“More cops have died from COVID this year than have been killed on patrol.”
Joe Biden
Democratic nominee for president. In a speech given in Pittsburgh.. Claim dated 31 Aug 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True
What PolitiFact found
The data from two separate groups show COVID-19 deaths outnumber all other deaths.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (Democratic nominee for president) made this claim around 31 August 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 September 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
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.
Where the claim appeared
- c-span.orghttps://www.c-span.org/video/?475311-1/joe-biden-delivers-remarks-public-safety-law-enfor…
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