Biden's speech (Monday, 12/14) fact-checked

[teach1st]

I'm not used to seeing a fact-checked speech return no lies. The worst they could find was a "largely accurate," and only because President-elect Biden mentioned that Trump received 306 electoral votes in 2016, when technically, according to Politifact, Trump only got 304 (due to two faithless electors).

How can a politician get anything done when everything they say is true?


https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/dec/15/fact-checking-joe-bidens-speech-after-electoral-co/

"306 electoral votes is the same number of electoral votes that Donald Trump and Vice President (Mike) Pence received when they won in 2016. At the time, President Trump called his Electoral College tally a landslide."

This is largely accurate. Trump, like Biden, earned 306 electoral votes when he defeated Hillary Clinton in 2016. He called it a "landslide" in a claim we rated False.

But technically, Trump received fewer than the 306 electoral votes he earned on Election Day. When it came to the Electoral College votes, two electors pledged to Trump didn’t vote for him. These "faithless electors" meant Trump officially received 304 electoral votes.

There were no faithless electors in 2020, according to reports.

[Bayard]

1. How refreshing!

Now, if MAGAT's could just handle the truth.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. Will the teevee industry survive?

Will no one think of the multi-millionaire talking heads?