“Biden "wants to buy lithium from China for electric cars.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 14 Mar 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The U.S. currently buys lithium from China but the White House isn’t trying to buy more; it’s trying to buy less.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 14 March 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 March 2022, 8 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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