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So the Trump campaign has taken over the @washingtonpost home page with ads that take you to a series of YouTube videos that make claims that we have fact-checked as false. Here's a sampling -->
1. No, Biden does not support defunding the police. ... washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
2. Trump campaign misleadingly snips Biden quotes on China to portray him as soft on China. washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
3. One You Tube clip just a snippet of a long-ago speech regarding the budget deficit that mentions Social Security, explained here. washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
4. And while we haven't done a fact check on Biden's "old age" comments, the collection of flubs is just silly. Anyone could put together a similar collection of Trump misstatements that make him appear like an confused old man.
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