Joe Biden

“The American Rescue Plan “helped create nearly 10 million new jobs.”

PolitiFact says: Economists agree that the American Rescue Plan probably helped boost job creation, but they say it doesn’t deserve credit for all of the 10 million jobs created on Biden’s watch.

“Investments in the CHIPS and Science Law will create more than 1 million construction jobs alone over the next 6 years building semiconductor factories in America.”

Washington Post says: The number of construction jobs in the report he cites is 6,200, not 1 million

“Gas prices are coming down. They’re down almost a dollar a gallon ... from where they were just a month ago. And, you know, we’re making progress.”

FactCheck.org says: Analysts say the drop in gas prices can mostly be attributed to a decrease in the price of crude oil, which has declined largely because of concerns that the global economy may experience a downturn, reducing oil demand.

“Since the start of my presidency, my economic plan has helped ... achieve zero percent inflation in July.”

FactCheck.org says: But inflation remains elevated. The overall inflation rate for the past 12 months is 8.5% — a point that Biden and the Democrats tend to gloss over.

“This will not only lower the cost of prescription drugs and health care for families, it will reduce the deficit and help fight inflation.”

Washington Post says: Inflation is a top concern of Americans these days and the Biden administration is eager to show it is addressing the problem. But any inflation impact of this bill would not be instantaneous.

“The “average federal income tax” paid by the richest Americans is “8%. … If you’re a cop, a teacher, a firefighter, union worker, you probably pay two to three times that.”

PolitiFact says: The 8% figure is a lowball estimate that uses a hypothetical calculation. And Biden’s statement ignores that most of the middle-income households he’s referring to pay tax rates of between zero and 15%.

“And I have written, way back, a number of law review articles about the Ninth Amendment and the — and the 14th Amendment and why that privacy is considered as part of a constitutional guarantee. And the — they’ve just wiped it all out.”

Washington Post says: Biden wrote a newspaper op-ed, not law review articles, on these issues.

“Mi estrategia ha reducido las muertes por covid en un 90%”

“My approach has brought down COVID deaths by 90%.”

FactCheck.org says: That figure is accurate, but experts say the dip is largely attributable to a number of factors outside the president's control.

“The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade "made the United States an outlier among developed nations in the world" on abortion rights.”

PolitiFact says: The reversal of Roe eliminated the national right to abortion access in the U.S., leaving it to states to regulate.That makes the U.S. an outlier among other developed nations, which allow national access to abortion.

“In every other major industrial country in the world … inflation is higher.”

PolitiFact says: On the one hand, every other major industrialized nation has seen inflation spike well above pre-inflation levels. However, the United States has seen its inflation rate spike higher than its most direct competitors.

“Gun manufacturers are “the only industry in the country” that have immunity from lawsuits.”

PolitiFact says: The gun industry is not entirely exempt from being sued and is susceptible to some lawsuits. There are a number of federal laws that restrict liability for a variety of other business sectors.

“Over the last two decades, more school-aged children have died from guns than on-duty police officers and active-duty military combined.”

Washington Post says: Biden's numbers add up but could be apples and oranges

“A dozen CEOs of America’s largest utility companies told me earlier this year that my plan would reduce the average family’s annual utility bills by $500 and accelerate our transition from energy produced by autocrats.”

Washington Post says: He citing a study that is for national energy expenditures, not utility bills.

“Cuando aprobamos la prohibición de armas de asalto, los tiroteos masivos disminuyeron. Cuando expiró la ley, los tiroteos masivos se triplicaron”

“When we passed the assault weapons ban, mass shootings went down. When the law expired, mass shootings tripled.”

Washington Post says: Biden is citing one study but others show different results

“It’s estimated that corruption saps between 2 to 5 percent of global GDP [gross domestic product].”

Washington Post says: The statistics cited by Biden have a dubious origin.

“When President Biden took office … there was no vaccine available.”

PolitiFact says: A vaccine did exist before Biden took office; more than 20 million shots were administered while Trump was president. But when Biden took office, the vaccine was not “widely available.”

“My Treasury Department is planning to pay down the national debt this quarter, which never happened under my predecessor.”

PolitiFact says: The federal government’s planned paydown during the second quarter — when the government is flush with tax payments — will be swamped by new borrowing during the other three quarters of the year.

“My Treasury Department is planning to pay down the national debt this quarter, which never happened under my predecessor.”

FactCheck.org says: He’s right, but the federal debt held by the public is up 10.2% under Biden so far, and Treasury has said it will resume borrowing next quarter.