Trump’s Deceptive Ad on Biden and Defunding the Police

https://www.factcheck.org/2020/06/trumps-deceptive-ad-on-biden-and-defunding-the-police/

A Trump for President ad deceptively suggests that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden supports a campaign to “defund the police.” But Biden has said explicitly that he doesn’t.

However, Biden has said categorically and repeatedly that he opposes defunding the police, a cause espoused by some of those protesting the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis and police misconduct in general.

“No, I don’t support defunding the police,” Biden told “CBS Evening News” anchor Norah O’Donnell on June 8. “I support conditioning federal aid to police, based on whether or not they meet certain basic standards of decency and honorableness. And, in fact, are able to demonstrate they can protect the community and everybody in the community.”

Biden reiterated that position in an op-ed published in USA Today on June 10.

Reality Check: Does Biden Want To Defund Police?

Fact checking the Republican claim that Biden plans to defund the police, and Biden’s claim that Trump put brake on coronavirus tests

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fact-checking-the-republican-claim-that-biden-plans-to-defund-the-police-and-bidens-claim-that-trump-put-brake-on-coronavirus-tests-2020-07-11

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign team is misrepresenting Democratic rival Joe Biden’s stance on improving police practices following George Floyd’s death.

In ads and emails this week, the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee assert that Biden would “defund the police.” That’s not Biden’s position. The former vice president has repeatedly made clear he would boost money for social services and condition federal dollars on police adhering to standards.

 

Trump ad ties Biden to defund police effort, warns Americans 'won't be safe'

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/507445-trump-campaign-ad-ties-biden-to-defund-police-effort-warns-americans-wont

The Trump campaign is doubling down on its message of "law and order" with a dark ad released Wednesday telling Americans they "won't be safe" if presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden is elected president.

 

Biden has refused to back calls to defund the police but has voiced support for further justice system reforms and expressed sympathy with activists protesting racial inequality.

“The vast majority of police are decent, honorable people, but there are bad apples, man. And we have to change the way we teach the police,” Biden said at a recent fundraiser. “We have to make sure that we deal with an entire new set of standards at the federal level like Barack [Obama] and I were doing before we left office. There’s so much we can do, the country is ready for it. We don’t have to defund the police departments, we have to make sure they meet minimum basic standards of decency.” 

A similar Trump campaign ad that aired earlier this month received four Pinocchios from The Washington Post’s fact-checker.

Trump claims Joe Biden wants to defund police in upcoming Fox News interview

https://nypost.com/2020/07/17/trump-claims-joe-biden-wants-to-defund-police-in-fox-news-interview/

President Trump and Fox News host Chris Wallace get into a debate over whether Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden “wants to defund” the police in the tease for an interview set to air Sunday.

In a clip of the taped interview, “Fox News Sunday” host Wallace rebuffs Trump’s claim that Biden’s unity agenda with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) committed to defunding or abolishing police.

“Let’s go, get me the charter, please!” an agitated Trump says in the brief clip.

 

'Let's go!': Trump snaps when pushed on false claim about Biden and police

https://www.independent.co.uk/us-election-2020/trump-does-joe-biden-want-to-defund-the-police-abolish-fox-news-interview-a9625711.html

Donald Trump testily lashed out at Chris Wallace after the Fox News Sunday host, during an interview to air this weekend, called out the president's false statement that Joe Biden wants to defund all police departments.

"Let's go!" the president said forcefully, appearing to look at off-camera staff and give an order for someone to retrieve a Democratic document he had just misquoted.

"Get me the charter, please," a clearly agitated Mr Trump said.

At the end of the brief-but-testy exchange, Mr Wallace looks bemused as he simply says, "Alright..."

Trump Wrongly Suggests Biden Supports Defunding The Police In Fox News Interview

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2020/07/17/trump-wrongly-suggests-biden-supports-defunding-the-police-in-fox-news-interview/#1e1f9b7e1d04

In an excerpt from a Fox News interview released Friday, President Trump falsely claimed that Joe Biden supports “defunding the police” and signed a “charter” with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) supporting the progressive rallying cry, in what appears to be an attempt by the president to pin the controversial idea on his opponent to make him appear more radical.

 

President Trump goes one-on-one with Chris Wallace | Full Interview

Donald Trump v Fox News Sunday: extraordinary moments from a wild interview

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/19/donald-trump-fox-news-sunday-chris-wallace-interview

 

‘I’ll be right eventually’

The interview was especially combative when it touched on Covid-19, which has infected 3.7 million and killed more than 140,000 people in the US.

Wallace repeatedly pressed Trump about the death toll, which the president attempted to deflect by pointing to mortality rates in other countries and saying the US had “one of the lowest in the world”.

“That’s not true, sir,” Wallace said, correctly.

The argument continued, and Trump asked his press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, to “please bring me the mortality rate”.

“You have the numbers, please?” Trump asked. “Because I hear we have the best mortality rate. Number, number one low mortality rate.”

Waving a paper, Trump said: “I hope you show this on air, because it shows what fake news is about.”

“I don’t think I’m fake news,” Wallace said.

'I Have to See.' President Trump Refuses to Say If He Will Accept the 2020 Election Results

https://time.com/5868739/trump-election-results-chris-wallace/

 

President Donald Trump refused to give a clear answer on whether he would accept this year’s presidential election results in an exclusive wide-ranging interview with Fox News, which aired Sunday.

Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace pressed Trump to “give a direct answer” on whether he would accept the Nov. 3 election results or not.

“I have to see. Look, you — I have to see. No, I’m not going to just say ‘yes.’ I’m not going to say no and I didn’t last time either,” Trump said.

6 years, 68 court dates since arrest, Leifer extradition hearing set for Monday

https://www.timesofisrael.com/6-years-68-court-dates-since-arrest-leifer-extradition-hearing-set-for-monday/

 

Nearly six years and 68 court dates since her initial arrest, the Jerusalem District Court will convene an extradition hearing on Monday morning for Malka Leifer, who is wanted in Australia on 74 charges of child sex abuse.

The hearing is expected to be largely procedural given that the court already ruled in May that the former principal of the Adass Israel ultra-Orthodox girls school in Melbourne has been feigning mental illness in order to avoid extradition and is competent enough to face justice.

Portland protests: Mayor demands federal troops leave city

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53466718

Federal agents, deployed by President Trump, have fired tear gas into crowds of demonstrators. Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf previously called the protesters a "violent mob".

Late on Saturday, protesters were seen dismantling a fence around the federal courthouse, hours after it was put up.

The US Attorney's office in Oregon said on Twitter that the fence aimed to "de-escalate tensions" between protesters and law enforcement officials and asked people to leave it alone.

Officers declared a riot outside the Portland Police Association building. It was set on fire.

 

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.

Biden campaign fires back after Trump interview: Polls show 'smears aren't working'

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-campaign-fires-back-after-trump-interview-polls-show-smears-arent-working

The campaign of Joe Biden,  the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, responded to President Trump's interview that aired Sunday on "Fox News Sunday" by accusing Trump of lying about the former vice president, who is currently leading in the polls.

Trump took a number of shots at Biden, accusing him of being mentally incapable of being president and taking far-left positions such as wanting to defund police departments

 

“For over a year, Donald Trump and his campaign have cycled through the same self-defeating attacks against Joe Biden and have failed to get traction on a single one," Biden's deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield said in a statement. "President Trump gave it yet another go on 'Fox News Sunday' this morning. He lurched from smear to smear, all while being forcefully corrected on most, including the lie that Joe Biden wouldn't keep the American people safe and supports defunding the police — which has been fact-checked into oblivion over the last month."

Indeed, host Chris Wallace interjected when Trump said Biden wanted to defund police.

"He does not," Wallace corrected. Trump then referred to the recommendations put forth by the Biden's Unity Task Force made up of his supporters and those of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.

"It says nothing about defunding the police," Wallace said, but Trump insisted that Biden wants to defund police.