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Suspicious: Biden Says “I Don’t Know What I’m Signing”

Suzy Woltmann Suzy Woltmann
Politics
12th February 2021
Suspicious: Biden Says “I Don’t Know What I’m Signing”
The audio is mostly unintelligible (Getty Images).

The Claim

The video below shows President Joe Biden saying, "I don't know what I'm signing," while signing an executive order.

Emerging story

The claim went viral following Inauguration Day 2021, during which Biden signed several executive orders.

Misbar’s Analysis

Misbar’s investigation found that the claim is unsubstantiated. The full video of Biden signing executive orders on Inauguration Day is below.

In the video, Biden signs three documents. At 24 seconds, he says what audio experts say sounds like “look what I’m signing here” or “like what I’m signing here.” 

However, both experts agree that the sound is mostly unintelligible.

A full list of Biden’s executive orders can be seen here. Each of the orders is something that Biden has long discussed as part of his platform, so it seems unlikely that he would say he doesn’t know what he is signing. However, since we cannot determine with 100% accuracy what he actually said, we rate this claim as suspicious.

Misbar’s Classification

Suspicious

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