America First Action, a political action committee that supports President Trump’s re-election, is spreading ads on Facebook, claiming that Democratic candidate Joe Biden is supporting the dismantling of police departments. Fact-checking organizations like Politifact believe that these allegations are simply not true.
” A group called America First Action, they put up a lot of ads saying that Joe Biden wanted to defend the police last month, I believe we could say it’s fake, and when people saw that they were checking our facts on Facebook could see attached to it, ”Katie Sanders told Politifact.
Politifact works to factually check posts and videos on Facebook, and while disclaimer of misinformation is posted on most videos, Facebook has a policy of posting disclaimer on ads of political candidates.
Politifact also asked Biden to broadcast advertisements on television, claiming that President Trump wanted to disregard social security. They say that these demands are also not true.
“Joe Biden has twisted what Trump said to indicate that he wants to completely disregard social security and that if he gets it his way, social security will run out in three years, and that’s a distortion of what Trump wants. do, “Sanders said. said.
The fact checkers say if you want to be a picky voter: be mindful of oversimplifying the language on complex issues and go back to the primary sources and interviews and look at what the candidates actually said in context before giving your opinion.