The debunked Amtrak story that Joe Biden instructed in Scranton, Pennsylvania on Wednesday was the fifth time within the final yr – and fourth since coming into the White Home – that the president repeated the story.

Biden made comparable remarks on these events.

October 12, 2020 

Then-candidate Joe Biden spoke to a small group at Cincinnati's Museum Center at Union Terminal on October 12, 2020

Then-candidate Joe Biden spoke to a small group at Cincinnati’s Museum Heart at Union Terminal on October 12, 2020

Throughout an look on the marketing campaign path in Cincinnati, Ohio, then-candidate Joe Biden repeated the story about his pal, Amtrak conductor Angelo Negri.

‘And so I began commuting day by day forwards and backwards, and that is how I bought concerned as kind of Mr. Amtrak,’ Biden mentioned.

‘As a result of once they publish that, they maintain fastidious data on what number of miles you journey on authorities plane when your vice chairman.

‘And I had traveled just a little over, I believe it was a 1,400,000 miles.

‘It was on the entrance web page of the paper, however I used to love to take the practice dwelling on Fridays nonetheless as Vice President as a result of it prices some huge cash to take that small airplane again.

‘However along with that, the Secret Service felt far more safe if I wasn’t on a practice, however they humored me and let me go dwelling on Fridays typically.

‘My mother was residing at my dwelling as she was passing.

‘And I bear in mind getting on the practice and a man named Angelo Negri, I bought to know their households, all of the conductors and all of the folks all these years.

‘And he got here as much as me and he grabbed me and he mentioned, “Joey.” He grabbed my cheek.

‘I believed the Secret Service was going to shoot him. I mentioned, “No.” I mentioned, “He is okay.”

‘It’s a real story.

‘And he mentioned, “I simply learn, Joey, 1,400,000 miles on Air Drive Two, large deal. The boys, we had been checking. We had our retirement dinner. Went as much as New Jersey for the dinner. You know the way many miles you traveled on Amtrak?”

‘I mentioned, “No, Ang, I do not.”

‘He mentioned, “Joey,” he mentioned, “we determine 117 days a yr, 36 years, after which X variety of days as Vice President, you have traveled 2,100,000 miles on Amtrak.”

‘I believe I maintain the report, aside from a conductor.’

April 30, 2021 

Delivering an April 30 speech in Philadelphia commemorating the 50th anniversary of Amtrak, Biden launched into the tale of reaching 1.5 million miles on the service

Delivering an April 30 speech in Philadelphia commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Amtrak, Biden launched into the story of reaching 1.5 million miles on the service

Delivering a speech in Philadelphia commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Amtrak, Biden launched into the story of a sure conductor congratulating him on reaching the milestone as he traveled to go to his sick mom. 

Biden mentioned the incident occurred in his ‘fourth or fifth yr as vice chairman’, or round 2014-2015, at which period the conductor he named had been retired for 20 years and had handed away, inconsistencies first identified by Fox Information.

Biden, who served within the Senate for 36 years, famously commuted by Amtrak to Congress from his dwelling in Wilmington, Delaware, racking up many miles on the practice service. 

‘After I grew to become vice chairman, one of many Capitol Hill newspapers estimated that I had taken greater than 7,000 spherical journeys on Amtrak over my profession,’ he defined in his speech on Friday.

‘I believe that is an exaggeration. I will depend on these two conductors … one in every of them was a man named Angelo Negri,’ he continued, launching into the anecdote.

‘There was an article, I suppose my fourth or fifth yr as vice chairman, saying Biden travels 1,300,000 miles on Air Drive One [Two]. I used to – the Secret Service did not prefer it – however I used to love to take the practice dwelling,’ he continued. 

‘My mother was sick and I used to attempt to come dwelling virtually each weekend as vice chairman to see her. I bought on the practice and Angelo Negri got here up and he goes, ‘Joey, child,’ and he grabbed my cheek like he all the time did. I believed he was going to get shot. I am critical. I mentioned, ‘No, no, he is a pal,’ Biden recalled.

‘He mentioned, “Joey, what is the large deal? 1,300,000 miles on Air Drive Two? Have you learnt what number of miles you traveled on Amtrak?”

‘I mentioned, “No, Angie, I do not know.” 

‘He gave me the calculation and he mentioned you traveled 1,500,000 miles on Amtrak. 

‘The very fact is, I might most likely take Angie’s phrase earlier than I might take the phrase of what the article mentioned,’ Biden mentioned.

June 29, 2021 

Biden told the same story during a June 29 speech at La Crosse Municipal Transit Utility in La Crosse, Wisconsin

Biden instructed the identical story throughout a June 29 speech at La Crosse Municipal Transit Utility in La Crosse, Wisconsin 

President Biden made an look at La Crosse Municipal Transit Utility in La Crosse, Wisconsin, to tout his bipartisan infrastructure framework.

Throughout his remarks, he as soon as once more instructed the story of being ‘Mr. Amtrak.’

‘Now, I do know I’m “Mr. Amtrak”,’ the president mentioned.

‘I’ve traveled over 2 million miles on Amtrak. I commuted day by day. I get it. 

‘I do know you assume I’m nuts. However after my spouse and daughter had been killed, I made a decision to commute forwards and backwards to Delaware. 

‘It was a 257-mile roundtrip.’

Biden continued: ‘I am going to inform you an actual fast story. I should not bore you with it. 

‘However, you already know, the Secret Service – they’re the very best on this planet – would not such as you taking Amtrak as a result of it stops too many instances – the practice. 

‘They need me flying dwelling within the small jets that had been obtainable as Vice President. 

‘And that price some huge cash, so I’d go dwelling on Fridays, you already know, as a result of my mother was passing away. 

‘I’d go dwelling on Amtrak. And so they printed – they maintain fastidious report of the miles you journey in an air- in a Air Drive plane as President and Vice President.

‘And towards the top of my time period, a headline got here out in all the papers: “Biden travels…” — I believe it was 1.3 or 1.7 million miles on Air Drive planes. 

‘And so, I’m getting on the practice on that Friday, and these guys who all grew to become my household – all – the conductor. 

‘And a man named Angelo Negri got here up, and he goes, “Joey, child!” 

‘Grabs my cheek like that. And I believed they had been going to shoot him. I actually did.

‘I mentioned, “No, no, no, no, no, no, no. He’s a pal.” 

‘He was like, “What the hell.” 

‘And he mentioned, “Massive deal, Joey. One million…” – no matter it was – “…three-hundred thousand miles. You know the way many miles you’ve traveled on Amtrak, Joey?”

‘And I mentioned, “No, Ang. I do not.” 

‘And he mentioned, “At that retirement dinner, we calculated it. We estimated 127 days a yr, 250 miles forwards and backwards, 3 — 36 years, then as Vice President. 

‘”Joey, you traveled extra on Amtrak.” 

‘Properly, I – and once they named a station after me in my metropolis, somebody complained that Biden is utilizing his affect. 

‘I mentioned, “Hell, they need to identify the entire Northeast Hall after me.” 

‘I’ve [traveled] greater than anyone else.’   

September 21, 2021 

President Joe Biden holds a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the Oval Office at the White House on September 21. Biden relayed the same story to the British premier

President Joe Biden holds a bilateral assembly with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson within the Oval Workplace on the White Home on September 21. Biden relayed the identical story to the British premier

The president instructed the identical story throughout a one-on-one assembly with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson within the Oval Workplace of the White Home. 

Originally of their assembly, Biden and Johnson exchanged pleasantries and joked about their shared love of trains. 

The prime minister took the Amtrak practice down from New York Metropolis, the place he was on the annual UN Basic Meeting assembly, to satisfy with Biden on the White Home.

‘They love you,’ Johnson instructed Biden of Amtrak. ‘You’re a residing deity on Amtrak, I can inform you.’

The president bragged how he had ridden over 2 million miles on the nation’s practice system.

‘Properly, they need to. I’ve traveled extra on Amtrak,’ he mentioned. ‘If I had been conductor I might be primary in seniority.’

Biden then shared the oft-repeated story with Johnson.

‘I bought to inform you a fast story that has nothing to do with something,’ Biden instructed the British premier.

He instructed Johnson that ‘the Secret Service didn’t like me touring on Amtrak as a result of there have been too many choices for folks to trigger hassle alongside the way in which. 

‘However I insisted I do it.’

‘At some point,’ Biden continued, ‘they put within the newspaper: “Biden travels 1 million …” – and I believe – do not maintain me to the precise quantity – I believe it was – “… 350,000 miles on Air Drive Two”.’ 

The president then instructed Johnson that every time he hopped on the practice dwelling to Delaware, he was met by ‘a man, who was the quantity three man from New Jersey in seniority as a conductor, [who] walked up and grabbed me and he goes like this: “Joey, child!” [and] grabs my cheek. 

‘I believed the Secret Service was going to shoot him.’