“I "inherited a nation, we all did, that was in crisis. ... The worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.”
Joe Biden
President of the United States. Address to Congress. Claim dated 28 Apr 2021.
FactCheck.org rated thisNot the Whole Story
What FactCheck.org found
The economy was struggling, but it had improved some by the time he was sworn in.
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In short
Joe Biden (President of the United States) made this claim around 28 April 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 April 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “Not the Whole Story”.
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.
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