“Joe Biden tried to cut Social Security and Medicare for decades. … Now Biden’s promising your benefits to illegal immigrants.”
Donald Trump campaign
voiceover. in a Trump campaign ad. Claim dated 14 Sep 2020.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios
What Washington Post found
The Trump ad takes an old Biden clip out of context. Then it claims Biden has promised something — but there is no such promise.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump campaign (voiceover) made this claim around 14 September 2020. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 September 2020, 4 days later. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
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Where the claim appeared
- washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/campaign-ads-2020/donald-j-trump-keeping-hi…
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