Question: “I do not understand why you grade the charge that Trump called the coronavirus a hoax as false. It seems the quote from a rally, ‘And this is their new hoax’ is straightforward.” Answer: We heard from many readers questioning our fact-checking of Kamala Harris during the vice presidential debate when she said this: […]
Trump’s biography Donald Trump, 74, is seeking reelection as president of the United States. Trump was born in Queens, N.Y., the son of real estate developer Fred Trump. He became president of the family’s real estate business in 1971 and expanded it into skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and other businesses ventures. In 2003, he took a […]
Biden’s biography Joe Biden, 77, is the 2020 Democratic nominee for president. Biden was born to a working-class family in Scranton, Pa. As a young attorney, he was elected to represent Delaware in the U.S. Senate in 1972 at the age of 29. Weeks after he won, his wife and young daughter were killed in […]
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Donald Trump’s campaign promise to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border was vintage Trump: controversial, huge, symbolic. But he also meant a real wall. “I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I’ll build them very inexpensively,” Trump said when he launched his campaign for the […]
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Editor’s note: PolitiFact’s Stump Speech Analyzer looks at the content and accuracy of candidate stump speeches. Following our summary of the speech’s main themes, we present fact-checks of specific talking points. Read our previous stump speech analyzers for Joe Biden and the Democratic primary field. The stump speech: Trump’s 1-hour, 40-minute speech in Tulsa, Oklahoma, […]
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“The Week in Fact-checking” compiles short summaries of our best work; the links will take you to our full reports. Want this report early and via email? Sign up here. This week: Voting by mail in 2020 … Pelosi wrong about Trump’s weight … Pants on Fire for Trump on voting by mail … Stacey […]