Fact check: What Trump and Biden got wrong in the final presidential debate
By Eugene Kiely, Robert Farley, Brooks Jackson, Lori Robertson, D'Angelo Gore, Jessica McDonald, Angelo Fichera, Saranac Hale Spencer and Rem Rieder
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden faced off in the final presidential debate of the campaign held in Nashville, Tennessee, on Oct. 22 and moderated by NBC News’ Kristen Welker.
The candidates repeated talking points from the stump and added some new twists on the facts. Here is what FactCheck.org found:
From Trump:
• Trump repeated his claim that “we’re rounding the turn” on the pandemic. Cases actually are increasing in many parts of the country.
Trump misleadingly suggested the Obama administration was to blame for his administration’s policy that caused the separation of immigrant families.
• Trump falsely claimed that “less than 1%” of those caught crossing the border and released pending immigration hearings appear in court. The rate is about 50%, according to his own Justice Department.
• The president falsely claimed murderers and rapists are released under a so-called “catch and release” policy. In fact, immigration laws require such criminals be detained.