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Hakeem Jeffries, Member of the House (D-N.Y.)

“Republicans used it in 2017 to pass the GOP tax scam, where 83 percent of the benefits went to the wealthiest 1 percent and they saddled us with approximately $2 trillion in debt to subsidize the lifestyle of the rich and shameless.”

Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios

Washington Post says: He's using a number for 2027 -- far in the future -- that only emerges because of a quirk in how the bill was drafted.

Joe Biden, president

“We have now created over 3 million jobs since I took office, more jobs than have ever been created in the first five months of any presidency in modern history.”

PolitiFact rated this: Half True

PolitiFact says: Biden is right on the numbers, but he glosses over the reality that the economy remains almost 6.8 million jobs under its pre-pandemic peak, and he makes a comparison that is biased by when each president took office.

Nikki Haley, Former South Carolina governor

“The national debt is now bigger than our economy. That hasn’t happened since World War Two – and we’re in peacetime. Joe Biden is digging a hole America can never fill.”

PolitiFact rated this: Half True

PolitiFact says: In 2020, the publicly held debt exceeded 100% of GDP for the first time since World War II. Another measure of the debt that also includes loans between government agencies has been above 100% of GDP since 2012.

Anthony Albanese, Opposition Leader

“... real wages [are] declining over the next four years after flatlining over the last eight years.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Close to the mark

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Albanese is close to the mark. Over the eight years to December 2020 real wages -- that is, wages adjusted for the impact of inflation — grew by 3.1 per cent. That represents an annual average growth rate of about 0.…