False reports that President had a 鈥渕edical emergency鈥� while traveling back to Delaware on Friday after a campaign stop in Wisconsin, spread widely on social media on Friday. They were without merit.
Here's a look at the facts.
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CLAIM: President Joe Biden had a 鈥渕edical emergency鈥� aboard Air Force One on Friday.
AP鈥橲 ASSESSMENT: False. There were no signs of a medical emergency on the flight, according to an Associated Press reporter who was traveling with Biden. Air Force One arrived at Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Delaware, at 7:22 p.m. The president exited the plane on his own, saluted and spoke with an officer at the base of the stairs and took a question from a reporter before leaving the airport.
THE FACTS: As Biden returned to his home in Wilmington, Delaware, after a in Madison, Wisconsin, on Friday social media users falsely claimed that the president had suffered a 鈥渕edical emergency鈥� aboard Air Force One.
Air Force One landed in New Castle, Delaware, at 7:22 p.m. about the same time posts started spreading about Biden鈥檚 alleged medical emergency.
鈥淚 just received a tip from an anonymous source,鈥� reads one X post. 鈥淢y source says that Joe Biden is currently experiencing a medical emergency on Air Force One as I type this. No further details are known.鈥�
Another X post states: 鈥淛oe Biden is reportedly having a medical emergency on Air Force One right now. Press access has been removed.鈥� It had received approximately 15,000 likes and 10,900 shares as of Saturday morning.
The posts presented no evidence that such an event occurred. Press access was not removed.
Biden walking down the steps of Air Force One in Delaware, speaking with an officer, answering a reporter鈥檚 question about whether he would watch a he did with ABC News鈥� George Stephanopolous and getting into a car, all without issue.
There were no signs of an emergency aboard Air Force One and the press was not denied access to the plane at any point, according to an AP reporter who was traveling on Air Force One with Biden during the flight from Wisconsin to Delaware. The reporter added that press was able to move about the plane as usual and that a door separating press from Biden鈥檚 top staff was open for most of the flight.
White House spokesperson Andrew Bates called the claim 鈥�100% false鈥� on Friday night.
Other posts claimed that the press did not see Biden when the presidential motorcade arrived at his home Friday night and that his campaign had canceled upcoming events as a result of the supposed emergency.
A press pool was in Biden鈥檚 motorcade when he was dropped off at his Wilmington home, according to the AP reporter who was traveling with the president. The reporter said journalists did not see him enter the house, but they routinely do not see him enter his Wilmington home because it is set back from the street and it is typical to only see the motorcade going through the gates leading to the house.
Biden had no public events planned for Saturday. He was scheduled to speak at a National Education Association convention on Sunday, but canceled after the union鈥檚 staff .
鈥淧resident Biden is a fierce supporter of unions and he won鈥檛 cross a picket line,鈥� his campaign said in a statement. 鈥淭he President is still planning to travel to Pennsylvania this weekend.鈥�
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Associated Press reporters Colleen Long and Zeke Miller contributed to this report.
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Melissa Goldin, The Associated Press
