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Facebook posts
stated on May 1, 2020 a Facebook post
Joe Biden said, “The things I did while in elected office should not be made public while I am seeking a higher public office.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • May 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 28, 2020 a video
Says a video shows Joe Biden lolling his tongue.
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • April 30, 2020
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2020 an endorsement announcement
Joe Biden "already has what is the most progressive platform of any major party nominee in history."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 17, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 26, 2020 a Hannity show interview
Speaking of his restriction on travel from China, “I had (Joe) Biden calling me xenophobic. … He called me a racist, because of the fact that he felt it was a racist thing to stop people from China coming in.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • March 27, 2020
YouTube videos
YouTube videos
stated on March 13, 2020 a YouTube video
A video shows Joe Biden “looking at books about dementia.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • March 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 15, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Joe Biden “just announced on CNN he will completely shut down drilling for oil and natural gas on day one of his administration.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 20, 2020
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on November 25, 2019 a story
Says “Joe Biden wants to ban 9mm pistols.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 18, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 11, 2020 a television ad attacking Joe Biden
Says Joe Biden "has advocated cutting Social Security for 40 years"
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 10, 2020 an image
Says Joe Biden “attacked voters this primary,” saying “damn liar,” “full of s---” and “dog-faced pony soldier.”
Mostly True
By Daniel Funke • March 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2020 an interview on MSNBC
“Joe Biden just told @Lawrence that as president he would veto Medicare for All if it passed both houses and came to his desk.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 10, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 8, 2020 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
“Trade agreements like NAFTA and permanent normal trade relations with China, which forced American workers to compete against people making pennies an hour, has resulted in the loss of 160,000 jobs here in Michigan."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 10, 2020
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on March 5, 2020 a mass email
On key issues including taxes, health care, the Green New Deal, abortion, and guns, there is “no daylight between” Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 7, 2020 a tweet
Video shows Joe Biden saying “we can only re-elect Donald Trump.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 9, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 1, 2020 a Facebook post
In 1962, Joe Biden “worked with segregationists,” Elizabeth Warren “debated as a pro-Vietnam conservative” while Bernie Sanders “organized against segregation and Vietnam war”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 2, 2020 a Facebook post
“Bernie Sanders in 1963 — arrested protesting segregation. Joe Biden in 1975 — passionate speech defending segregation.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 4, 2020
Committee to Defend the President
Committee to Defend the President
stated on February 25, 2020 a television ad attacking Joe Biden
Says Obama said black people have the "worst jobs, the worst housing" and face rampant police brutality, "but when so-called black committeemen came around election time we’d all line up and vote the straight Democratic ticket, sell our souls for a Christmas turkey."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • February 27, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 12, 2017 a Facebook post
Says a photo shows Joe Biden groping a woman.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 14, 2020
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Viral image
stated on February 2, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Joe Biden’s campaign told an Iowa library where Jill Biden was holding an event “to remove the American flag as they did not want to say the pledge of allegiance.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 7, 2020
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 29, 2020 a TV ad in Iowa
"Vice President Biden threatened a foreign country and forced them to fire a prosecutor who was investigating a company," that paid his son Hunter.
False
By Amy Sherman • January 30, 2020
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stated on January 17, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Joe Biden talked about eating wooden corn dog sticks.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 22, 2020
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