“108 years ago, at another inaugural, thousands of protesters tried to block brave women marching for the right to vote.”
Joe Biden
President of the United States. In Biden's inaugural address.. Claim dated 20 Jan 2021.
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What PolitiFact found
In 1913, suffragists mobilized 5,000 women who were mistreated on the streets of Washington by the police and the public.
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In short
Joe Biden (President of the United States) made this claim around 20 January 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 January 2021. Its rating was “Correct.”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
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