Joe Biden

“The vast majority of the American people” support Biden’s $1.9 trillion rescue plan, “including a majority of Republicans.”

PolitiFact says: The White House cited a CBS poll that showed 70% of Republicans approve of Congress passing an additional economic relief package, but other polls show less than a majority of Republicans support the legislation.

“Today, we mark a truly grim, heartbreaking milestone: 500,071 dead. That’s more Americans who have died in one year in this pandemic than in World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War combined.”

Washington Post says: The president made a comparison that was widely cited in the news media — but it's wrong, as he said it

“I set a big goal of administering 100 million shots in the first 100 days. With the progress we’re making I believe we’ll not only reach that, we’ll break it.”

FactCheck.org says: On Jan. 20, the seven-day average for the previous week was about 966,000 shots a day. In other words, the U.S. was already virtually at the pace Biden set as his goal before he took any action as president.

“My point was that when I came back from meeting with him and traveling 17,000 miles with him when I was vice president and he was the vice president — that’s how I got to know him so well.”

Washington Post says: President Biden keeps claiming he's traveled 17,000 miles with Chinese president Xi Jinping, but that's unverified and misleading.

“If we kept (the minimum wage) indexed to inflation, people would be making $20 an hour right now.”

PolitiFact says: The White House acknowledged that Biden had intended to say that if the minimum wage had been indexed to worker productivity, it would be at $20 an hour today.

“There is a consensus among economists left, right, and center… that we can’t spend too much” on COVID-19 relief.”

PolitiFact says: Economists across the political spectrum back the idea of hundreds of billions in stimulus, but they don't agree on how big it should be, and many worry about spending too much.

“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.”

FactCheck.org says: Some center-left economists say the plan may be too large.

“For the first time in American history, if you're seeking asylum ... you can't do it from the United States. … You’ve got to seek asylum from abroad.”

PolitiFact says: Biden misstated key facts and missed important context about asylum policies. People can apply for asylum only once they are in the United States.

“No one should work 40 hours a week and live below the poverty wage. And if you’re making less than $15 an hour, you’re living below the poverty wage.”

FactCheck.org says: Not everyone earning less than that would be below the federal poverty guidelines or lifted above the guidelines with $15-an-hour pay.

“If you're making less than $15 an hour, you're living below the poverty wage.”

PolitiFact says: Experts on wages say that in addition to hourly wages, other factors affect whether a household lives in poverty, including expenses for child care and housing.

“I do think that we should have a minimum wage, stand by itself, $15 an hour and work your way up to the — it doesn’t have to be boom. And all the economics show, if you do that, the whole economy rises.”

Washington Post says: Biden is bullish on a big increase in the minimum wage, but economists are sharply divided on the impact on jobs.

“84% of all new electric capacity planned to come onto the electric grid this year is clean energy.”

PolitiFact says: Give this a haircut for batteries, which could be charged with electricity from fossil fuels. And remember, renewables only account for about 10% of the total US electricity capacity.

“Under the previous administration, the federal government contracts awarded directly to foreign companies went up 30 percent.”

Washington Post says: President Biden is using a number that is not easily verified — and conflicts with progress shown on Defense Department contracts.

“La cifra de fallecimientos por covid-19 en EEUU sí se acerca a la de los muertes estadounidenses en la Segunda Guerra Mundial”

“108 years ago, at another inaugural, thousands of protesters tried to block brave women marching for the right to vote.”

PolitiFact says: In 1913, suffragists mobilized 5,000 women who were mistreated on the streets of Washington by the police and the public.

“Hundreds of thousands of businesses closed" in the U.S. because of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

FactCheck.org says: One estimate is 420,000, but an official count is unavailable.

“In more than 60 cases, judges “looked at the allegations that Trump was making and determined they were without any merit.”

PolitiFact says: Biden’s figure is correct. Trump wasn't an official plaintiff in all of them; some were his allies or supporters echoing Trump’s claims. The lawsuits failed for various reasons. Mainly, the allegations lacked proof.

“The actions of Jan. 6 "border on sedition.”

PolitiFact says: "The people who stormed the Capitol building would seem to clearly qualify for prosecution under this provision," said Carlton Larson, a law professor at the University of California-Davis.

“Tens and tens of thousands of bridges are in disrepair, some on the verge of collapse.”

PolitiFact says: There are at least 46,000 bridges deemed structurally deficient, but any bridge deemed a real risk gets closed before it reaches the point of imminent collapse.

“His own cybersecurity chief overseeing this election said it was the most secure in American history.”