“Referring to the refundable child tax credit, "if we get this done, it will cut child poverty in half.”
What PolitiFact found
Experts said the analyses undergirding Biden’s assertion are credible, though it’s worth noting that the drop in child poverty would only last for one year under the current proposal.
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In short
Joe Biden (president) made this claim around 23 February 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 February 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “Plausible pledge, experts say”.
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/2021/02/23/remarks-by-president…
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