Fact Check: Gillibrand Attacks Biden On 1981 'Deterioration Of The Family' Op-Ed
The quote does originate with a position Biden took on the child care tax credit in the 1980s and an op-ed he wrote back then — but there's a more complicated story than Gillibrand conveyed.
by Danielle Kurtzleben
Aug 01, 2019
3 minutes
Updated at 1:13 a.m. ET
Wednesday night, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand blasted Joe Biden for a 1980s position on the child care tax credit and a comment he wrote about the "deterioration of the family."
"I want to address the vice president directly. When the Senate was debating middle-class affordability for child care, he wrote an op-ed. He voted against it, the only vote. But, when
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