White House Edits Biden Gaffe in Transcript

Critics mocked Biden’s declare as each an instance of his signature hyperbole ,and an indication of doable psychological decline:

It’s an indication of how bitter and polarized our politics are that there is so little gratitude towards Biden for having cured most cancers or a minimum of ended most cancers as we all know it.

Some issues ought to transcend partisanship, and a President having cured most cancers ought to be one in all them. https://t.co/R0yHsIGIZB

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 25, 2023

But the White House transcript reads in a different way (emphasis added): “And they looked at me like, “Why cancer?” Because nobody thinks we will. That’s why. And we will. We can finish most cancers as we all know it.”
Biden has lengthy used the problem of most cancers analysis to drum up political help and donations — not all the time to good impact. The Biden Cancer Initiative, which he launched after his two phrases as vp (and later shuttered), spent most of its cash on workers salaries and little on analysis. Notably, Biden held a now-infamous assembly with Tony Bobulinksi to debate a three way partnership with a Chinese firm, organized by his son, Hunter Biden, whereas the previous vp was in L.A. for a convention to debate the Biden Cancer Initiative.