Trump Leans Into False Virus Claims in Combative Fox News Interview

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/19/us/politics/trump-fox-interview-coronavirus-race.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Mr. Trump again tried to attack Mr. Biden, claiming that the former vice president wanted to defund the police. The president suggested this was evidenced by his work with more progressive Democrats to create a charter pledging to work together on matters including changes to policing.

 

“It says nothing about defunding the police,” Mr. Wallace said of that document.

“Oh really? It says abolish, it says defund. Let’s go! Get me the charter, please,” Mr. Trump said, before demanding to see the document. In a promotional clip of the interview, Mr. Wallace said the president had been unable to find evidence that Mr. Biden sought to defund or abolish the police.