“Donald Trump is lying about Medicare and Social Security. Trump’s pushing to slash Medicare benefits.”
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Joe Biden campaign ad. in a campaign ad. Claim dated 9 Oct 2020.
Washington Post rated thisTwo Pinocchios
What Washington Post found
The Biden campaign appears to be making a mountain out of a molehill.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Voiceover (Joe Biden campaign ad) made this claim around 9 October 2020. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 October 2020, 4 days later. Its rating was “Two Pinocchios”.
Voiceover has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 7 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/campaign-ads-2020/joe-biden-clear-choice-ca…
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