“Americans on average have about $100 more in their pockets each month than they did last year, after accounting for inflation.”
What FactCheck.org found
While weekly paychecks have indeed gotten larger since Biden became president, they have not kept pace with the rapid rise in prices of consumer goods and services during that time.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (U.S. President) made this claim around 9 December 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 December 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “Spins the Facts”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/11/02/remarks-by-president…
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