“This is the first time in my career ... that there is a consensus among economists left, right, and center" that "we can’t spend too much" on COVID-19 relief.”
What FactCheck.org found
Some center-left economists say the plan may be too large.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (President of the United States) made this claim around 17 February 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 February 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “Exaggerates”.
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.
One other organisation checked what looks like the same claim. Their ratings are listed below.
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Where the claim appeared
- transcripts.cnn.comhttp://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/2102/16/se.01.html
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