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“When asked whether he’d support cutting funding to law enforcement, Joe Biden replied, 'Yes, absolutely.”
Mike Pence Vice President. Republican National Convention. Claim dated 26 Aug 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisDistorts the Facts

What FactCheck.org found

Biden was asked about shifting some police funds to social service agencies for tasks that could be better handled by the latter. “Yes, absolutely,” Biden responded. But said he also supports additional police funding.

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In short

Mike Pence (Vice President) made this claim around 26 August 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 27 August 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Distorts the Facts”.

Mike Pence has 46 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 25 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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