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“Republicans “want to impose a 30% national sales tax on everything from food, clothing, school supplies, housing, cars -- a whole deal.”
Joe Biden U.S. President. Speech in Virginia. Claim dated 26 Jan 2023.
FactCheck.org rated thisFew Publicly Support It

What FactCheck.org found

As of Jan. 27, the FairTax Act had 24 Republican co-sponsors in the House. But at least six House Republicans have already said that they oppose the bill -- enough to keep it from passing.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Joe Biden (U.S. President) made this claim around 26 January 2023. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 30 January 2023, 4 days later. Its rating was “Few Publicly Support It”.

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.

This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.