President Biden is facing pushback from fact-checkers over a recent speech he delivered in Virginia regarding the economic progress his administration has made during his tenure in the White House.
Speaking at the Steamfitters Local 602 in Springfield on Thursday, Biden made multiple claims about the current state of the economy that have fact-checkers — from both CNN and the House Ways and Means Committee — sounding the alarm.
Following his remarks, CNN reporter Daniel Dale, who works to fact-check political claims for the outlet, accused Biden of making "false and misleading claims."
"Some of Biden’s claims in the speech were false, misleading or lacking critical context, though others were correct," Dale wrote in a piece examining Biden's remarks.
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Topping the list of fact-checks from Dale was Biden's claim that his administration has "funded 700,000 major construction projects – 700,000 all across America," which the White House has admitted is not the case.
"Biden’s ‘700,000’ figure is wildly inaccurate; it adds an extra two zeros to the correct figure Biden used in a speech last week and the White House has also used before: 7,000 projects," Dale wrote, noting that the White House altered Biden's transcript from the speech to reflect the accurate number.
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