March 31, 2020 Fact Checks of Joe Biden’s Coronavirus Claims

Biden falsely accused President Trump of refusing World Health Organization testing kits for the coronavirus

PolitiFact: “The WHO never offered to sell test kits to the United States.”

Biden falsely accused President Trump of eliminating the White House’s Pandemic Response Office

The Washington Post: “the [NSC] staff slots did not disappear and at least initially the key mission of team remained a priority. So one can also claim nothing changed and thus Biden’s criticism is overstated.”



FactCheck.org: “some team members were shifted to other groups, and others took over some of Ziemer’s duties”



FactCheck.org: “that doesn’t mean the entire ‘team’ was ‘fired’ … or that all of the functions of the office were eliminated.”



National Security Council official Tim Morrison called Biden's claim “specious.”

Biden falsely accused President Trump of muzzling scientists

FactCheck.org: “Biden went too far”

Biden’s campaign falsely accused President Trump of silencing a top CDC official

The Washington Post gave this claim 4 Pinocchios

Biden falsely accused President Trump of cutting funding for the CDC and the NIH

Associated Press: Biden is “wrong to say the agencies have seen their money cut”



FactCheck.org: “It’s misleading at best to claim Trump ‘slashed funding’”

Biden falsely accused President Trump of calling the coronavirus a “hoax”

Biden falsely accused President Trump of telling governors to fend for themselves