Latest Fact-checks on Joe Biden Joe Biden stated on August 16, 2022 in remarks at the White House: The American Rescue Plan “helped create nearly 10 million new jobs.” Joe Biden stated on July 6, 2022 in a speech in Cleveland: 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.” Joe Biden stated on June 24, 2022 in a speech: The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade "made the United States an outlier among developed nations in the world" on abortion rights. Joe Biden stated on June 16, 2022 in an interview with the Associated Press: “In every other major industrial country in the world … inflation is higher.” Joe Biden stated on June 2, 2022 in a speech: Gun manufacturers are “the only industry in the country” that have immunity from lawsuits. Joe Biden stated on May 24, 2022 in a national address from the White House.: "When we passed the assault weapons ban, mass shootings went down. When the law expired, mass shootings tripled." Joe Biden stated on May 12, 2022 in a tweet: “When President Biden took office … there was no vaccine available.” Joe Biden stated on May 10, 2022 in remarks at the White House: “My Treasury Department is planning to pay down the national debt this quarter, which never happened under my predecessor.” Joe Biden stated on April 14, 2022 in a speech at North Carolina A&T State University: "For four years, I was a full professor at the University of Pennsylvania." Joe Biden stated on April 11, 2022 in a press conference: “You couldn’t buy a cannon when, in fact, the Second Amendment passed." Joe Biden stated on March 14, 2022 in a speech to the National League of Cities: “Make no mistake: The current spike in gas prices is largely the fault of Vladimir Putin.” Joe Biden stated on March 8, 2022 in a speech: The oil industry has "9,000 permits to drill now. They could be drilling right now, yesterday, last week, last year." Joe Biden stated on March 1, 2022 in in his State of the Union address: “I’ve been in and out of Iraq and Afghanistan over 40 times.” Joe Biden stated on March 1, 2022 in his State of the Union address: “Our economy created over 6.5 million new jobs just last year, more jobs in one year than ever before in the history of the United States of America.” Joe Biden stated on February 10, 2022 in a speech: “Millions of hardworking Americans will no longer have to worry about unexpected medical bills.” Joe Biden stated on January 27, 2022 in a statement: Thanks to the American Rescue Plan’s changes to the Affordable Care Act, “four out of five consumers (are) finding quality coverage for under $10 a month.” Joe Biden stated on January 19, 2022 in a news conference: “This country’s working people actually got a raise.” Joe Biden stated on January 11, 2022 in a speech in Atlanta: As a youth, “I got arrested” protesting for civil rights. Joe Biden stated on January 11, 2022 in a speech on voting rights in Georgia: “In the 2020 election, President Trump voted from behind the desk in the White House in Florida.” Joe Biden stated on December 14, 2021 in an interview: People vaccinated for COVID-19 “do not spread the disease to anyone else.” Joe Biden stated on December 12, 2021 in an interview with Rita Braver of CBS: “I’ve been against that war in Afghanistan from the very beginning.” Joe Biden stated on December 3, 2021 in remarks from the White House: “Even after accounting for rising prices, the typical American family has more money in their pockets than they did last year.” Joe Biden stated on November 30, 2021 in a conversation at a technical college in Minnesota: “I used to drive a tractor trailer … I only did it for part of a summer.” Joe Biden stated on December 1, 2021 in remarks at the White House: "The number of small businesses is up 30% compared to before the pandemic." Joe Biden stated on November 3, 2021 in a news conference.: “No governor in Virginia has ever won when...he or she is the same party as the sitting president.” Joe Biden stated on November 2, 2021 in a press conference in Glasgow: “Wages have gone up higher, faster than inflation.” Joe Biden stated on October 21, 2021 in a town hall in Baltimore: “We’ve created more jobs in the first eight months of my administration than any president in American history — total number of jobs created.” Joe Biden stated on October 7, 2021 in remarks in Elk Grove Village, Ill.: People who are vaccinated for the coronavirus “cannot spread it to you." Joe Biden stated on October 6, 2021 in remarks at the White House: “Raising the debt limit is paying our old debts. It has nothing to do with new spending.” Joe Biden stated on October 5, 2021 in a speech in Howell, Mich.: "Thirty years ago, the United States ranked sixth among advanced economies in the share of women in the workforce. You know where we are today? Twenty-three.”
Joe Biden stated on August 16, 2022 in remarks at the White House: The American Rescue Plan “helped create nearly 10 million new jobs.” Joe Biden stated on July 6, 2022 in a speech in Cleveland: 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.” Joe Biden stated on June 24, 2022 in a speech: The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade "made the United States an outlier among developed nations in the world" on abortion rights. Joe Biden stated on June 16, 2022 in an interview with the Associated Press: “In every other major industrial country in the world … inflation is higher.” Joe Biden stated on June 2, 2022 in a speech: Gun manufacturers are “the only industry in the country” that have immunity from lawsuits. Joe Biden stated on May 24, 2022 in a national address from the White House.: "When we passed the assault weapons ban, mass shootings went down. When the law expired, mass shootings tripled." Joe Biden stated on May 12, 2022 in a tweet: “When President Biden took office … there was no vaccine available.” Joe Biden stated on May 10, 2022 in remarks at the White House: “My Treasury Department is planning to pay down the national debt this quarter, which never happened under my predecessor.” Joe Biden stated on April 14, 2022 in a speech at North Carolina A&T State University: "For four years, I was a full professor at the University of Pennsylvania." Joe Biden stated on April 11, 2022 in a press conference: “You couldn’t buy a cannon when, in fact, the Second Amendment passed." Joe Biden stated on March 14, 2022 in a speech to the National League of Cities: “Make no mistake: The current spike in gas prices is largely the fault of Vladimir Putin.” Joe Biden stated on March 8, 2022 in a speech: The oil industry has "9,000 permits to drill now. They could be drilling right now, yesterday, last week, last year." Joe Biden stated on March 1, 2022 in in his State of the Union address: “I’ve been in and out of Iraq and Afghanistan over 40 times.” Joe Biden stated on March 1, 2022 in his State of the Union address: “Our economy created over 6.5 million new jobs just last year, more jobs in one year than ever before in the history of the United States of America.” Joe Biden stated on February 10, 2022 in a speech: “Millions of hardworking Americans will no longer have to worry about unexpected medical bills.” Joe Biden stated on January 27, 2022 in a statement: Thanks to the American Rescue Plan’s changes to the Affordable Care Act, “four out of five consumers (are) finding quality coverage for under $10 a month.” Joe Biden stated on January 19, 2022 in a news conference: “This country’s working people actually got a raise.” Joe Biden stated on January 11, 2022 in a speech in Atlanta: As a youth, “I got arrested” protesting for civil rights. Joe Biden stated on January 11, 2022 in a speech on voting rights in Georgia: “In the 2020 election, President Trump voted from behind the desk in the White House in Florida.” Joe Biden stated on December 14, 2021 in an interview: People vaccinated for COVID-19 “do not spread the disease to anyone else.” Joe Biden stated on December 12, 2021 in an interview with Rita Braver of CBS: “I’ve been against that war in Afghanistan from the very beginning.” Joe Biden stated on December 3, 2021 in remarks from the White House: “Even after accounting for rising prices, the typical American family has more money in their pockets than they did last year.” Joe Biden stated on November 30, 2021 in a conversation at a technical college in Minnesota: “I used to drive a tractor trailer … I only did it for part of a summer.” Joe Biden stated on December 1, 2021 in remarks at the White House: "The number of small businesses is up 30% compared to before the pandemic." Joe Biden stated on November 3, 2021 in a news conference.: “No governor in Virginia has ever won when...he or she is the same party as the sitting president.” Joe Biden stated on November 2, 2021 in a press conference in Glasgow: “Wages have gone up higher, faster than inflation.” Joe Biden stated on October 21, 2021 in a town hall in Baltimore: “We’ve created more jobs in the first eight months of my administration than any president in American history — total number of jobs created.” Joe Biden stated on October 7, 2021 in remarks in Elk Grove Village, Ill.: People who are vaccinated for the coronavirus “cannot spread it to you." Joe Biden stated on October 6, 2021 in remarks at the White House: “Raising the debt limit is paying our old debts. It has nothing to do with new spending.” Joe Biden stated on October 5, 2021 in a speech in Howell, Mich.: "Thirty years ago, the United States ranked sixth among advanced economies in the share of women in the workforce. You know where we are today? Twenty-three.”
Joe Biden stated on August 16, 2022 in remarks at the White House: The American Rescue Plan “helped create nearly 10 million new jobs.”
Joe Biden stated on July 6, 2022 in a speech in Cleveland: 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.”
Joe Biden stated on June 24, 2022 in a speech: The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade "made the United States an outlier among developed nations in the world" on abortion rights.
Joe Biden stated on June 16, 2022 in an interview with the Associated Press: “In every other major industrial country in the world … inflation is higher.”
Joe Biden stated on June 2, 2022 in a speech: Gun manufacturers are “the only industry in the country” that have immunity from lawsuits.
Joe Biden stated on May 24, 2022 in a national address from the White House.: "When we passed the assault weapons ban, mass shootings went down. When the law expired, mass shootings tripled."
Joe Biden stated on May 12, 2022 in a tweet: “When President Biden took office … there was no vaccine available.”
Joe Biden stated on May 10, 2022 in remarks at the White House: “My Treasury Department is planning to pay down the national debt this quarter, which never happened under my predecessor.”
Joe Biden stated on April 14, 2022 in a speech at North Carolina A&T State University: "For four years, I was a full professor at the University of Pennsylvania."
Joe Biden stated on April 11, 2022 in a press conference: “You couldn’t buy a cannon when, in fact, the Second Amendment passed."
Joe Biden stated on March 14, 2022 in a speech to the National League of Cities: “Make no mistake: The current spike in gas prices is largely the fault of Vladimir Putin.”
Joe Biden stated on March 8, 2022 in a speech: The oil industry has "9,000 permits to drill now. They could be drilling right now, yesterday, last week, last year."
Joe Biden stated on March 1, 2022 in in his State of the Union address: “I’ve been in and out of Iraq and Afghanistan over 40 times.”
Joe Biden stated on March 1, 2022 in his State of the Union address: “Our economy created over 6.5 million new jobs just last year, more jobs in one year than ever before in the history of the United States of America.”
Joe Biden stated on February 10, 2022 in a speech: “Millions of hardworking Americans will no longer have to worry about unexpected medical bills.”
Joe Biden stated on January 27, 2022 in a statement: Thanks to the American Rescue Plan’s changes to the Affordable Care Act, “four out of five consumers (are) finding quality coverage for under $10 a month.”
Joe Biden stated on January 19, 2022 in a news conference: “This country’s working people actually got a raise.”
Joe Biden stated on January 11, 2022 in a speech in Atlanta: As a youth, “I got arrested” protesting for civil rights.
Joe Biden stated on January 11, 2022 in a speech on voting rights in Georgia: “In the 2020 election, President Trump voted from behind the desk in the White House in Florida.”
Joe Biden stated on December 14, 2021 in an interview: People vaccinated for COVID-19 “do not spread the disease to anyone else.”
Joe Biden stated on December 12, 2021 in an interview with Rita Braver of CBS: “I’ve been against that war in Afghanistan from the very beginning.”
Joe Biden stated on December 3, 2021 in remarks from the White House: “Even after accounting for rising prices, the typical American family has more money in their pockets than they did last year.”
Joe Biden stated on November 30, 2021 in a conversation at a technical college in Minnesota: “I used to drive a tractor trailer … I only did it for part of a summer.”
Joe Biden stated on December 1, 2021 in remarks at the White House: "The number of small businesses is up 30% compared to before the pandemic."
Joe Biden stated on November 3, 2021 in a news conference.: “No governor in Virginia has ever won when...he or she is the same party as the sitting president.”
Joe Biden stated on November 2, 2021 in a press conference in Glasgow: “Wages have gone up higher, faster than inflation.”
Joe Biden stated on October 21, 2021 in a town hall in Baltimore: “We’ve created more jobs in the first eight months of my administration than any president in American history — total number of jobs created.”
Joe Biden stated on October 7, 2021 in remarks in Elk Grove Village, Ill.: People who are vaccinated for the coronavirus “cannot spread it to you."
Joe Biden stated on October 6, 2021 in remarks at the White House: “Raising the debt limit is paying our old debts. It has nothing to do with new spending.”
Joe Biden stated on October 5, 2021 in a speech in Howell, Mich.: "Thirty years ago, the United States ranked sixth among advanced economies in the share of women in the workforce. You know where we are today? Twenty-three.”