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According to the Washington Post, Joe Biden recently (jokingly) called a voter a "lying dog-faced pony soldier". He attributes the quote to a John Wayne movie.

Is there such a John Wayne quote?

Note: A Slate article suggests there is not and gives its own theory as to where this quote comes from. But I'm skeptical.

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It most likely came from a 1952 Western named Pony Soldier (1952), in which members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are referred to as "Pony Soldiers". The actual line spoken in the movie is, "The pony soldier speaks with a tongue of the snake that rattles", but it wouldn't be the first time Biden's memory failed him.

There is a spoken line, a voice-over, in the John Wayne movie She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (1949) that uses the term "dog-faced soldiers". It's possible he confused the two or had a "combined memory" where he used dialogue from both movies.

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