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Biden tells Pennsylvania crowd state got him ‘across the line’ when running as Senator from Delaware

President Biden told a room full of supporters in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Sunday that Philadelphia always got him “across the line” when he was running for the U.S. Senate. However, Biden was a U.S. Senator from Delaware, not from Pennsylvania.

“Even when I was running for Senate, each time I ran – quite frankly, not a joke – Philadelphia, in particularly, got me across the line,” Biden said, eliciting applause from the audience. “No, I’m not joking.”

Not appearing to catch his mistake, Biden plowed ahead.

“No, I mean it, seriously. Organizationally and in terms of fundraising, the whole deal,” Biden said.

The quality and intelligence (and knowledge of geography) of Biden voters was on full display:

“Even when I was running for Senate, each time I ran – quite frankly, not a joke – Philadelphia, in particularly, got me across the line,” Biden said, eliciting applause from the audience. “No, I’m not joking.”