Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-06-21 22:07:05 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F11E4BBEE06C4FDB6F850B50A8CE53A7E7F46B68F61D9B27D2035155CB498F73
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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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