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Joe Biden
stated on September 27, 2020 a speech

Says Amy Coney Barrett “has a written track record, disagreeing adamantly with the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the ACA. In fact, she publicly criticized Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion upholding the law eight years ago.”

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 28, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on August 31, 2020 a speech in Pittsburgh

“More cops have died from COVID this year than have been killed on patrol.”

By Jon Greenberg • September 2, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on August 31, 2020 a speech

“I am not banning fracking.”

By Jessica Calefati • September 1, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on August 23, 2020 an interview with ABC News

Says Donald Trump “proposes cutting a half a billion dollars of local police support.”

By Jon Greenberg • August 25, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on August 6, 2020 an interview with members of NAHJ and NABJ

Asked about asylum seekers in camps in Mexico, “This is the first time ever you've had to seek asylum in a third country.”

By Miriam Valverde • August 12, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on August 6, 2020 an interview with journalism associations

“If the vaccine came out tomorrow, how in the heck would we get it to people? There is no game plan.”

By Amy Sherman • August 11, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on July 22, 2020 a campaign video

There’s already 10,000 businesses that are not likely to open again, and a significant number of small businesses and minority businesses.”

By Samantha Putterman • July 24, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on July 20, 2020 an interview with Joy Reid on MSNBC

“I, all the way back in January, warned (President Trump that) this pandemic was coming. I talked about what we needed to do.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on July 9, 2020 a speech in Dunmore, Pa.

"Three hundred sixty thousand Pennsylvanians fought on the side of the Union to defeat the flag, that Confederate flag, including more Black soldiers coming from Pennsylvania than any other state in the nation."

By Jessica Calefati • July 10, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on June 30, 2020 a speech

“The CDC tried to develop clear guidelines about what the stages of re-opening should look like — the administration delayed and scaled them back."

By Samantha Putterman • July 6, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on June 24, 2020 an ad

“Trump lost a trade war that he started.”

By Louis Jacobson • June 30, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on May 21, 2020 a statement

Says President Donald Trump “took more than a month to allocate Congress’ emergency funding to tribes — and only did so after tribes sued.”

By Miriam Valverde • June 1, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on March 5, 2020 an interview with NBC

Says Bernie Sanders “voted against the Brady Bill five times for background checks on people.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on December 19, 2019 a Democratic primary debate in Los Angeles

"You have to have congressional authority" to close Guantanamo Bay prison.

By Amy Sherman • December 20, 2019

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."

By Tom Kertscher • October 30, 2019

Joe Biden
stated on September 21, 2019 a campaign appearance in Iowa

"We’re no longer the wealthiest middle class in the world."

By Amy Sherman • October 4, 2019

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."

By Bill McCarthy • August 2, 2019

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."

By Shefali Luthra • July 11, 2019

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."

By Tom Kertscher • June 14, 2019

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."

By Shefali Luthra • June 5, 2019

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