“Joe Biden “inherited inflation of 1.7%. Now we're well over 8% and growing.”
What PolitiFact found
Inflation has spiked significantly on Biden’s watch, partially though not entirely due to his policies, analysts say. But it's premature to say that it's still "growing."
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Kathy Barnette (U.S. Senate candidate, R-Pa.) made this claim around 12 May 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 May 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Kathy Barnette has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=373253698170474
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