Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-04-17 15:43:47 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 43B84872DC13D5EA917F6F5DDC1708AD960A279BF91942940F1976318CEF8C03
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Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said ahead of a meeting with President Biden earlier that cuts to Medicare and Social Security are off the table in talks around raising the debt limit. https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/3835082-mccarthy-social-security-medicare-cuts-off-the-table/ Biden has been previously fact-checked for this false claim. https://newschannel9.com/news/nation-world/fact-check-team-do-republicans-want-to-cut-medicare-and-social-security-president-joe-bide-mike-lee-budget-deficit-immigration-education-jobs-climate-change-environment-republicans-democrats-congress-president-gop-inflation-money-budget-national-debt https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/fact-check-biden-social-security-medicare-cuts-liar https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/27/false-claim-that-senate-republicans-plan-end-social-security-medicare/ https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-triples-down-bidens-false-claim-republicans-want-cut-social-security-medicare
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