Des Moines Register is carrying the story about BS campaign's lie. Will he get their endorsement?

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2020/01/18/bernie-sanders-campaign-attacks-joe-biden-social-security-record/4512652002/


Joe Biden accuses Bernie Sanders' campaign of misrepresenting his Social Security record by sharing 'doctored video'

Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register Published 6:11 p.m. CT Jan. 18, 2020


Joe Biden is accusing Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign of sharing a "doctored video" that Biden says incorrectly reflects his stance on Social Security.

At a campaign stop at Simpson College in Indianola on Saturday, a woman in the crowd asked the former vice president about his stance on Social Security. She said people have called her to express concerns about it.
"Well, let’s get the record straight," Biden said. "I’m not going to blame anybody, but — well, let me just say the facts. There is a little doctored video going around."

He said a Sanders adviser has been sharing a clip that seems to suggest Biden agrees with former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, in wanting to cut Social Security and Medicaid. The clip is a portion of an address Biden gave to the Brookings Institution in 2018 that Biden campaign officials say was deceptively edited.
"Ask anybody in the press — it's a flat lie," Biden said.


PolitiFact rated the claim false, and Biden's campaign told PolitiFact this month that Biden was mocking Ryan's position.
"I have been a gigantic supporter of Social Security from the beginning," Biden said on Saturday. He referenced his plan for Social Security, which his website calls "the bedrock of American retirement." It would provide additional money for the program by making higher earners pay a higher share of their earnings into the program than they currently do. It would also increase benefits, including giving more to older beneficiaries, and protect people from losing benefits when a spouse dies.

Biden criticized the Sanders campaign for sharing the video. "I'm looking for his campaign to come forward and disown it, but they haven’t done it yet," Biden said.