Title: FACT CHECK: Did AARP Endorse Joe Biden For President? | Check Your Fact
Headings: FACT CHECK: Did AARP Endorse Joe Biden For President?
FACT CHECK: Did AARP Endorse Joe Biden For President?
Verdict: False
Fact Check:
Varun Hukeri

Content: However, AARP chief executive Jo Ann Jenkins said in a statement on Nov. 25, 2019 that the organization does not engage in such activities. “ We have a proud decades-long history of nonpartisan voter engagement. We don’t endorse candidates or contribute to their campaigns,” she wrote. A more recent statement released Thursday reads, “AARP is strictly non-partisan and always has been. We never endorse or donate to candidates, political parties or political action committees.” “AARP has not endorsed candidates Biden or Trump or anyone else. AARP is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, and we never endorse or donate to candidates,” Jason Young, a spokesperson for AARP, confirmed in an email to Check Your Fact. “ AARP has Board-approved policy against endorsing – or giving the appearance of endorsing – political parties, government officials or candidates for office.” AARP is also designated by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a 501 (c) (4) social welfare organization. The IRS states that “promoting social welfare does not include direct or indirect participation or intervention in political campaigns on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office.”