook,” he continued.
“I think I met with every one of the parents,” he added, “and … the families of those who were lost.”
Joseph Theodore “J.T.” Lewis remembers things differently.
“This is a lie,” Lewis, who was 12 when his 6-year-old brother Jesse was killed in the attack, tweeted. “Obama came to Sandy Hook and met with every family. Joe Biden DID NOT.”
This is a lie. Obama came to Sandy Hook and met with every family. Joe Biden DID NOT.
In fact, my family was not allowed on Air Force One because we refused to support Obama/Biden gun control efforts. https://t.co/SSIv7SpHVL
— JT Lewis (@thejtlewis) October 23, 2019
Lewis also noted that his family was not offered a ride on Air Force One like some of the other families because they did not support the president’s gun control efforts.
The Obama administration only offered a ride to DC on Air Force One to a select few who were lobbying for gun control.
— JT Lewis (@thejtlewis) October 24, 2019
The 19-year-old, now a Republican candidate for the Connecticut State Senate, was a student at Newtown Middle School at the time of the shooting that killed his brother. He reiterated that former President Obama visited Sandy Hook days after the massacre, meeting with families, but Biden was not there.
Joe Biden says that he experienced Sandy Hook firsthand with parents of victims and first responders. I clarified that Obama was here days after the shooting doing just that and Biden was not. In the years following the shooting he has hosted events for some in those groups.
— JT Lewis (@thejtlewis) October 24, 2019
Years later, Biden did speak to Sandy Hook family members, according to CBS News, but it was not clear if all of the affected families were represented at that June 2016 event.
Lewis also noted that this isn’t the first time Biden has gotten his facts twisted, recalling how the Democrat got it wrong again in August when he claimed he was the vice president at the time of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla.
Joe Biden just claimed that he came to Sandy Hook after the shooting and met with every family who lost someone.
It was actually Obama who did that, NOT Joe Biden.
Biden also thought he was VP when Parkland happened. @JoeBiden is either a liar or he’s losing his mind.
— JT Lewis (@thejtlewis) October 23, 2019
Biden “is either a liar or he’s losing his mind,” Lewis tweeted, referring to the 2018 shooting in which 17 people were killed.
His tweets got the attention of the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr. who responded simply, “Yikes.”
Yikes https://t.co/0HMzTXSStu
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 23, 2019
His words of gratitude for the president earned Lewis a shout-out and he celebrated meeting Trump and first lady Melania Trump earlier this year.
Thank you JT! https://t.co/L1HDeXWazc
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 19, 2019
At a recent Ford’s Theatre event, my mom and I shared our work to keep schools safe from violence. As we walked on stage, @POTUS @realDonaldTrump (the first to his feet) and @FLOTUS led a 50 SECOND standing ovation for us. pic.twitter.com/DdnwCFxHpP
— JT Lewis (@thejtlewis) August 28, 2019
Twitter users reacted to Lewis calling out the former vice president and another one of his memory lapses.
Uncle Joe “remembering” facts that didn’t happen again!
— Pamela Version 2.019 ♜☄️ (@Timpanist) October 23, 2019
Was this before or after the Parkland kids came to see him when he was VP?
— Jimmy New York (@JimmyNY88) October 23, 2019
What’s next? Did Biden fight in WW2 also???
— Deep State Exposed® (@DeepStateExpose) October 23, 2019
@JoeBiden re: everything that comes out of his own mouth these days. pic.twitter.com/jsmN7r7XVE
— Jessica (@JessicaWSwenson) October 23, 2019
That’s disgusting and I’m sorry your family went though all that. Democrats only pretend to care. #walkaway
— Michael McReynolds (@mcreynoldsatwar) October 24, 2019
@JoeBiden, #LyinBiden, got FACT CHECKED! @thejtlewis so sorry for your family’s loss and that the politicians USE that terrible tragedy for their own attempts at political gain.
Thank you for courageously telling us the truth.— JgirlforTrump~ ✝️??✝️ (@Nanette4MAGA) October 24, 2019
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