FactChecking Biden’s Post-Debate TV Interview

In his first televised interview since his admittedly “bad” presidential debate, President Joe Biden made a few exaggerated and misleading statements.

Here’s what Biden said in his 22-minute, prime-time interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on July 5:

Biden exaggerated when he claimed that the U.S. share of global semiconductor — or chip — production capacity has declined to “virtually nothing.”

Biden, again, wrongly claimed that former President Donald Trump told the public to inject bleach as a treatment for COVID-19.

Biden denied that he had fallen further behind Trump in post-debate polling, saying “nothing’s changed substantially since the debate in the New York Times poll.” The Times post-debate poll showed Trump ahead by 6 percentage points — an increase of 3 points.