Lie August 2, 2020 · Rally · Crime

“When asked whether he would defend and defund our police, Biden said, we're going to defund them. He wants to defund them. He's going to defund the police.”

Said
August 2, 2020
Where
Campaign rally
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Crime
Repeated
72 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 21238)

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