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stated on March 18, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Photos show President Joe Biden touching his granddaughter inappropriately.

President Joe Biden puts an "I Voted" sticker on his granddaughter, Natalie Biden, after they voted during early voting for the 2022 U.S. midterm elections Oct. 29, 2022, in Wilmington, Del. (AP)

By Jeff Cercone March 21, 2024

Facebook post distorts images of President Joe Biden, granddaughter

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News photos and video show President Joe Biden placing an "I voted" sticker on his granddaughter, Natalie Biden’s, shirt after they voted Oct. 29, 2022, in Delaware, then kissing her on the cheek.
The moment marked Natalie Biden’s first time voting. People watching on applauded as she stepped out of the voting booth.
The original footage shows no evidence of inappropriate contact.
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A Facebook post used two screenshots from a video to imply that President Joe Biden behaved inappropriately with his granddaughter.

The two images appear to show Biden touching the girl on her chest and then kissing her on the mouth. "His granddaughter, dude," read text over a third image, a scene from the 1998 comedy movie "The Big Lebowski."

The March 18 post was flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.)

The Facebook post plays into repeatedly debunked claims that Biden is a pedophile and touches or kisses children inappropriately.

A reverse-image search shows the photos are from 2022, when Biden’s granddaughter, Natalie, who had just turned 18, voted for the first time at a polling station in Delaware.

(Facebook screenshot)

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Kamala Harris’ statements about Trump invoking Adolf Hitler were based on a “debunked hoax from The Atlantic.”

News photos and video from the event tell a different story than the Facebook post. In the video, Joe Biden announces to those watching that his granddaughter is a first-time voter. When she emerges from the voting booth, people nearby applaud. When Joe Biden emerges from his voting booth, a poll worker hands him an "I voted" sticker.

This NBC News video shows President Joe Biden placing an "I voted" sticker on Natalie Biden’s shirt, then kissing her on the cheek.

With news media, poll workers and voters watching, Natalie Biden placed a sticker on her grandfather’s jacket. He then asked her which side she wanted her sticker on, and she pointed to a spot on her upper left chest and said, "This side." Biden placed the sticker there, then kissed her quickly on her left cheek.

Other news photos after the pair voted show an "I voted" sticker on Natalie Biden’s shirt above her chest.

President Joe Biden and his granddaughter Natalie Biden leave a polling station after voting, Oct. 29, 2022, in Wilmington, Del. Each is wearing an "I voted" sticker. (AP)

The Facebook post’s claim that photos show the president touching his granddaughter inappropriately is Pants on Fire!