Biden tells three false personal anecdotes in economic speech
Posted on AllSides August 17th, 2023
From The Left
FACT CHECK
President Joe Biden made three false claims about his own past in a Tuesday speech in Milwaukee.
The speech was focused on the economy and the Inflation Reduction Act the president signed into law one year ago Wednesday, and his economic claims in the prepared address were almost entirely accurate. But he also peppered in three false personal anecdotes, including two that have previously been debunked, continuing his habit of inaccurate ad-libbing about his biography.
In addition, Biden repeated one false and previously debunked political boast. As he did earlier...