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“Says Amy Coney Barrett “has a written track record, disagreeing adamantly with the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the ACA. In fact, she publicly criticized Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion upholding the law eight years ago.”
Joe Biden Democratic presidential nominee. a speech. Claim dated 27 Sep 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True

What PolitiFact found

Barrett hasn’t written a lot about the Affordable Care Act, but what she has written has been decidedly negative about the Supreme Court’s 2012 ruling upholding its constitutionality.

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In short

Joe Biden (Democratic presidential nominee) made this claim around 27 September 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 28 September 2020, 1 day 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.

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