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“They asked [President Donald Trump] where he got the COVID, he said, 'I probably got it from Blue Star parents.”
Joe Biden Democratic presidential nominee. speech in Arizona. Claim dated 8 Oct 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse

What FactCheck.org found

Trump said he assumed he might get COVID-19 because he has to meet with people and cannot always distance himself. He mentioned an event in honor of the families of deceased military veterans as one example.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Joe Biden (Democratic presidential nominee) made this claim around 8 October 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 October 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.

This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.