# The Democratic president of the United States of America, the guy who ran against Donald Trump and just launched his campaign to do so again, just called someone "an illegal" in the State of the Union address

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**Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-president-of-the-united-states-of-america-the-guy-who-ran-against-donald-trump-and-just-launched-his-campaign-to-do-so-again-just-called-someone-an-illegal-in-the-state-of-the-union-address/998607/227 "2024-04-24T16:34:29Z")

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> [@Buck\_Godot](#):
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> This is a bit off topic but not worth a new thread

Well, it was worth an FQ thread attempting to confirm the historical accuracy of the story.

> [@Were there cannibals in Papua New Guinea in the 1940's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-cannibals-in-papua-new-guinea-in-the-1940s/1000634):
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> I see that our president is getting a good bit of grief for describing his accounts of his uncle, a flier who was shot down and never found, during WWII. He said that there were cannibals there at the time so… Ok, so what is the straight dope?

But if you wanted a thread to pit the President, I suppose that wouldn’t have been the right one.

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