Joe Biden, who has misspoken on a variety of subjects on the campaign trail, blamed President Trump in an interview for pushing a policy that would fingerprint food stamp recipients in order to prevent fraud -- except Trump has never pursued that policy, which is a favorite of billionaire Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg.
"First of all, what we're doing is immoral," Biden said when asked how he would work to eliminate poverty in the U.S. "I know that's not a phrase they often use in politics, but it's immoral. Look what he's doing right — look what this president's doing right now. Look what people have done before. They're going to fingerprint food stamp recipients."
But neither Trump's budget nor any other plan out of his White House would force food stamp recipients to submit to fingerprinting in order to get their benefits.
When asked about the apparent falsehood by The Washington Post, Biden's campaign clarified that this particular line of attack was meant for Bloomberg, saying the candidate mixed up the pair of "Republican billionaires."
"First of all, what we're doing is immoral," Biden said when asked how he would work to eliminate poverty in the U.S. "I know that's not a phrase they often use in politics, but it's immoral. Look what he's doing right — look what this president's doing right now. Look what people have done before. They're going to fingerprint food stamp recipients."
But neither Trump's budget nor any other plan out of his White House would force food stamp recipients to submit to fingerprinting in order to get their benefits.
When asked about the apparent falsehood by The Washington Post, Biden's campaign clarified that this particular line of attack was meant for Bloomberg, saying the candidate mixed up the pair of "Republican billionaires."
