FACT CHECK · US POLITICS AND THE 2026 MIDTERMS
Claim: Biden told Black voters 'you ain't black'
TRUETHE ANSWER
True. 22 May 2020, The Breakfast Club: if you can't decide between him and Trump, 'you ain't black'. He apologized the same day (Politico): 'I should not have been so cavalier'.
SOURCE
Politico 22 May 2020; USA Today 23 May 2020; Wikipedia (Public image of Joe Biden)
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