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A White House official told ABC News Wednesday evening that Biden did not misspeak when he said that he convinced Netanyahu to call for a “cease-fire.” The official suggested the president was talking about the temporary pause to free the two American hostages last month, arguing that the term has multiple meanings and that it could be interchangeable with “humanitarian pause."

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-calls-pause-israel-gaza-conflict-hostages/story?id=104559563

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[–] Deadend@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What ceasefire? There hasn’t been one.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 27 points 2 years ago

he probably means the time his neurons ceased firing in his brain

which time he means is unclear, as there have been so many instances.

[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The problem with the term "pause" is any moment of reloading can be pointed to as a successful appeal to Israel

[–] footfaults@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

I see someone else just listened to the latest citations-needed

[–] wantToViewEmojis@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

his brain is cooked

[–] Saoirse@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Me when I lie biden-troll

[–] footfaults@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

Don't believe him

[–] glans@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Didnt he actually say the pause was for the prisioners to get out?

[–] dead@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

Yes, the word [hostages] is in brackets in the abc article because it was a correction made by the whitehouse to abc. The whitehouse hadn't released a transcript yet when I made the original post, so I screenshotted this abc article.

The full transcript is even more absurd than you can imagine. As the woman calling for ceasefire is escorted away, the crowd chants "four more years".

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/11/01/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-campaign-reception-minneapolis-mn/