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End Wokeness post overstates government jobs’ role in Biden-era job creation
The conservative X account End Wokeness said former President Joe Biden presided over an economy that was heavily driven by government growth, rather than job gains in the private sector. A March 7 post to its 3.6 million followers said: 2017-2020: Public sector: 9% of U.S. job growth Private sector: 91% of U.S. job growth Sign up for PolitiFact…
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Rick Scott wrong that full-time jobs dropped under Joe Biden
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., blamed recent economic turbulence — a falling stock market, declining consumer confidence and uncertainty from on-again, off-again tariffs — on President Donald Trump’s predecessor. On CNN’s “State of the Union” on March 9, host Jake Tapper asked Scott, “President Trump has acknowledged that there’s going to be a little disturbance due…
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Did home costs double under Joe Biden, as JD Vance said?
In a speech to the National League of Cities, Vice President JD Vance said home costs got out of control under former President Joe Biden. “Under the previous administration, I’ll get a little bit political, the cost of a median-price home in America more than doubled, and that was just in four years,” Vance said…
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No evidence migrants to blame for Texas measles outbreak
Amid an outbreak of the highly contagious measles virus in West Texas, some on social media sought to blame former President Joe Biden’s border policies. A Feb. 26 Threads post said, “Update: Plandemic 2.0 – Mainstream Media pushes fear campaign about measles in Texas, hoping to push more people to get vaccinated and try to…