As US election day approaches, inaccurate claims persist | Malay Mail

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WASHINGTON, Nov 2 — As the US awaits election day tomorrow, misleading claims from President Donald Trump and his opponent Joe Biden are circulating on hot-button issues including the Covid-19 pandemic, the economy and healthcare. AFP examines inaccurate claims from both candidates below. 'Super...

Supporters of US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris take part in a drive-in campaign rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 1, 2020. — Reuters pic

The paper said that “in the absence of any control measures or spontaneous changes in individual behaviour,” deaths could peak at 2.2 million in the United States. It then contrasts that with a recording in which the president privately called the virus a “killer.” “One of my people came up to me and said, 'Mr President, they tried to beat you on Russia, Russia, Russia.' That didn't work out too well. They couldn’t do it. They tried the impeachment hoax,” he said. “They tried anything, they tried it over and over... And this is their new hoax.”“We've created a record 11.4 million American jobs since May,” Trump said during a speech to the New York Economic Club on October 14, 2020.

Weekly applications for jobless benefits remain higher than the worst of the 2008-2010 global financial crisis, and about 23 million people continue to receive some form of government unemployment support.“They have 180 million people, families under what he wants to do, which will basically be socialised medicine — you won't even have a choice — they want to terminate 180 million plans,” Trump said during the final presidential debate on October 22.

 

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