“Our economy is in tatters, with Black, Latino, Asian American, and Native American communities bearing the brunt of it.”
Joe Biden
Democratic presidential nominee. his acceptance speech at the Democratic convention. Claim dated 20 Aug 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisAccurate
What PolitiFact found
Unemployment rates for whites are significantly lower during the pandemic than for the other groups Biden mentioned.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (Democratic presidential nominee) made this claim around 20 August 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 August 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Accurate”.
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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