{"id":1845978,"date":"2023-02-14T07:35:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T12:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1845978"},"modified":"2023-02-14T07:38:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T12:38:34","slug":"bidens-deficit-reduction-claims-get-fact-checked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-deficit-reduction-claims-get-fact-checked\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s Deficit Reduction Claims Get Fact-Checked"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidens-deficit-reduction-claims-get-fact-checked%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1845978&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>President Joe Biden would have gotten away with it too if it wasn\u2019t for you meddling kids and your dog\u2026whistles.<\/p>\n<p>Since Elon Musk took over Twitter, a great addition to the social media platform is the addition \u201creader context.\u201d It tends to pop up when someone \u2014 usually a government figure \u2014 makes a false claim that is immediately fact-checked by normal people. Not \u201cfact-checkers\u201d Participation in biased organizations such as Snopes or PolitiFact.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has been on the receiving end of this type of fact-check multiple times, and he recently received one on Friday that sank a huge claim about how well he\u2019s handling the national purse.<\/p>\n<p>Biden says that while former President Donald Trump has increased the deficit four times in a row, his own administration has cut it by $1.7 trillion over the last two years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe largest deficit reduction in American history,\u201d He tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My predecessor&#8217;s administration saw the deficit increase four times in a row. <\/p>\n<p>In the two most recent years, my Administration reduced the deficit by more $1.7 trillion. <\/p>\n<p>The greatest deficit reduction in American history.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 President Biden (@POTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1624423012966465544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>America, get involved.<\/p>\n<p>A pop-up section below Biden\u2019s tweet noted two important pieces of context that Biden, nor the rest of his administration, thought was important to add. It also noted that the claim was not true. \u201cstatistically accurate,\u201d It was misleading in its claims.<\/p>\n<p>It made it clear, first of all, that \u201cCOVID spending led to huge deficits in 2020 and 2021\u201d That led to the deficit reduction of 222.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, it notes that Biden made other spending increases that actually brought the 2022 deficit up, and is now 41 percent larger than Trump\u2019s largest non-COVID deficit.<\/p>\n<p>The facts were then further investigated by different sources. It is difficult to dismiss these facts and not be influenced by left-leaning sources.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-703070\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Capture-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"356\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p>This kind of honest fact-checking has likely thrown much of the Democrat\u2019s narrative creation into a wood chipper. Despite the fact that almost all outlets are biased towards the left and pushing Democrat propaganda, Twitter continues to be the main town square. When normal, everyday Americans log on and see these kinds of tweets, they\u2019ll be less likely to be taken in by falsehoods.<\/p>\n<p>It will be fascinating to see how fact-checks against politicians on both sides work over time, and whether it changes the national conversation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\nRedState Video Trending\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden would have gotten away with it too if it wasn\u2019t for you meddling kids and your dog\u2026whistles. 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