Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-07-08 23:46:01 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5E6AF0101BD08E8365F48C196ED944E5BDD76414B9CA9B1CB17AD028FAB0D6BE
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Original Note:
The $1.7 trillion deficit reduction was caused by previously planned & automatic expiration of temporary COVID spending rather than Biden's actions. This widely debunked claim has been repeated so often the Washington Post gave it a Bottomless Pinocchio rating. https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/07/politics/fact-check-president-biden-state-of-the-union/index.html https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-joe-biden-bring-down-national-debt-trillion-1799499 https://www.factcheck.org/2023/02/factchecking-the-state-of-the-union-4/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/28/bidens-misleading-deficit-claim-earns-him-bottomless-pinocchio/
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