“Says Joe Biden said: “If Haiti just quietly sunk into the Caribbean, or rose up 300 feet, it wouldn’t matter a whole lot in terms of our interests.”
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Instagram. Claim dated 23 Sep 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
The clips leave out the context of Biden’s remarks, which compared the U.S. interests in Haiti to those in other countries, such as Bosnia, in a discussion about causes for military intervention.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 23 September 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 September 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CUKYmbVjb8W/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=02ea823e-3af5-419b-86…
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