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Latest Fact-Checks On Joe Biden

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 8, 2019 an interview with Axios
Delaware has the "eighth-largest black population in the country"
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 16, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 20, 2019 comments made during the November Democratic presidential primary debate.
"The fact is that right now the vast majority of Democrats do not support Medicare for All."
Mostly False
By Victoria Knight • November 26, 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 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 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 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 March 12, 2019 a speech to the International Association of Fire Fighters
The Trump budget "cuts $845 billion, almost a trillion dollar cut in Medicare."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 26, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 15, 2016 a speech in Scranton, Pa.
Says military commanders have said that if Donald Trump were elected, "they would not follow his orders."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2016
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 11, 2012 the vice presidential debate
"We weren't told they wanted more security " for diplomatic facilities in Libya.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 12, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 28, 2012 a campaign rally in Boca Raton, Fla.
"If Gov. Romney's plan goes into effect … the average senior would have to pay $460 a year more in tax for their Social Security."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 5, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 8, 2011 a speech in Philadelphia
"If you shut down Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, it's estimated you'd have to add seven new lanes to I-95 to accommodate the increased traffic."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2011
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 18, 2010 an interview on ABC's This Week
"The health care numbers are going up."
Mostly False
By Alex Holt • July 20, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 2, 2008 vice presidential debate in St. Louis
Sen. McCain's tax plan provides "virtually nothing to the middle class."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • October 2, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 2, 2008 St. Louis
John McCain said "he wouldn't even sit down with the government of Spain, a NATO ally that has troops in Afghanistan with us now."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill Adair • October 2, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 27, 2008 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver
McCain supports tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas.
Mostly False
By Richard Rubin • September 8, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 22, 2008 a television interview
John McCain has changed position on invading Iraq.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 3, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 27, 2007 a TV ad
Biden was responsible for "ending genocide in Bosnia."
Mostly False
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • December 31, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 30, 2007 Philadelphia
"Here's a man who brags about how he made the city safe. It was the Biden crime bill that became the Clinton crime bill that allowed him to do that."
Mostly False
By Wes Allison • November 2, 2007
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