“A video shows Joe Biden lost and confused on stage.”
What PolitiFact found
The video was edited so that footage was omitted. Joe Biden did not stand around looking confused at a Jan. 16 event announcing members of his White House science team.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump Jr. (Son of President Donald Trump) made this claim around 17 January 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 January 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Donald Trump Jr. has 18 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 11 of them false or fake, 6 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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Related checks
- PolitiFact: False“This video shows Trump looking “lost and disoriented.”