“Bernie Sanders was seriously thinking about challenging our first African American president in a primary.”
Joe Biden
Democratic presidential candidate. a campaign ad. Claim dated 24 Feb 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisSaid someone should try
In short
Joe Biden (Democratic presidential candidate) made this claim around 24 February 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 February 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “Said someone should try”.
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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