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Stories by Lori Robertson
Director, FactCheck.org
Video: The First Debate
FactChecking Trump’s Weekend Claims
FactChecking Biden’s SCOTUS Speech and Repeats
Trump’s False Auto Industry Claims
FactChecking Biden’s Town Hall
Trump Spins Quotes by/About Biden
FactChecking Trump’s Fox News Interview
Biden Misleads on Preexisting Conditions
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden claimed President Trump’s effort in court to nullify the Affordable Care Act would “take 100 million people with preexisting conditions and move them in a direction where they can’t get coverage.” They wouldn’t all lose coverage, as the claim suggests, barring highly unlikely circumstances.









