“After he [Mandela] got free and became president, he came to Washington and came to my office. He threw his arms around me and said, ‘I want to say thank you.’ I said, ‘What are you thanking me for, Mr. President?’ He said: ‘You tried to see me. You got arrested trying to see me.’”
Joe Biden
Former vice president. Las Vegas. Claim dated 16 Feb 2020.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios
In short
Joe Biden (Former vice president) made this claim around 16 February 2020. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 February 2020, 9 days later. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
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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