FactChecking Biden on Inflation, Other Claims
by D'Angelo Gore
May 10, 2024
3 minutes
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino.
When President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, the U.S. annual rate of inflation was 1.4% — far from the 9% inflation Biden falsely said in a May 8 interview that he inherited. Inflation rose quickly in Biden’s first year, but it didn’t hit 9% until 17 months into his presidency.
Biden made that claim — and we’ve fact-checked before — in an with CNN’s Erin Burnett. While responding to Burnett’s question about voter concerns about the economy, Biden touted the economic recovery following
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