Joe Biden Falsely Claims 6,114 Military Dead from Coronavirus; Real Number Is 7
Posted on AllSides September 10th, 2020
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FACT CHECK
CLAIM: There have been 6,114 U.S. military deaths from coronavirus.
VERDICT: FALSE. There have been seven.
Former Vice President Joe Biden has been attacking President Donald Trump for remarks that The Atlantic claimed he made about dead soldiers in war (and which over twenty witnesses have publicly refuted). On Wednesday, Biden commented on soldiers who had died during the coronavirus pandemic — and overstated the number by a factor of nearly one thousand.
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