Former Vice President Joe Biden Keeps Pushing Misinformation About Coronavirus. Here Are 5 Examples
Peter Hasson
Editor
March 24, 2020 9:52 PM ET
Former Vice President Joe Biden has repeatedly pushed misinformation about the COVID-19 coronavirus in political attacks against President Donald Trump and his administration.
Biden, the Democratic frontrunner for president, has sought to politically capitalize on the coronavirus pandemic. But on at least five different occasions, Biden and his campaign have spread misinformation about the response to the virus.
Biden falsely said Trump slashed the CDC budgetBiden was dinged by fact-checkers after he falsely accused Trump of cutting the budget for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“We increased the budget of the CDC. We increased the NIH budget. … He’s wiped all that out. … He cut the funding for the entire effort,†Biden said at the Feb. 26 debate. Former 2020 Democratic candidate Mike Bloomberg made a similarly false accusation during the debate.
“They’re both wrong to say the agencies have seen their money cut,†the AP noted in a fact-check of the comments.
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