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“Each job created in Biden’s ‘infrastructure plan’ will cost the American people $850,000.”
Republican National Committee political party. in a tweet. Claim dated 20 Apr 2021.
Washington Post rated thisThree Pinocchios

What Washington Post found

The RNC came up with $850,000 by taking a one-year number — the number of additional jobs added to the economy over 10 years — and dividing it into 10 years of spending.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Republican National Committee (political party) made this claim around 20 April 2021. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 April 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “Three Pinocchios”.

Republican National Committee has 11 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 4 of them false or fake, 5 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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