“Clint Eastwood called Joe Biden an “incompetent, lying, flip-flopping, insincere, double-talking, radical socialist.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
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“Former Vice President Joe Biden “admits to voter fraud" in video.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Out of Context
FactCheck.org says: Joe Biden was actually describing his efforts to prevent voter fraud and suppression.
“I’ve got the NATO countries to put up an extra 130 billion going to 420 billion dollars a year.”
Washington Post rated this: False
Washington Post says: Trump falsely claims this is $130 billion a year, rather than over four years. The $420 billion figure is for eight years.
“Jill Biden said, “Whatever is on Hunter’s laptop is not important.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Joe Biden had an iPad at his podium during the debate.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Joe Biden “wants to get rid of something called ‘stepped up basis’” that reduces inheritance taxes.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: Biden has proposed eliminating the “stepped-up basis,” a tax policy that reduces inheritance taxes, to use the extra federal taxes collected to provide two years of free community college to students.
“Kamala Harris said looters are just feeding their hungry kids.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Muchos problemas y discrepancias con los votos por correspondencia por todo Estados Unidos. Debemos tener un conteo final el 3 de noviembre”
Noticias Telemundo rated this: Falso
“My 2018 election was the first time Speaker Robin Vos has lost a Republican-held seat”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: State election records confirm only one Assembly seat has flipped from a Republican to a Democrat since 2013, when Robin Vos took over as Speaker. It's a result of Wisconsin being among the most gerrymandered states.
“Our excess mortality rate has been 42 percent less than Europe.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: The United States has one of the highest rates of covid-19 deaths per 100,000 people in the world and one of the highest rates of excess all-cause mortality
“Photo shows Joe Biden’s license plate says “THEBIGGUY.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Trump pidió el asesinato de Joe Biden”
El Detector / Univision Noticias rated this: Falso
“TV ad says: “If Joe Biden’s elected, he’ll end fracking.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: Biden's plan would ban "new oil and gas permitting on public lands and waters." That would allow for fracking to continue under existing permits and in nonfederal areas.
“[W]e’re doing a super V" recovery. "We have a super V.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Economy Far From V-shaped
FactCheck.org says: The economy shrank by 10.1% in the first six months of this year, including a 9% drop in the second quarter. But the rebound in the most recent quarter was 7.4% -- still far short of a full recovery.
“When asked about court-packing, Biden's staff immediately escorts the camera out.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Biden gave a lengthy answer to the question before reporters were moved to another spot.
“Counting ballots for weeks after Election Day “is totally inappropriate, and I don't believe that's by our laws.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Multiple laws require consideration of ballots past Election Night, including overseas military ballots and provisional ballots.
“In Nevada, they want to have a thing where you don’t have to have any verification of the signature” on ballots.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Republican Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske’s website says that "signature verification is performed on every ballot received.”
“Joe Biden confused Donald Trump with Abraham Lincoln”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: Missing context
“No estaba de acuerdo con mi presidente, porque la política era permitir la deportación de personas que, según la propia definición del ICE, no eran criminales”
Noticias Telemundo rated this: Verdadero
“Now with the COVID-19 … more people are dependent on drugs or alcohol.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: West Virginia data shows increases in emergency room visits due to overdoses in June, July and August of 2020 compared with the same months in 2019, mirroring national patterns.