CNN, The New York Times and the Washington Post fact-checked several claims President Biden has made leading up to the midterm elections just days before Nov. 8.
since he took office, fact-checked nine claims on Saturday that the president made during a DNC speech in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 2.
"That increase was the result of an automatic cost-of-living increase prompted by the most rapid inflation in 40 years. Mr. Biden had not done anything to make retirees’ checks bigger — it was just a byproduct of the soaring inflation that the president has vowed to combat" New York Times reporters Alan Rappeport and Jim Tankersley wrote. before deleting the tweet after readers added context to the claim with the platforms Birdwatch feature.
"The deficit was so high in the first place because of pandemic relief spending, including a $1.9 trillion economic aid package the president pushed through Congress in 2021 and which was not renewed. Mr. Biden was in effect claiming credit for not passing another round of emergency assistance," The Times report said.
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