The White House still isn't 演説(する)/住所ing the meat of 大統領 Joe Biden's cannibal 論争.

White House 圧力(をかける) 長官 Karine ジーンズ-Pierre snapped on Friday when Fox News' Peter Doocy asked why the 指揮官-in-長,指導者 is 示唆するing his uncle may have been eaten in Papua New Guinea during World War Two.

But she wouldn't 演説(する)/住所 the 穴を開けるs in the story or 収容する/認める that the 大統領,/社長 may have been telling a tall tale.

'We should not make jokes about it,' ジーンズ-Pierre sassed at Doocy. 'Your last line is for a laugh, is for a funny 声明. And he takes this very 本気で. His uncle who served and 保護するd his country lost his life and that should 事柄.'?

Doocy had asked the 圧力(をかける) 長官 why Biden said Finnegan's 計画(する) had been '発射 負かす/撃墜する' - when 米国防総省 文書s said it 苦しむd engine 失敗 - and also why the 大統領,/社長 競うd the servicemember had been eaten.

'That's a bad way to go,' Doocy commented, cuing ジーンズ-Pierre's annoyance.?

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre snapped on Friday when Fox News' Peter Doocy asked why the commander-in-chief is suggesting his uncle may have been eaten in Papua New Guinea during World War Two

White House 圧力(をかける) 長官 Karine ジーンズ-Pierre snapped on Friday when Fox News' Peter Doocy asked why the 指揮官-in-長,指導者 is 示唆するing his uncle may have been eaten in Papua New Guinea during World War Two

President Joe Biden
Ambrose Finnegan

On Thursday White House 圧力(をかける) 長官 Karine ジーンズ-Pierre wouldn't answer questions about the veracity of a story told by 大統領 Joe Biden (left) - that his late uncle Ambrose Finnegan (権利) was eaten by cannibals during World War II?

President Joe Biden reaches to touch the name of his uncle Ambrose J. Finnegan, Jr., on a wall at a Scranton war memorial on Wednesday in Scranton.?Biden said Finnegan's plane was 'shot down' despite military records saying the airplane suffered engine failure

大統領 Joe Biden reaches to touch the 指名する of his uncle Ambrose J. Finnegan, Jr., on a 塀で囲む at a Scranton war 記念の on Wednesday in Scranton.?Biden said Finnegan's 計画(する) was '発射 負かす/撃墜する' にもかかわらず 軍の 記録,記録的な/記録するs 説 the airplane 苦しむd engine 失敗

Doocy followed up with, 'where did the cannibalism come from?' which ジーンズ-Pierre still didn't answer.?

'I think you're 行方不明の the point,' she said. 'The point is you have a 大統領,/社長 that 解除するs up American 退役軍人s, who 解除するs up our U.S. servicemembers and that's what 事柄s.'

'He understands how 批判的な and how important it is to be 指揮官-in-長,指導者,' she 追加するd. 'I'm going to move on.'?

On Thursday ジーンズ-Pierre gave 類似の 非,不,無-answers.??

On board 空気/公表する 軍隊 One she was 繰り返して asked by reporters to 確認する the 大統領,/社長's cannibal story, but she did not.??

She joked that there was 'no cannibal tab' in her binder of (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状).?

ジーンズ-Pierre went on to 確認する that Biden's uncle 'died 'when the 軍の 航空機 he was on 衝突,墜落d in the 太平洋の after taking off 近づく New Guinea' - rather than 存在 eaten by cannibals.?

ジーンズ-Pierre said: 'Look, you saw the 大統領,/社長. He was incredibly proud of his uncle's service in uniform. You saw him at the war 記念の. It was incredibly emotional and important to him.?

'You saw him 答える/応じる to all of you when asked about the moment yesterday, and his uncle, who lost his life when the 軍の 航空機 he was on 衝突,墜落d in the 太平洋の after ta king off 近づく New Guinea,' she continued.?

ジーンズ-Pierre 追加するd that Biden 最高潮の場面d his uncle's story to make the 事例/患者 for '栄誉(を受ける)ing our sacred かかわり合い to 用意する those we send to war and to take care of them and their families when they come home.'?

'And as he 繰り返し言うd that the last thing American 退役軍人s are are suckers or losers, and he 手配中の,お尋ね者 to make that (疑いを)晴らす,' she 追加するd - a dig at former 大統領 Donald Trump, Biden's 2024 総選挙 対抗者.?

Trump has 堅固に 否定するd making such comments about American 兵士s who died in World War II.?

When a reporter asked her again about the veracity of the cannibal (人命などを)奪う,主張する ジーンズ-Pierre 答える/応じるd, 'I mean, look, I don't have anything beyond about what I just laid out.'

'But it was a really proud moment for him. It was incredibly emotional,' she said.

U.S. President Joe Biden visits a war memorial in Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S., April 17, 2024

U.S. 大統領 Joe Biden visits a war 記念の in Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S., April 17, 2024

There are no images of Joe Biden's uncle's plane crashing. This photograph shows a Douglas A-20 Havoc medium bomber attack aircraft being shot down by anti-aircraft fire during an attack on the Imperial Japanese seaplane base and harbor installations at Sekar Bay on 22nd July 1944 at Kokas in Dutch New Guinea, Dutch East Indies.

There are no images of Joe Biden's uncle's 計画(する) 衝突,墜落ing. This photograph shows a Douglas A-20 Havoc medium 爆撃機 attack 航空機 存在 発射 負かす/撃墜する by anti-航空機 解雇する/砲火/射撃 during an attack on the 皇室の Japanese seaplane base and harbor 取り付け・設備s at Sekar Bay on 22nd July 1944 at Kokas in Dutch New Guinea, Dutch East Indies.

Local people watching wounded U,S. and Australian soldiers being placed on a row of stretchers. Papua New Guinea, December 1942

地元の people watching 負傷させるd U,S. and Australian 兵士s 存在 placed on a 列/漕ぐ/騒動 of 担架s. Papua New Guinea, December 1942

'And I think we can't, we can't forget that moment. And we cannot also forget what it means to be a 指揮官-in-長,指導者, what it means to 解除する up our service members, what it means to make sure that we 尊敬(する)・点 their service, and he made that [contrast] very (疑いを)晴らす as to what we saw from the former, former 大統領,/社長,' ジーンズ-Pierre said, going after Trump again.?

When another reporter asked her about the cannibal (人命などを)奪う,主張するs she wrapped up the マスコミ 要点説明 as 空気/公表する 軍隊 One was 上陸, having still not 確認するd the 大統領,/社長's story.

米国防総省 記録,記録的な/記録するs from that 時代 say that Finnegan was on a '特使'?flight that 苦しむd engine 失敗 and 溝へはまらせる/不時着するd in the ocean off Papua New Guinea on May 14, 1944.?

The 報告(する)/憶測 by the 弁護 捕虜/MIA Accounting 機関 said there was a 乗組員 of three and one 乗客, and the 計画(する) 出発/死d Momote 離着陸場, Los Negros Island, for a 特使 flight to Nadzab 離着陸場, New Guinea.

The loss of Ambrose Finnegan is also 詳細(に述べる)d in a '行方不明の 航空機' 報告(する)/憶測 made on March 17, 1944 and ke pt at the 国家の 古記録s.

示すd 'Secret' the War Department 報告(する)/憶測 shows he was not 飛行機で行くing the 計画(する) and was a 乗客.

Missing Air Crew Report number 48472D LT AMBROSE J. FINNEGAN

行方不明の 空気/公表する 乗組員 報告(する)/憶測 number 48472D LT AMBROSE J. FINNEGAN

Missing Air Crew Report number 48472D LT AMBROSE J. FINNEGAN

行方不明の 空気/公表する 乗組員 報告(する)/憶測 number 48472D LT AMBROSE J. FINNEGAN

Missing Air Crew Report number 48472D LT AMBROSE J. FINNEGAN

行方不明の 空気/公表する 乗組員 報告(する)/憶測 number 48472D LT AMBROSE J. FINNEGAN

There were three '乗組員' and one '乗客' on board. Finnegan was 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)d as a 2nd 中尉/大尉/警部補 who was a '特使.'

The three-strong 乗組員 consisted of a 操縦する, gunner and engineer. The 操縦する was 1st 中尉/大尉/警部補 Harold R. Prince.?

によれば the 報告(する)/憶測 the 天候 was 'good' when the 計画(する) went 負かす/撃墜する and there was 'nil' 証拠 to 示唆する whether or not those on board had 生き残るd.?

'For unknown 推論する/理由s, this 計画(する) was 軍隊d to 溝へはまらせる/不時着する in the ocean off the north coast of New Guinea, the 報告(する)/憶測 said.

'Both engines failed at low 高度, and the 航空機's nose 攻撃する,衝突する the water hard.

'Three men failed to 現れる from the 沈むing 難破させる and were lost in the 衝突,墜落.

'One 乗組員 member 生き残るd and was 救助(する)d by a passing 船. An 空中の search the next day 設立する no trace of the 行方不明の 航空機 or the lost 乗組員 members.'

It said Second Li eutenant Ambrose J. Finnegan was 'the 乗客 on this Havoc when it was lost.'?

The 報告(する)/憶測 went on: 'He has not been associated with any remains 回復するd from the area after the war and is still 原因不明の/行方不明の(unaccounnted-for) for.'

There were also 報告(する)/憶測s in the 国家の 古記録s submitted by 操縦するs who went looking for the 行方不明の 計画(する).

A Douglas A-20 'Havoc' light bomber like the one Biden's uncle was on

A Douglas A-20 'Havoc' light 爆撃機 like the one Biden's uncle was on

S President Joe Biden with Pennsylvania, Mayor Paige Cognetti, visits the Veterans War Memorial in Scranton, Pennsylvania

S 大統領 Joe Biden with Pennsylvania, 市長 Paige Cognetti, visits the 退役軍人s War 記念の in Scranton, Pennsylvania

President Joe Biden visits Zummo's Cafe with Scranton, Pennsylvania, Mayor Paige Cognetti

大統領 Joe Biden visits Zummo's Cafe with Scranton, Pennsylvania, 市長 Paige Cognetti

They 報告(する)/憶測d 'searching the water all the way with nil obeservations' and that 'no sightings were made.'?

操縦するs 報告(する)/憶測d 支援する that 'no trace was 設立する of 中尉/大尉/警部補 Prince's 計画(する) or the 乗組員.'?

In Scranton Biden said that when D-Day occurred, 'the next day, all four of my mother's brothers volunteered to join the 軍の. Three of them made it, one of them couldn't go.'??

'Ambrose Finnegan - we called him Uncle Bosie - he was 発射 負かす/撃墜する. He was in the Army 空気/公表する 軍団, before there was an 空気/公表する 軍隊, flew those 選び出す/独身 engine airplanes, 偵察 flights over New Guinea,' the 大統領,/社長 continued.??

'He volunteered because someone couldn't make it.'

That led to him 存在 発射 負かす/撃墜する.

In a speech later on Wednesday Biden 追加するd: 'My Uncle Bosie, he was a hell of an 競技者, they tell me, when he was a kid.

'And he became an Army 空気/公表する 軍団 before the 空気/公表する 軍隊 (機の)カム along. He flew those 選び出す/独身 engine 計画(する)s as 偵察 over war zones.

'And he got 発射 負かす/撃墜する 近づく Guinea and they never 設立する the 団体/死体 because there used to be, there were a lot of cannibals for real, in that part of New Guinea.'

Speaking in Scranton, Biden went on: 'We had a tradition in my family my grandfather taught us.

'When you visit the graveside of a family member you say three あられ/賞賛する Marys. That was what I was doing (at the 記念の).

'My Uncle Ambrose Finnegan - Uncle Bosie was a hell of a guy. I never met him.'

Biden said as he looked at the 記念の he thought about Trump.

'What I was thinking about when I was standing there, when Trump 辞退するd to go up the 記念の in Paris and he said they were bunch of suckers and losers,' he said.

'To me that is a such a disqualifying 主張 made by a 大統領,/社長. The guys who saved civilization in the 1940s suckers and losers.'