“The Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders unity platform would "abolish completely the death penalty.”
Donald Trump
president. the White House. Claim dated 14 Jul 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisThis is accurate.
What PolitiFact found
This is accurate. The unity document reads, "Democrats continue to support abolishing the death penalty."
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (president) made this claim around 14 July 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 July 2020, 5 days later. Its rating was “This is accurate.”.
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.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-press-conference-…
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