{"id":1003220,"date":"2021-11-12T12:44:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T17:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1003220"},"modified":"2021-11-12T12:44:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T17:44:25","slug":"fact-check-joe-biden-got-a-handle-on-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-joe-biden-got-a-handle-on-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Joe Biden \u2018Got a Handle on COVID\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-joe-biden-got-a-handle-on-covid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1003220&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"28.923529411765\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/\">Politics<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Almost 350,000 Americans have died on his watch<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236386246-736x489-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236386246-e1636734572658.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236386246-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236386246-768x511.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tGetty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/andrew-stiles\/\" title=\"Posts by Andrew Stiles\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Andrew Stiles<\/a> \u2022 November 12, 2021 12:40 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"57.732299393122\">\n<p><span><strong>CLAIM<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;Biden got a handle on COVID.&#8221;<\/h2>\n<h2>\u2014 David Corn, D.C. bureau chief of <em>Mother Jones<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>The lib reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/DavidCornDC\/status\/1459140398773854213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made<\/a> the assertion on Twitter in response to complaints from Democrats about President Joe Biden&#8217;s lack of meaningful accomplishments, including his failure to criminally prosecute Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1538394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-12-at-9.49.53-AM.png\" alt width=\"595\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-12-at-9.49.53-AM.png 595w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-12-at-9.49.53-AM-300x113.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>VERDICT<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<p>WTF is he talking about? As of this week, almost 350,000 Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/coronavirus\/biden-covid-death-tracker\/\">have died<\/a> from COVID-19 on Biden&#8217;s watch at an average rate of 1,172 per day. That is more than the combined total of American combat deaths in the First and Second World Wars. It is the equivalent of a September 11 terrorist attack every three days.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1538427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/biden-covid-tracker-1112.png\" alt width=\"736\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/biden-covid-tracker-1112.png 1100w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/biden-covid-tracker-1112-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/biden-covid-tracker-1112-1024x758.png 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/biden-covid-tracker-1112-768x568.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/biden-covid-tracker-1112-736x545.png 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/biden-covid-tracker-1112-664x491.png 664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In October 2020, then-candidate Biden argued that Trump &#8220;should not remain as president of the United States&#8221; because more than 200,000 Americans had died from COVID-19 on his watch at a rate of about 1,000 per day. Biden&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1322254443644026880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promised<\/a> to &#8220;shut down the virus&#8221; if elected. Biden is on track to surpass Trump&#8217;s COVID-19 body count (408,000) before the end of his first full year in office.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion: No, Biden did not get a handle on COVID-19. He still does not have a handle on COVID-19.&nbsp;Perhaps the <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-violates-dc-mask-mandate-at-georgetown-restaurant\/\">president<\/a> and his Democratic colleagues should start believing in science and stop <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/susie-lee-chinese-mask-scandal\/\">violating<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/coronavirus\/busted-habitual-parking-violator-aoc-shuns-pelosis-mask-mandate-puts-lives-at-risk\/\">indoor<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/democrats-maskless-wedding\/\">mask<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/lori-lightfoot-mask-scandal\/\">mandates<\/a>&nbsp;to <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/maloney-french-scandal\/\">party<\/a> with their <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/nevada-democrats-costume-party\/\">rich friends<\/a>.&nbsp;There&#8217;s no telling how many lives have been cut short as a result of their reckless behavior.<\/p>\n<p>We rate this claim <span><strong>Four Clintons<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1380718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/clinton-lies.jpg\" alt width=\"900\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/clinton-lies.jpg 900w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/clinton-lies-300x67.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/clinton-lies-768x172.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/clinton-lies-736x164.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics Almost 350,000 Americans have died on his watch  Getty Images  Andrew Stiles \u2022 November 12, 2021 12:40 pm CLAIM: &#8220;Biden got a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1003220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1003220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}