“When I was vice president, violent crime fell 15% in this country. ... The murder rate now is up 26% across the nation this year under Donald Trump.”
Joe Biden
Democratic presidential nominee. speech in Pittsburgh. Claim dated 31 Aug 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
His claim is partly accurate and needs context.
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In short
Joe Biden (Democratic presidential nominee) made this claim around 31 August 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 3 September 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
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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