“And we’ll reverse the disastrous and heartless decision Joe Biden made in 1996 to shut down the pharmaceutical industry in Puerto Rico.”
What FactCheck.org found
Then a senator, Biden voted for a wide-ranging bipartisan bill that eliminated a tax exemption for companies manufacturing products in Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories. The legislation also raised the minimum wage.
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In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 24 September 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 October 2020, 20 days later. Its rating was “Distorts the Facts”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-america-first-hea…
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