“One quarter” of today’s $31.4 trillion federal debt “was accumulated in the four years of my predecessor,” Donald Trump.”
Joe Biden
president. remarks at the White House. Claim dated 20 Jan 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
Biden's number is accurate, but assigning debt to a particular president is tricky.
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In short
Joe Biden (president) made this claim around 20 January 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 January 2023, 5 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
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
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/01/21/remarks-by-president…
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