The candidates repeated talking points from the stump and added some new twists on the facts.
FactChecking the Final 2020 Presidential Debate
Issues: health care
Trump on the Stump
We identified 46 false and misleading claims Trump made in six stump speeches from Oct. 12 to Oct. 16.
Biden on the Stump
We fact-check nine claims made by the Democratic presidential nominee in recent campaign speeches.
Trump’s False Claim That Michigan Is ‘Closed’
In an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, President Donald Trump falsely claimed that the state of Michigan is “closed,” specifically and falsely mentioning churches and schools.
Viral Post Overstates Effect of Trump’s Order on Preexisting Conditions
A popular Facebook post asks why an order by President Donald Trump “PROTECTING PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS got almost zero coverage,” and suggests it’s wrong to say he is “trying to eliminate that protection.” Trump is trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which put such protections into place, and his recent executive order, on its own, doesn’t legally guarantee them.
Video: The First Debate
In this video, we review six claims we fact-checked in the first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
FactChecking the First Trump-Biden Debate
In a chaotic debate with plenty of crosstalk, there was also plenty to fact-check.
FactChecking Trump’s Weekend Claims
On Sept. 26 and 27, President Donald Trump spoke for about two hours and 15 minutes in five appearances. We’ve compiled many of the president’s false and misleading claims from those remarks.
FactChecking Biden’s SCOTUS Speech and Repeats
In remarks about President Donald Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden made some questionable statements.
Trump’s Misleading Comments on Biden and the Coronavirus
In July 14 remarks in the White House Rose Garden, President Donald Trump made a series of false, misleading and unsupported statements about the novel coronavirus and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s position on it.