“Investments in the CHIPS and Science Law will create more than 1 million construction jobs alone over the next 6 years building semiconductor factories in America.”
Joe Biden
U.S. president. in a tweet. Claim dated 11 Aug 2022.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios
What Washington Post found
The number of construction jobs in the report he cites is 6,200, not 1 million
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (U.S. president) made this claim around 11 August 2022. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 August 2022, 7 days later. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
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.
Where the claim appeared
Links recorded by Washington Post. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by Washington Post, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.