Lie September 12, 2020 · Rally · Coronavirus

“When Biden was vice president, he was a complete disaster on the swine flu, which was a much easier thing to handle.”

Said
September 12, 2020
Where
Campaign rally
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Coronavirus
Repeated
62 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 23959)

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