“Joe Biden was older on his first day as president than Ronald Reagan was on his last day.”
Jonathan Martin
Columnist with Politico. ABC News' "This Week". Claim dated 30 Apr 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisTrue
What PolitiFact found
Biden was two months older than 78 when he took office, which was about 10 weeks older than Reagan was on his final day as president.
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In short
Jonathan Martin (Columnist with Politico) made this claim around 30 April 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 1 May 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “True”.
Where the claim appeared
- abcnews.go.comhttps://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-4-30-23-rep-steve-scalise/story?id=989460…
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