Biden Inauguration Fact Checks

Disinformation and rumors are gathering in the lead-up to Joe Biden's inauguration as the 46th President of the United States — especially in the wake of the Capitol riots. Snopes is here to fact-check.

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Did Biden Claim There Was No COVID-19 Vaccine When He Came Into Office?

19 February 2021

President Donald Trump's former press secretary made the allegation in a viral tweet.

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Did Biden Inherit ‘Nonexistent’ COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Plan?

17 February 2021

Vice President Kamala Harris claimed in mid-February, "in many ways, we are starting from scratch."

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Did Biden Pardon 2,617 BLM Protesters?

13 February 2021

A routine review of content labeled satire.

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Is This Biden on a Movie Set Resembling the Oval Office?

10 February 2021

Denying reality won't stop it from happening.

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Did Biden Admin Tell Keystone Pipeline Workers ‘Find Another Job’?

8 February 2021

A partisan media source mischaracterized the White House press secretary's comments.

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Did Biden Announce Plans to Defund Veteran Affairs?

6 February 2021

A routine review of content labeled satire.

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Did Trump Campaign Adviser Promise To Eat His Shoe If Biden Won?

30 January 2021

"We'll do it in a livestream," Harlan Hill purportedly said.

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Was Creator of ‘Bernie Mittens’ Taxed Out of Business?

29 January 2021

That would be ironic considering the progressive senator's unabashed proposals to impose new taxes.

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No, Biden Didn’t Say ‘You Can’t Legislate by Executive Order Unless You’re a Dictator’

29 January 2021

Conservatives criticized the president's flurry of executive orders made in the first weeks of his...

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Do 1 in 3 Biden Appointees Have an Immigrant Background?

28 January 2021

The 46th U.S. president has made a point of achieving demographic diversity and representation in...

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Was Biden’s Inauguration Crowd Smaller Than Trump’s?

27 January 2021

A meme comparing crowd sizes left out a key piece of context: a deadly pandemic.

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Does Video Show Biden Signing Blank Executive Orders?

27 January 2021

White pages that have been overexposed in a video can be difficult to read.

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