The White House has claimed that a series of videos showing Joe Biden “freezing” or walking away were deceptively edited “cheap fakes.”
On Monday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre made the claim after the videos were widely viewed on social media and news websites.
Republicans have responded that the videos were not edited and that the White House is wrong.
Recent viral videos include moments from Biden’s trip to Normandy for the D-Day anniversary, a G7 summit in Italy and a fundraising event with Barack Obama.
Jean-Pierre said: ‘Ironically, several cheap counterfeits are attacking the president because he thanks the troops, and that is what they are attacking the president for.
‘This happened both in Normandy and again in Italy. I think it tells you everything we need to know about how desperate the Republicans are here.
“And instead of talking about the president’s accomplishments in office, and what I mean by that is his legislative victories, what he’s been able to do for the American people across the country, we see these deep fakes, these manipulated videos. And once again it is done in bad faith.”
Here are the full videos so readers can watch them and form their own opinions.
One shows Biden on stage with Obama at a fundraiser in Los Angeles.
Another shows him at a Juneteenth event at the White House.
Another, unedited version shows him with world leaders at the G7.