Language is fascinating. I love linguistics!
Have vs. had. Biden said:
BIDEN: “And guess what? The first frost, you know what was happening? You had to put on your windshield wipers to get literally the oil slick off the window. That’s why I and so damn many other people I grew up with have cancer, and why Kent, for the longest time, Delaware had the highest cancer rate in the nation.”
Have is present tense. Had is past tense.
So Biden has cancer now?
LOL. The White House issued a clarification that does not match up with Biden’s comments.
The WaPo fact-checker obviously didn’t listen to the clip. Thanks for confirming our suspicions that you don’t know how to do your job.
Derp.
Brit Hume points out the obvious:
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