'Vast' sets a high bar
"The fact is that right now the vast majority of Democrats do not support Medicare for All."
— PolitiFact Health Check on Tuesday, November 26th, 2019
Context really matters
"160 million people like their private insurance."
— PolitiFact Health Check on Wednesday, November 20th, 2019
Wealth came later
"I entered as one of the poorest men in Congress, left one of the poorest men in government, in Congress and as vice president."
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, October 30th, 2019
Misleading methodology
"For people making between $50,000 and $75,000 a year, their taxes are going up about $5,000 because the fact is, they will pay more in new taxes" for Medicare for All.
— PolitiFact Health Check on Wednesday, October 16th, 2019
Hello, Luxembourg
"We’re no longer the wealthiest middle class in the world."
— PolitiFact National on Friday, October 4th, 2019
No massive raids like Bush, but still some arrests
"The Obama-Biden Administration did not conduct workplace raids—in fact, it ended them."
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, September 18th, 2019
Chain-link fences described as "cages"
Says the Obama administration "didn't lock people up in cages."
— PolitiFact National on Friday, September 13th, 2019
Not that high
"Over 90% of the American people think we have to get assault weapons off the street — period."
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, September 12th, 2019
Public comments say otherwise
Referring to the Iraq War, "immediately, the moment it started, I came out against the war at that moment."
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, September 5th, 2019
Blends several stories into one
Says that as vice president, he pinned a Silver Star on a Navy captain in Afghanistan who had carried a mortally wounded comrade out of a ravine, and resisted receiving a medal for his actions.
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, September 4th, 2019
He did condemn
Says President Donald Trump hasn’t condemned David Duke and Richard Spencer.
— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, August 27th, 2019
Spoke of gang members, not immigrants
Says Donald Trump "asserted that immigrants would quote, ‘carve you up with a knife’."
— PolitiFact National on Friday, August 9th, 2019
Fumbles some details
Says Kamala Harris oversaw a police department that was "abusing people’s rights" and that she did not "disclose to defense attorneys" when there was exculpatory evidence: "She didn't do that. She never did it. And so, what happened? Along came a federal judge and said enough, enough, and he freed 1,000 of these people."
— PolitiFact National on Friday, August 2nd, 2019
True on paper, but not always in practice.
"We made parity between mental health and physical health. It was a fundamental breakthrough in how we thought about how things should work."
— PolitiFact Health Check on Thursday, July 11th, 2019
Repeatedly opposed busing
"I did not oppose busing in America. What I opposed is busing ordered by the Department of Education."
— PolitiFact National on Friday, June 28th, 2019
Good news! You can have both
"Why should you get a break for racehorses and not get a break for child care?"
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, June 19th, 2019
Reductions seen after Obama reached deal
"In the Obama-Biden administration, we got China to cut cyber-theft -- it's gotten significantly worse under this administration."
— PolitiFact National on Friday, June 14th, 2019
How bad depends on who’s counting
"The current school psychologist to student ratio in this country is roughly 1,400 to 1, while experts say it should be at most 700 to 1."
— PolitiFact Health Check on Wednesday, June 5th, 2019
Isn't the whole story
The 1994 crime bill "did not generate mass incarceration."
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, May 30th, 2019
Back to the future
"I’m one of the first guys to introduce a climate change bill, way, way back in ‘87."
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, May 8th, 2019