AMTRAK MYTH: Bidenās Million-Mile Tale Disputed Yet Again
ā President Joe Biden, during a recent announcement of $16.4 billion in rail grants in Delaware, once again shared a contentious anecdote about his Amtrak travels. The president insisted that he has clocked over 1 million miles on Amtrak, a claim he has made repeatedly since assuming office in 2021.
Bidenās story revolves around an exchange with an Amtrak employee named Angelo Negri. In Bidenās account, it was Negri who informed him of his supposed million-mile milestone during a casual train chat.
However, this oft-repeated narrative by the president has been consistently debunked by fact-checkers as false or misleading. This persistent discrepancy brings into question not only the authenticity of Bidenās claims but also his credibility as a leader.