Joe Biden, president
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: When Biden was inaugurated in January 2021, the nationwide average price of gas was about $2.46 per gallon. Gasoline prices did exceed $5, but that peak came more than a year later in June 2022.
Joe Biden, president
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The White House is comparing less than two years under Biden to either four- or eight-year terms for his predecessors. Economists say this puts Biden at an advantage.
Joe Biden, U.S. President
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: The unemployment rate was as low as 3.5% in January and February of 2020. The last time the rate was lower than that was when it was 3.4% for nine straight months between 1968 and 1969.
Joe Biden, president
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The latest projection shows that the deficit is about $1.7 trillion lower now than it was in 2021. But this is mostly because of an unusual historical circumstance — the expiration of coronavirus pandemic relief.
Joe Biden, President
Washington Post rated this: Two Pinocchios
Washington Post says: Biden is doing a monthly average, comparing himself to one and two term presidencies.
Raphael Warnock, U.S. Senator, D-Ga.
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The 97% success rate was a pre-implementation estimate of how many families would benefit. Post-implementation analyses suggest the success rate was closer to 75% or 80%.
Herschel Walker, U.S. Senate candidate, R-Ga.
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: A recent bill signed by Joe Biden allocates $1.5 billion for tree planting, but it an exaggeration to say the bill will raise taxes on middle- and lower-income Americans.
American Action Network, Conservative advocacy organization
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The vast majority of the student loan debt relief will go to Americans on the lower end of the income scale. By one independent estimate, 75% of the relief will go to households in the bottom 60% by income.
Joe Biden, president
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Economists agree that the American Rescue Plan probably helped boost job creation, but they say it doesn’t deserve credit for all of the 10 million jobs created on Biden’s watch.
Joe Biden, U.S. President
FactCheck.org rated this: Not the Whole Story
FactCheck.org says: Analysts say the drop in gas prices can mostly be attributed to a decrease in the price of crude oil, which has declined largely because of concerns that the global economy may experience a downturn, reducing oil demand.
Joe Biden, U.S. President
FactCheck.org rated this: Not the Whole Story
FactCheck.org says: But inflation remains elevated. The overall inflation rate for the past 12 months is 8.5% — a point that Biden and the Democrats tend to gloss over.
Tim Michels, Wisconsin Gov. candidate
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
Joe Biden, president
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The 8% figure is a lowball estimate that uses a hypothetical calculation. And Biden’s statement ignores that most of the middle-income households he’s referring to pay tax rates of between zero and 15%.
Ron Johnson, U.S. Senator
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: That's an estimate for how much more a U.S. household, on average, would have to spend for the same basket of goods in 2022, compared with last year, due to inflation. There's no breakdown by various inflation causes.
Joe Biden, president
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: On the one hand, every other major industrialized nation has seen inflation spike well above pre-inflation levels. However, the United States has seen its inflation rate spike higher than its most direct competitors.
Karine Jean-Pierre, White House press secretary
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: By Biden's inauguration, fewer than 5 million Americans were collecting continuing unemployment insurance, or just a quarter of what Jean-Pierre said.
Joe Biden, President
Washington Post rated this: Two Pinocchios
Washington Post says: The statistics cited by Biden have a dubious origin.
Kathy Barnette, U.S. Senate candidate, R-Pa.
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Inflation has spiked significantly on Biden’s watch, partially though not entirely due to his policies, analysts say. But it's premature to say that it's still "growing."
Joe Biden, president
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The federal government’s planned paydown during the second quarter — when the government is flush with tax payments — will be swamped by new borrowing during the other three quarters of the year.
Joe Biden, U.S. President
FactCheck.org rated this: Spins the Facts
FactCheck.org says: He’s right, but the federal debt held by the public is up 10.2% under Biden so far, and Treasury has said it will resume borrowing next quarter.