Fox News anchor Chris Wallace on Friday fact-checked Donald Trump when the president claimed that former Vice President Joe Biden supports defunding the police. Trump didn’t take it well.
After the Fox News host told him that Biden does not want to “defund” police departments, Trump interrupted the interview to look for evidence of his claim, which he never found.
The incident occurred as the two were discussing a rise in crime.
“It’s because they want to defund the police — and Biden wants to defund the police,” Trump said.
“Sir, he does not,” Wallace interjected.
“Look, he signed a charter with Bernie Sanders,” Trump began.
“And it says nothing about defunding the police,” Wallace insisted.
“Oh really? It says abolish. It says — let’s go. Get me the charter, please,” Trump said, interrupting the interview.
Wallace said that Trump had an aide retrieve the charter in question. But the president failed to find language about defunding the police after reading through it.
Watch the video below:
Fox's Chris Wallace fact checks Trump and tells Trump that he's wrong to claim that Biden wants to defund the police. pic.twitter.com/arNNZb8K01
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 17, 2020
