Leave it to Biden to Offend New Guinea Citizens With Fake Cannibal Tales

By RICK MORAN 

 

It’s another “What were you thinking, Joe?” moment. In his hometown of Scranton, PA, Joe Biden told a very tall tale about his maternal uncle, Ambrose Finnegan, who was a pilot in World War II.

Biden claims his relative’s plane crashed in Papua New Guinea where Uncle Ambrose was eaten by cannibals. The Pentagon gently tried to correct the record, pointing out that Ambrose Finnegan was killed when his plane went down over open water in the Pacific.

Meanwhile, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre had this back-and-forth with Fox News’s Peter Doocey.

“Why is President Biden saying [Finnegan] was shot down — there is no evidence of that — and why is he saying that his uncle was eaten by cannibals?” Doocy asked, adding: “That is a bad way to go.”

“He lost his life. Look, we should not make jokes about this,” Jean-Pierre chided.

“It’s not — President Biden said his uncle was eaten by cannibals,” Doocy replied.

“Your last line, it’s for a laugh — it’s for a funny statement,” Jean-Pierre countered. “And he takes this very seriously. His uncle who served and protected this country lost his life serving, and that should matter.”

In Papua New Guinea, residents were outraged at the accusation. Michael Kabuni, a lecturer in political science at the University of Papua New Guinea, told the Guardian “They wouldn’t just eat any white men that fell from the sky.”

Biden should have known that. He’s got an army of fact-checkers, historians, and cultural experts, and, in a pinch, he could always have Googled it. The cannibals would sometimes eat beloved relatives to prevent their flesh from decomposing. Some tribes would eat the heart of an honored enemy. But the idea they’d just eat any old white man who showed up asking for directions is just balmy…

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