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Checked by Washington Post2 Oct 2020United StatesPolitics and government
Joe Biden, former vice president

“The fact is that he has in fact, worked on this in a way that he’s going to be the first president of the United States to leave office, having fewer jobs in his administration than when he became president. Fewer jobs than when he became president. First one in American history.”

Washington Post rated this: Needs context

Washington Post says: Biden’s statistic holds up, as Trump ranks in last place either in terms of raw numbers or percentage change. But measuring job growth by presidential term is simply not a useful measure.

Checked by PolitiFact30 Sep 2020United StatesPolitics and government
Donald Trump, president

“Barack Obama and Joe Biden "passed a tax bill that gave us all of these privileges for depreciation, tax credits. We build a building, and we get tax credits, like the hotel on Pennsylvania Ave.”

PolitiFact rated this: Needs context

PolitiFact says: The Trump campaign cited a tax change under Obama, but it's not clear how that relates to his Pennsylvania Avenue hotel. That hotel earned a $40 million tax break under a law on the books since 1976.

Checked by PolitiFact30 Sep 2020United StatesPolitics and government
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, U.S. Rep., D-Fla.

“Says Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez “approved a 67% pay raise for himself and increased his own pension. He makes $250,000 a year, more than almost every big-city Mayor in the country. He also kept his taxpayer-funded Mercedes-Benz after slashing $400 million in government jobs and spending.”

PolitiFact rated this: Half True

PolitiFact says: While Gimenez was a county commissioner about a decade ago, he had a car allowance for a Mercedes-Benz. When he became mayor he took over the lease personally.