“He [Joe Biden] wants prisons closed, and provide free federal housing for former inmates.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
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“Back in January, I wrote an article for USA Today saying, ‘We’ve got a pandemic. We’ve got a real problem.’”
Washington Post rated this: Half true
Washington Post says: Biden overstates what he said in January; he did not flatly say it was a pandemic, but referred to the “possibility of a pandemic."
“Joe Biden tried to cut Social Security and Medicare for decades. … Now Biden’s promising your benefits to illegal immigrants.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: The Trump ad takes an old Biden clip out of context. Then it claims Biden has promised something — but there is no such promise.
“The coronavirus … and this is their new hoax.”
Washington Post rated this: Two Pinocchios
Washington Post says: The Biden ad uses three examples of misleading material
“Unfortunately, this [in Minneapolis] went on for a week or a week and a half before he allowed us to bring in the National Guard. When we brought in the National Guard, everything stopped, the crime was gone meaning the whole thing. But by that time a big portion of the city was burned down.”
Washington Post rated this: False
Washington Post says: Trump falsely suggests he had something to do with the decision to send the National Guard into Minneapolis amid violence and protests of the killing of George Floyd in police custody.
“We had 25 people that were witnesses that are on the record already that have said that never took place.”
Washington Post rated this: False
Washington Post says: The president is inflating the number of people who have disputed the report that he called soldiers "losers." There have been a lot of denials, but you have to parse them carefully.
“Mail-In Ballots will lead to massive electoral fraud and a rigged 2020 Election.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
“We were having extraordinary growth. We were creating growth that would pay down the debt over time.”
Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios
Washington Post says: He was referring to a debt-to-GDP ratio but it was only true if one accepted the rosy scenario offered by the administration, different than other forecasts.
“Elections that have been held with mail have found substantial fraud and coercion. For example, we indicted someone in Texas — 1,700 ballots collected from people who could vote, he made them out and voted for the person he wanted to.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
“The chief actuary of the Social Security Administration just released an analysis of Trump’s planned cuts to Social Security. Under Trump’s plan, Social Security would become permanently depleted by the middle of calendar year 2023.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: The ad describes a "Trump plan" that does not exist.
“Kamala Harris helped violent rioters in Minnesota get out of jail to do more damage.”
Washington Post rated this: Needs context
Washington Post says: Cotton’s claim that “violent rioters” were released with MFF funds has some basis in fact. But we stumble over Cotton’s additional claim that violent rioters were let out of jail to do more damage.
“Black Lives Matter/Antifa”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: Trump retweeted this video of a Black man assaulting a White woman on the New York City subway with share text that blamed Black Lives Matter and antifa. However, the video was from October 2019.
“When I was vice president, violent crime fell 15 percent in this country. We did it without chaos and disorder. And yes, we did it with Democratic mayors. And most of the major cities in this country, the murder right now is up 26 percent across the nation this year under Donald Trump.”
Washington Post rated this: Two Pinocchios
Washington Post says: Biden was clear in his presentation and he cited accurate numbers. But it’s still a matter of apples and oranges — both in terms of comparing inconsistent timelines and also murders versus violent crime.
“Nobody making under 400,000 bucks would have their taxes raised, period, bingo.”
Washington Post rated this: Accurate
Washington Post says: Overall, Biden’s $400,000 pledge holds up well, especially when considering the impact on individual taxpayers.
“Biden knows failure. His own defense secretary said, 'Biden has been wrong on every major foreign policy and national security decision for nearly four decades.’”
Washington Post rated this: Lacks context
Washington Post says: The quote is accurate but former Defense Secretary Robert Gates indicated he supported Biden for president
“President Trump is the most pro-gay president in American history. I can prove it.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: Grenell manages to both significantly mislead about Joe Biden’s record and oversell Trump’s.
“He’s proposing to eliminate a tax that pays for almost half of Social Security without any way of making up for that lost revenue, resulting in cuts.”
Washington Post rated this: In dispute
Washington Post says: Biden is relying on confusing comments made by President Trump after he signed an executive order that called for a payroll tax holiday after negotiations broke down with Congress on a coronavirus relief package.
“It’s wrong that billionaires got $400 billion richer during the pandemic, while millions lost their $600 a week in extra unemployment.”
Washington Post rated this: Cherry-picked number
Washington Post says: The $400 billion figure reflects a date a month after the stock market fell sharply; billionaires had lost money collectively if a February date was used.
“They [China] are more than living up to it [commitments under Trump's phase one trade deal]. Last week — because they know I'm very angry at them, because this should have never happened — they made the largest order of corn, the largest order of soybeans in history. They made the largest beef order that they've done in a long time.”
Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios
“Social Security beneficiaries count on the post office to get their checks.”
Washington Post rated this: Half true
Washington Post says: As of 2019, 99.1 percent of Social Security recipients get direct deposits electronically. So relatively few people still rely on the Postal Service.