“I asked (Joe Biden) to manage the Recovery Act, which jump started the longest stretch of job growth in history.”
Barack Obama
Former president. Claim dated 19 Aug 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisThis checks out
What PolitiFact found
The job growth streak began October 2010 and ran through February 2020, with the first decline happening in March 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic began to upend the economy.
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In short
Barack Obama (Former president) made this claim around 19 August 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 August 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “This checks out”.
Barack Obama has 5 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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