United States President Joe Biden has never lived in the area of Green Bay, Wisconsin in his entire life, but he claims to have a particularly unique connection to the Green Bay Packers, though it does not seem to actually be a true story.
During a recent speech, Joe Biden told a story about why his entire Catholic school rooted for the Green Bay Packers.
“I went to a Catholic high school in Delaware taught by the Norbertines priest from St. Norbert College… Near that little team called Green Bay,” Biden told an audience.
Biden starts rambling about a "theology professor" at his Catholic high school who (allegedly) "had been drafted by the Green Bay Packers" but "decided to become a priest" pic.twitter.com/f6GOUZhtff
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“Now, here’s the deal,” Biden continued, “We were the only high school in Delaware who overwhelmingly rooted for Green Bay. [Crowd laughs]. Not a joke, I’ll tell you why: Every single Sunday. Not only did they have great teams at the time – still do – but not only that, my theology professor at the Catholic school I went to was a guy named Riley. Last name. And he had been drafted by the Green Bay Packers.”
“He decided to become a priest before that, so he didn’t go, but every single solitary Monday that Green Bay won, we got the last period of the day off.”
But as someone pointed out on social media, there is no record of anybody named “Reilly” or “Riley” ever being drafted by the Green Bay Packers during that time.
According to the All Time Green Bay Packers Draft pick list there is no record of a "Riley" or "Reilly" that fits his story.
I think maybe his draft record was eaten by cannibalshttps://t.co/EsLiD9Lh6D
Green Bay Packers Draft picks
Seasons: 104 (1921 to 2024)— Charles R. Smith🔹 (@softwarnet) May 8, 2024
Additionally, Biden has told another version of this story before with some radically different facts.
Biden told this fib before but he can't even get his story straight.https://t.co/xYbolddnJB
"Every Sunday the Packers won, the headmaster … Father Justin E. Diny would get on PA system and say, 'Gentlemen no last period today.'"He made everyone of us Packers fans. Besides…
— Charles R. Smith🔹 (@softwarnet) May 8, 2024
It’s not clear whether or not Biden is intentionally lying or simply misremembering his facts. Regardless, it is not a great look for him.
