“The economy was "dead in the water when we got here. Virtually no jobs created.”
What PolitiFact found
The job creation record under Biden has been impressive, exceeding 424,000 in 14 out of the 15 months he’s been in office. However, the economy didn’t turn suddenly when he took office; it was already improving.
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In short
Ron Klain (White House Chief of Staff) made this claim around 3 April 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 April 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Ron Klain has 6 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 5 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- abcnews.go.comhttps://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-22-white-house-chief-staff-ron/story?id=8…
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