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Joe Biden, President

“What I’m worried about is how un-American this whole initiative is. It’s sick. It’s sick … deciding that you’re going to end voting at five o’clock when working people are just getting off work.”

Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios

Washington Post says: Not a single expert we consulted who has studied the law understood why Biden made this claim, as this was the section of law that expanded early voting for many Georgians.

Checked by PolitiFact26 Jan 2021United StatesElections
Social media posts

“Says a video shows Joe Biden boasted in 2006 “about voting for ‘700 miles of fence’” and “talking about immigration in some entirely different ways than he does today.”

PolitiFact rated this: Half True

PolitiFact says: Biden in 2006 backed a 700-mile border fence, but also a variety of measures to fight illegal immigration much as he does today, including addressing root causes that lead people to flee their homes to the United States.

Checked by PolitiFact17 Nov 2020United StatesElections
Social media posts

“Milwaukee Elections Chief Lost Elections Flash Drive in Morning Hours of November 4th When Democrats Miraculously Found 120,000 Votes for Joe Biden.”

PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire

PolitiFact says: The drive was unintentionally left behind, but was in an observed, supervised area the whole time. It's not at all related to a jump in Biden votes overnight, which came when Milwaukee finished counting absentee ballots.