Trump’s False Political Ad About Biden
The Claim
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wants to “defund the police.”
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US President Trump’s campaign recently ran an ad that says that Joe Biden supports defunding the police.
The claim was further supported by social media users, including former Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
Misbar’s Analysis
President Trump's ad, which is 30 seconds long, says: “Antifa is destroying our communities. Rioting, looting. Joe Biden kneels down and his staff sends money for bail. And Biden fails to stand up to the radical leftists fighting to defund and abolish the police. With Biden kneeling to the left, we’d have chaos in the streets. President Trump is standing up for us. Keeping our communities safe, protecting minority owned businesses, and always standing for our flag.”
The ad also shows images of signs and graffiti that read “defund the police.”
However, Biden told CBS News on June 8, 2020 that he does not support defunding the police. He said, “No, I don’t support defunding the police. I support conditioning federal aid to police, based on whether or not they meet certain basic standards of decency and honorableness. And, in fact, are able to demonstrate they can protect the community and everybody in the community.”
He also published an op-ed titled “We must urgently root out systemic racism, from policing to housing to opportunity” in USA Today on June 10, 2020 that said: “While I do not believe federal dollars should go to police departments violating people’s rights or turning to violence as the first resort, I do not support defunding police. The better answer is to give police departments the resources they need to implement meaningful reforms, and to condition other federal dollars on completing those reforms.”
