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Latest Fact-Checks On Joe Biden

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 20, 2019 comments during the November Democratic presidential primary debate.
 "160 million people like their private insurance."
Half-True
By Shefali Luthra • November 21, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 16, 2019 answering questions from reporters
"I entered as one of the poorest men in Congress, left one of the poorest men in government, in Congress and as vice president."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 30, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 15, 2019 comments during the October Democratic primary debate.
"For people making between $50,000 and $75,000 a year, their taxes are going up about $5,000 because the fact is, they will pay more in new taxes" for Medicare for All. 
Mostly False
By Shefali Luthra • October 16, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 21, 2019 a campaign appearance in Iowa
"We’re no longer the wealthiest middle class in the world."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 4, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 12, 2019 a tweet
 "The Obama-Biden Administration did not conduct workplace raids—in fact, it ended them."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • September 18, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 12, 2019 a Democratic debate
Says the Obama administration "didn't lock people up in cages."
False
By Miriam Valverde • September 13, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 12, 2019 the Democratic debate in Houston
"Over 90% of the American people think we have to get assault weapons off the street  — period."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 12, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 3, 2019 an NPR interview
Referring to the Iraq War, "immediately, the moment it started, I came out against the war at that moment."
False
By Miriam Valverde • September 5, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 23, 2019 an event in Hanover, N.H.
Says that as vice president, he pinned a Silver Star on a Navy captain in Afghanistan who had carried a mortally wounded comrade out of a ravine, and resisted receiving a medal for his actions.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 20, 2019 a speech
Says President Donald Trump hasn’t condemned David Duke and Richard Spencer.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 27, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 7, 2019 a campaign stop in Iowa
Says Donald Trump "asserted that immigrants would quote, ‘carve you up with a knife’."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 9, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 31, 2019 a Democratic presidential primary debate
Says Kamala Harris oversaw a police department that was "abusing people’s rights" and that she did not "disclose to defense attorneys" when there was exculpatory evidence: "She didn't do that. She never did it. And so, what happened? Along came a federal judge and said enough, enough, and he freed 1,000 of these people."
Mostly True
By Bill McCarthy • August 2, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 8, 2019 a TV interview with CNN's Chris Cuomo
"We made parity between mental health and physical health. It was a fundamental breakthrough in how we thought about how things should work."
Mostly True
By Shefali Luthra • July 11, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 27, 2019 a democratic debate in Miami
"I did not oppose busing in America. What I opposed is busing ordered by the Department of Education."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 28, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 11, 2019 a speech in Iowa
"Why should you get a break for racehorses and not get a break for child care?"
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 19, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 11, 2019 a campaign speech
"In the Obama-Biden administration, we got China to cut cyber-theft -- it's gotten significantly worse under this administration."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • June 14, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 28, 2019 a position paper released at a town hall meeting in Houston.
"The current school psychologist to student ratio in this country is roughly 1,400 to 1, while experts say it should be at most 700 to 1." 
Mostly True
By Shefali Luthra • June 5, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 14, 2019 a campaign event
The 1994 crime bill "did not generate mass incarceration."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg, John Kruzel • May 30, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 1, 2019 a stump speech
"I’m one of the first guys to introduce a climate change bill, way, way back in ’87."
True
By John Kruzel • May 8, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 1, 2019 an interview
"I was always labeled as one of the most liberal members of the United States Congress."
False
By John Kruzel • May 6, 2019
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