“Because wages are rising, this Thanksgiving dinner is the fourth-cheapest ever as a percentage of average earnings.”
What PolitiFact found
The statement squares with a comparison of median U.S. wages to Thanksgiving dinner costs as calculated by the American Farm Bureau Federation since 1986.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Karine Jean-Pierre (White House Press Secretary) made this claim around 21 November 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 November 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Karine Jean-Pierre has 4 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2023/11/20/press-briefing-by-pre…
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