Joe Biden: "late, after 40 countries had already done that"

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late, after 40 countries had already done that

Joe Biden · The final 2020 presidential debate · October 22, 2020 · Race: President of the United States

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FactChecking the Final 2020 Presidential Debate

FactCheck.org · no rating scale · October 23, 2020 · read the check

Our check against the record

The record does not settle it

Checked against Proclamation 9984 of January 31, 2020, published in the Federal Register, which set the U.S. entry restrictions on travelers from China; no U.S. agency publishes how many other countries had acted before that date.

The record: Proclamation 9984 of January 31, 2020: suspension of entry of persons who pose a risk of transmitting 2019 novel coronavirus

Context

He was describing the timing of the Trump administration's travel restrictions on China.

Topics: COVID-19.

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My son has not made money in terms of this thing about, what are you talking about, China

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has caused the deficit with China to go up, not down

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38,000 prisoners were released from federal prison

The final 2020 presidential debate · October 22, 2020 · FactCheck.org
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arrested with our U.N. ambassador on the streets of Soweto trying to get to see [Nelson Mandela] on Robben Island

A campaign statement · 2020 · PolitiFact: Pants on Fire

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Sources

FactChecking the Final 2020 Presidential Debate · FactCheck.org · 2020-10-23 · accessed 2026-09-18
Proclamation 9984 of January 31, 2020: suspension of entry of persons who pose a risk of transmitting 2019 novel coronavirus · Office of the Federal Register · 2020-02-05 · accessed 2026-10-15

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