“You are probably aware that I just signed a law that is being challenged by my Republican colleagues. … It’s passed. I got it passed by a vote or two.”
Joe Biden
U.S. president. remarks at a forum with NowThis. Claim dated 23 Oct 2022.
Washington Post rated thisFalse
What Washington Post found
Biden did not pass a law, he took executive action.
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In short
Joe Biden (U.S. president) made this claim around 23 October 2022. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 November 2022, 15 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8tT6gNej8A&t=2s
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