Four Big Lies from the SOTU on the Economy, COVID, Deficit, and Guns
President Biden delivered his second “State of the Union” address on Tuesday night to Congress. It featured several bipartisan moments and points of discussion that were relatively uncontroversial. But, like any State of the Union, it also contained its fair share of misleading claims and outright falsehoods meant to push a partisan narrative.
Here are 4 misleading claims from Biden’s speech.
Job creation & unemployment
“As I stand here tonight, we have created a record 12 million new jobs – more jobs created in two years than any president has ever created in four years. The unemployment rate is at 3.5%, a near-record low. Jobs are coming back… pride is coming back, because of choices we made the last several years.”
First, President Biden and Congress, whom he was speaking to, did not create those jobs. Most came from the private sector, and most were simply jobs returning that we had before the pandemic …