“Says that as vice president, he pinned a Silver Star on a Navy captain in Afghanistan who had carried a mortally wounded comrade out of a ravine, and resisted receiving a medal for his actions.”
Joe Biden
Former vice president of the United States. In a town hall meeting in Hanover, NH. Claim dated 23 Aug 2019.
PolitiFact rated thisBlends three heroic events
In short
Joe Biden (Former vice president of the United States) made this claim around 23 August 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 September 2019, 12 days later. Its rating was “Blends three heroic events”.
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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