“Says Joe Biden wants to "defund the police.”
Donald Trump
President of the United States. in a tweet. Claim dated 7 Jun 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 7 June 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 June 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
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