President Joe Biden is getting called out on social media this Wednesday for his story about the Green Bay Packers.
While in Wisconsin this afternoon, Biden told a story about his old theology professor getting drafted by the Packers. His teacher apparently passed up that opportunity to become a priest.
“I went to a Catholic high school in Delaware taught by the Norbertines priest from St. Norbert College…little town, little team called Green Bay. Now, here’s the deal, we were the only high school in Delaware who overwhelmingly rooted for Green Bay,” Biden said, via OutKick. “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. He had been drafted by the Green Bay Packers but decided to become a priest.
“He didn’t go, but every single solitary Monday that Green Bay won, we got the last period of the day off.”
OutKick pointed out that Biden told a different story about the Packers and the Norbertines in 2021. He never mentioned anything about his theology professor getting drafted by Green Bay.
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“I went to a Catholic boys school in Claymont, Delaware, taught by an order of priests called the Norbertines,” Biden said, via 620 WTMJ. “The Norbertines had their Abbey house in DePere. 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 I’m fearful I’ll go to hell if I don’t root for the Packers. Father Diny may come back. I can’t go against Father Diny. He’ll come out of his grave if he knew I was rooting for anybody else.”
Either Biden left out that detail in 2021 or he has decided to spice up his story.