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John Barrasso, U.S. senator

“Joe Biden will never veto a bill. He’ll go down in history as a president who has never vetoed a bill, cause he will sign whatever Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi put on his desk. ... They’re running the show.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Lacks Context

FactCheck.org says: When presidents enjoy a unified government, meaning the same party controls the House, Senate and White House, they rarely veto legislation.

Joe Biden, President

“In my first four months in office, more than two million jobs have been created. That’s more than double the rate of my predecessor, and more than eight times the rate of President Reagan.”

Washington Post rated this: Two Pinocchios

Washington Post says: The Fact Checker automatically assigns Two Pinocchios for claims that a president is responsible for job growth. Too many factors are beyond a president's control.

Joe Biden, President

“Two members of the Senate," Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, "voted more with my Republican friends" than with the president from their own party.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema support the continued use of the Senate’s filibuster rule, which imperils key elements of Biden’s agenda. But on actual votes, both Manchin and Sinema backed Biden 100% of the time.

Gov. Doug Ducey, Arizona Governor

“President Joe Biden reversed the Trump administration's immigration policies, resulting in a “460% spike in illegal apprehensions, over 100,000 people in custody.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Cherry Picks

FactCheck.org says: Comparing Trump’s last full month in office in December (71,047) to Biden’s first full month in office in February (96,974), apprehensions have risen 36% — not 460%.

Joe Biden, President

“We can ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in this country once again. I got that done when I was a senator. It passed. It was the law for the longest time. And it brought down these mass killings.”

Washington Post rated this: Evidence gets stronger

Washington Post says: For years, the 1994 law was seen as largely ineffective. But new research bolsters the argument that the ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines had an impact on mass shootings.

John Barrasso, U.S. Senator, R-Wyo.

“The relief bill signed by President Joe Biden "punished the states that opened earlier, and it rewarded the states that stayed closed the longest.”

PolitiFact rated this: Linkage isn't perfect

PolitiFact says: Experts say that no method for targeting aid to the states is perfect; each has pluses and minuses. Preliminary academic research shows that government policies on reopening had only a modest impact on unemployment.