Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-06-21 22:35:50 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: AAE0536AA2C41F5BF7B4DD6F059E123A4715747DD5B8407DA8549DF8E9AF1EAF
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The Washington Post rated this claim "highly misleading" and other fact-checkers have disputed its accuracy. The $1.7T spending reduction claimed by Biden was the result of pandemic emergency spending that automatically expired, versus action taken by the president. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/28/bidens-misleading-deficit-claim-earns-him-bottomless-pinocchio/ https://www.factcheck.org/2022/04/bidens-deficit-spin/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/28/janet-yellen/white-houses-big-deficit-cut-and-why-it-merits-ast/
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