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No need to blame the dog; video supposedly showing Joe Biden farting was altered
Many politicians are accused of being full of hot air, but a recent video that appears to show President Joe Biden loudly passing gas is altered.
"Sorry," Biden says in the video, as an audience out of frame can be heard laughing.
"Biden just farted but he said sorry so it’s fine," reads one Instagram post sharing the clip.
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In the original footage, which shows Biden delivering a July 7 speech on health care costs, he apologizes around the 4:40 mark after some microphone feedback and the audience laughs. No flatulence is audible.
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Instagram post, July 8, 2023
C-SPAN, President Biden Remarks On Lowering Health Care Costs, July 7, 2023
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