Friday, January 17, 2025

Fact-Checking 3 Claims in Biden’s Farewell Address

Daily Signal  

"Also, according to two Arab officials interviewed by the Times of Israel, Trump did more to sway Netanyahu to make a deal in one day than Biden had done all year."


Job Creation  "Biden took credit for producing the greatest amount of job creation for any president in one term. He said that his administration created “nearly 17 million new jobs, more than any other single administration.”
"However, that statistic is extremely misleading since most of the job creation happened after mass job losses during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Even Politico has noted that the “U.S. economy didn’t recover all the jobs lost during Covid until 2022.”
"A smaller percentage of Americans are working today than there were working when Biden took office" . . .
Violent Crime   "After touting the passage of a gun control law under his administration, Biden said that he’s brought violent crime down to a 50-year low.
"“I passed the most significant gun safety law in 30 years and brought violent crime to a 50-year low,” he said.

 . . ."The New York Post reported in August that “between 2016 and 2020, violent crime fell by 17% under Trump — and soared by 43% under Biden between 2020 and 2022.

"Additionally, there are now problems with the recording of crime statistics. Not only are many crimes going unreported, but many city police departments haven’t been reporting complete crime data to the FBI since the system changed in 2021."

Hostage Deal  "“After eight months of nonstop negotiation by my administration, a ceasefire and a hostage deal has been reached by Israel and Hamas,” Biden said. He claimed that the deal struck between Israel and Hamas this week was conducted and developed by his “team.” . . .

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