“The reason that stop and frisk [in New York City] changed is because Barack Obama sent moderators to see what was going on.”
Joe Biden
Democratic presidential candidate. debate. Claim dated 19 Feb 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
In short
Joe Biden (Democratic presidential candidate) made this claim around 19 February 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 February 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
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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- nbcnews.comhttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/full-transcript-ninth-democratic-debate-la…
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