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Latest Fact-Checks On Joe Biden

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Joe Biden
stated on July 21, 2021 in a CNN town hall:
“You’re not going to get COVID if you have these vaccinations.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 22, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on July 13, 2021 in a speech in Philadelphia:
“In 2020, more people voted in America than ever in the history of America, in the middle of a once-in-a-century pandemic.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on July 2, 2021 in remarks at the White House:
“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.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on June 23, 2021 in a White House announcement:
“The Second Amendment, from the day it was passed, limited the type of people who could own a gun and what type of weapon you could own.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 25, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on June 1, 2021 in a speech in Tulsa, Okla.:
“Two members of the Senate,” Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, “voted more with my Republican friends” than with the president from their own party.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on May 27, 2021 in a speech in Cleveland:
“Now, 50% of all of America, more than any other country, is fully vaccinated.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on May 3, 2021 in remarks on the American Families Plan:
For vaccine rates among Americans 65 and older, “there’s virtually no difference between white, Black, Hispanic, Asian American.”
False
By Victoria Knight • May 11, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on May 5, 2021 in remarks:
After the American Rescue Plan’s food and nutrition assistance, “hunger is already sharply down in the United States.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on April 21, 2021 in remarks:
Says his administration’s efforts have led to more school reopenings.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 27, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on April 7, 2021 in remarks at the White House:
“A new, independent study put out last week found that at least 55 of our largest corporations used various loopholes to pay zero federal income tax in 2020.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on April 8, 2021 in a speech:
“You go to a gun show, you can buy whatever you want, and no background check.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on March 25, 2021 in a press conference:
Says there was a “28% increase in children to the border in my administration” and “31% … in 2019.” The increase in migration in January, February and March “happens every year.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • March 26, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on March 25, 2021 in press conference:
“We’re sending back the vast majority of the families that are coming.”
False
By Miriam Valverde • March 25, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on March 2, 2021 in a news conference:
“When I came into office, the prior administration had contracted for not nearly enough vaccine to cover adults in America.”
Mostly False
By Victoria Knight • March 5, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on March 1, 2021 in remarks with Mexico's president:
“The fastest-growing population in the United States is Hispanic.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on February 19, 2021 in a speech:
“The vast majority of the American people” support Biden’s $1.9 trillion rescue plan, “including a majority of Republicans.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 22, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on February 16, 2021 in remarks at a CNN town hall:
“If we kept (the minimum wage) indexed to inflation, people would be making $20 an hour right now.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on February 16, 2021 in a CNN town hall in Milwaukee.:
“There is a consensus among economists left, right, and center… that we can’t spend too much” on COVID-19 relief.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 18, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on February 16, 2021 in a CNN town hall:
“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.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • February 17, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on February 5, 2021 in an interview on CBS:
“If you’re making less than $15 an hour, you’re living below the poverty wage.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 10, 2021
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