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Donald Trump
stated on November 1, 2020 in a tweet:

“Joe Biden called Black youth super predators.”

By Miriam Valverde • November 1, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 30, 2020 in a campaign rally in Waterford, Mich.:

“Our doctors get more money if somebody dies from COVID. … So what they do is they say, ‘I'm sorry, but, you know, everybody dies of COVID.’"

By Jon Greenberg • November 1, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 26, 2020 in a YouTube video:

“When asked about court-packing, Biden's staff immediately escorts the camera out.”

By Jon Greenberg • October 29, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 25, 2020 in a rally:

“In Nevada, they want to have a thing where you don’t have to have any verification of the signature” on ballots.

By Amy Sherman • October 28, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 15, 2020 in several speeches:

Says North Carolina just landed an auto plant.

By Jon Greenberg • October 28, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 26, 2020 in a rally:

“Joe Biden confirmed his plan to abolish the entire U.S. oil industry.”

By Jessica Calefati • October 28, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 27, 2020 in a tweet by Trump War Room:

Says Joe Biden said “Why am I doing this? Why? What is my real aim?”

By Miriam Valverde • October 27, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 24, 2020 in Speech:

U.S. is “really not doing (COVID-19) reporting right” because deaths are being improperly counted and hospitals have an “incentive” to pad stats.

By Eric Litke • October 27, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2020 in a debate:

Michigan has been “like a prison” during the coronavirus.

By Clara Hendrickson • October 23, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 17, 2020 in an interview:

Foxconn hasn't hit job targets on its massive Wisconsin factory because "No. 1, you had a pandemic."

By Eric Litke • October 23, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2020 in a presidential debate:

"We are rounding the turn (on coronavirus). We are rounding the corner."

By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 20, 2020 in a rally:

Pennsylvania “never opened.”

By Jessica Calefati • October 22, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 21, 2020 in an ad:

Says Joe Biden repeatedly told Americans he's going to raise their taxes.

By Bill McCarthy • October 21, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 14, 2020 in a discussion with business leaders:

Speaking of the federal debt before the coronavirus pandemic, “we were starting to get that number down.”

By Miriam Valverde • October 19, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 15, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami:

Changes to DACA during his administration are "because of the pandemic."

By Miriam Valverde • October 15, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 12, 2020 in a tweet.:

“The World Health Organization just admitted that I was right. Lockdowns are killing countries all over the world. The cure cannot be worse than the problem itself.”

By Victoria Knight • October 15, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on September 30, 2020 in a rally:

Says Joe Biden is a socialist.

By Amy Sherman • October 15, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 12, 2020 in a campaign ad:

"Biden's plan is a 14% tax hike on middle class families."

By Louis Jacobson • October 13, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 8, 2020 in an interview with Fox News:

The Commission on Presidential Debates wrote a letter after the 2016 presidential debates apologizing to Donald Trump.

By Samantha Putterman • October 9, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 in a debate:

Says ballots in Wisconsin “are being dumped in rivers” or creeks.

By Eric Litke • October 9, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 6, 2020 in a tweet:

“Many people every year, sometimes over 100,000, and despite the vaccine, die from the flu … we are learning to live with Covid, in most populations far less lethal."

By Jon Greenberg • October 6, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 in a presidential debate:

Poll watchers in Philadelphia “were thrown out.”

By Jessica Calefati • October 1, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate:

Before the coronavirus pandemic, the United States had “the greatest economy in the history of our country.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate:

In manufacturing, "I brought back 700,000 jobs. (Obama and Biden) brought back nothing."

By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 in the first 2020 presidential debate:

Says Joe Biden “had 308,000 military people dying because you couldn’t provide them proper healthcare in the military.”

By Jon Greenberg • September 30, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 in First presidential debate:

"You said you went to Delaware State but you forgot the name of your college."

By Noah Y. Kim • September 29, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on September 17, 2020 in Speech:

Says under U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal proposal, “Cows are out.”

By Laura Schulte • September 28, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on September 22, 2020 in a speech:

Says Joe Biden's plan for net-zero emissions "would instantly shut down all fracking and all mining immediately in Pennsylvania."

By Jessica Calefati • September 25, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on September 10, 2020 in a speech at a rally in Michigan:

"After the last administration nearly killed the US auto industry, I saved the U.S. auto industry ... We brought you a lot of car plants… (and Japan) “announced five car companies are coming to Michigan.”

By Jon Greenberg • September 11, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on September 1, 2020 in News release:

“Biden failed to condemn far-left violent groups like Antifa, instead faulting only the brave men and women of law enforcement.”

By Madeline Heim • September 3, 2020