As Joe Biden campaigned for president in 2020, national and global discussion focused on one issue: the COVID-19 pandemic. As then-President Donald Trump downplayed the pandemic’s severity, Biden pledged to increase COVID-19 testing, vaccinate 50 million people in 100 days and get the virus under control.
But his campaign promises extended beyond the pandemic. Biden also said he would raise taxes only for the wealthiest Americans, pursue calls for racial justice and adopt policies to mitigate climate change. He said he would forgive all undergraduate student loan debt, lower prescription drug costs and end online sales of firearms and ammunition.
Over four years, PolitiFact monitored the progress of 99 campaign promises on the Biden Promise Tracker. PolitiFact reporters tracked each issue and measured outcomes – not intentions or efforts – with final ratings of promise kept, compromise and promise broken.
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