President Donald Trump used a White House law enforcement roundtable to pitch himself as a law and order candidate while warning of a radical left push toward lawlessness. (July 13) AP Domestic

WASHINGTON Fox News host Chris Wallace fact-checked President Donald Trump's inaccurate claimduring an interview that former Vice President Joe Bidenis in favor of defunding the police, leading to a testy reaction.

In a clip releasedbetween the "FOX News Sunday anchor and Trumpthe entire interviewwill air Sundaythe president blamed "stupidly run" Democratic localgovernments for the increase in violencein some cities and impliedthe increasewas the fault of the defund the police movement.

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"Its gotten totally out of control and its really because they want to defund the police, and Bidenwants todefund the police," Trump said in theclip about the presumptive Democratic nominee.

Wallace interjected, "Sir, he does not."

"Look, he signed a charter withBernie Sanders," Trump responded, referring to theunity platformreleased by Biden and the progressive Vermont senator that unveiled multiple progressive ideas andpolicy proposals.

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The proposed Democratic Party platform does includea series of police reforms including banning choke holds, ending racial profiling and allowing victims of abuse to pursue civil litigation.

However, the platform does not support defunding the police, asBiden and his campaignhave stated on multiple occasions.

Wallace points this out, sayingthe plan"says nothing about defunding the police."

"Oh really? It says abolish, it says defund. Lets go!Get me the charter, please," Trump said, turning to speak to staff out-of-frame.

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Wallace explainedon Fox News' "Bill Hemmer Reports"that the president had hisstaff retrievehighlights of the unity platform that found "a lot of things that he objected to that Biden has agreed to."

"But he couldnt find any indication because there isnt any that Joe Biden has sought to defund and abolish the police," the Fox News anchor said.

The Trump administration and campaign have been continuallylodging attacks and ads at Biden,claiming he wants to defund and abolishthe police.

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Vice President Mike Pence said Friday, Joe Biden would weaken the thin blue line that separates us from chaos, and continued,You wont be safe in Joe Bidens America,seizingonremarks Biden made recently where he expressed support forredirecting some funds, but not all, to bettering social services.

Law enforcement has become a flashpoint between Biden and Trump because of protests following the May 25 death of George Floydin Minneapolis police custody.

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Biden became the presumptive nominee with support from Black voters in key states who are demanding police reforms. Trump has campaigned as thelaw-and-order presidentfighting chaos that erupted at some protests.

Biden has pledgedsupport for the central cause of Black Lives Matterprotesters fighting systemic racism and proposed policing changes.

Later Friday, Trump repeated his claim on Twitter:

Contributing: Joey Garrison, Bart Jansen, Rebecca Morin

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