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Claim: Joe Biden cut the federal deficit by 1.7 trillion (Viral Video, 2023-08-16)
Evidence (2023-02-17): In another part of the speech, Biden said, "We cut the debt by $1.7 billion the last two years." The White House made a correction to the official transcript to make it "$1.7 trillion" instead of "$1.7 billion." Facts First: This claim is inaccurate even if you ignore Biden’s billion-versus-trillion mixup. The national debt has continued to increase under Biden. It is the deficit that has declined by about $1.7 trillion – and experts say it is misleading for Biden to take credit for that reduction. [...] The deficit did fall by roughly $1.7 trillion between fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2022, from about $3.1 trillion to about $1.4 trillion. But as CNN has repeatedly noted, it is highly questionable how much credit Biden deserves for the decline – which overwhelmingly occurred because the emergency pandemic spending from the end of the Trump era expired as planned. In fact, independent analysts say Biden’s own new laws and executive actions have significantly added to current and projected future deficits, not reduced those deficits. You can read more here and here.
Claim: Joe Biden cut the federal deficit by 1.7 trillion (Viral Video, 2023-08-16)
Evidence (2023-03-09): The President has done all of this while delivering on his commitment to fiscal responsibility. While the previous Administration passed a nearly $2 trillion unpaid-for tax cut with benefits skewed to the wealthy and big corporations while dramatically increasing the deficit, President Biden cut the deficit by more than $1.7 trillion during his first two years in office—the largest decline in American history. And the reforms he signed into law to take on Big Pharma, lower prescription drug costs, and make the wealthy and large corporations pay their fair share will reduce the deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars more over the coming decade. [...] After inheriting historically high deficits from the previous Administration, President Biden told the American people he would reduce the deficit, pay for his proposals, and ensure that no one making less than $400,000 a year would pay a penny more in new taxes. That’s exactly what he has done—and exactly what he will continue to do. The President’s Budget builds on the record-breaking deficit reduction he achieved during his first two years in office. It more than fully pays for its investments, reduces deficits by nearly $3 trillion over the next decade by making the wealthy and big corporations pay their fair share and cutting wasteful spending on Big Pharma, Big Oil, and other special interests, and ensures that no one making less than $400,000 per year will pay a penny more in new taxes.
Claim: Joe Biden cut the federal deficit by 1.7 trillion (Viral Video, 2023-08-16)
Evidence (2023-09-11): During President Biden’s first two years in office, the federal deficit shrank by $1.7 trillion dollars. It's a point he has bragged about repeatedly in recent months, and attributed to his policies effectively steering the country beyond the COVID-19 shutdowns and stabilizing the economy. [...] "And even with what we’ve done—unlike the last President—in my first two years, all this stuff—guess what? I cut the deficit $1.7 trillion," Biden said. "Here’s the bottom line: My economic plan is working. It’s reducing the deficit." [...] White House officials point out that Biden’s proposed budget would reduce the deficit by an additional $2.5 billion by increasing the corporate tax rate and requiring that the wealthiest 0.01% of Americans pay at least a 25% tax rate. But that doesn’t have the votes in Congress, and Republicans haven’t come to the table to offer a plan of their own for cutting the deficit. Administration officials also note that the deficit is influenced by various factors. "Deficits from year to year can be volatile," said White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre in response to a question from TIME. "The President has a real plan — as we’ve laid out multiple times — to reduce the deficit, and we don’t see Republicans having a real plan."
Claim: Joe Biden cut the federal deficit by 1.7 trillion (Viral Video, 2023-08-16)
Evidence (2024-03-07): The annual federal deficit declined by $1.4 trillion on Biden’s watch, from 2021 to 2022. That was larger than any previous one-year reduction in the deficit. Looking at the two-year period from 2021 to 2023, the deficit declined by less, but still by almost $1.1 trillion. [...] During his March 7 address to Congress, Biden said, "I’ve been delivering real results in fiscally responsible ways. We’ve already cut the federal deficit by over $1 trillion." [...] The deficit declines were greater during Biden’s second and third years in office, as vaccines and therapies cut the risks associated with COVID-19 and the economy opened. The deficit was about $1.38 trillion in 2022 and $1.7 trillion in 2023.
Claim: Joe Biden cut the federal deficit by 1.7 trillion (Viral Video, 2023-08-16)
Evidence (2024-06-27): The CRFB states the Biden Administration increased the federal deficit by just $4.3 trillion. In reality, the Biden Administration has increased the federal deficit by $11.6 trillion dollars throughout the last three years and six months, including: [...] FACT: According to CBO, President Biden’s enacted legislation increased deficit projections by a total of $4.8 trillion over ten years. [...] - By giving President Biden credit for the Fiscal Responsibility Act without context: The CRFB credits President Biden alone for $1.5 trillion of savings for signing the Fiscal Responsibility Act into law. As a reminder, President Biden was opposed to making any deal on a debt ceiling increase and only agreed to spending reforms because the House forced his hand. It's important to understand that Republicans in the House had a major role in getting this across the finish line. While CRFB gives Biden full credit for the $1.5 trillion in savings, it never would have come to pass if House Republicans hadn't demanded it.
Claim: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that 300,000 Ukrainian troops have died during the conflict. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2023-05-08)
Evidence (2023-05-08): There is no evidence that 300,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died during the conflict. Estimates vary, but the United States assessed that between 15,500 and 17,500 Ukrainian troops have died between Feb. 24, 2022 and March 1, 2023.
Claim: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that 300,000 Ukrainian troops have died during the conflict. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2023-05-08)
Evidence (2024-08-23): During a Friday speech announcing the suspension of his independent presidential campaign, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a wildly inaccurate claim about the extent to which President Joe Biden was mentioned at the Republican National Convention in July. Kennedy sought to portray the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week as insufficiently focused on substance and overly fixated on style and on former President Donald Trump, the Republican candidate to whom Kennedy said he was throwing his support.
Claim: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that 300,000 Ukrainian troops have died during the conflict. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2023-05-08)
Evidence (2023-07-31): A running list of RFK Jr.'s controversies [...] In May 2019, members of now-Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s own family publicly denounced their brother and uncle for his vocal mistrust of vaccines, a stance they described as having "heartbreaking consequences." "We love Bobby," the trio of relatives wrote in an op-ed for Politico magazine, and "we stand behind him in his ongoing fight to protect our environment." But he "has helped to spread dangerous misinformation over social media and is complicit in sowing distrust of the science behind vaccines." That said, anti-vax rhetoric is only one piece of RFK Jr.'s increasingly controversial puzzle, in spite of which he has managed to launch a so far somewhat decently successful campaign for the White House (though things may be starting to sour). Here's a look at some of the other comments and conspiracy theories that have landed the environmental lawyer in hot water over the years. [...] Even in 2023, RFK Jr. has continued to promote the unfounded theory that the CIA killed his uncle, former President John F. Kennedy. As recently as May, Kennedy alleged during an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity that former CIA director Allen W. Dulles helped cover up the agency's involvement in JFK's assassination while simultaneously serving on the commission helmed to investigate it. That same probe, known as the Warren Commission, ultimately determined that while some sort of conspiracy likely played a part in Kennedy's death, the CIA was not involved.
Claim: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that 300,000 Ukrainian troops have died during the conflict. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2023-05-08)
Evidence (2023-10-09): Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared his "independence from the Democratic Party" on Monday in Philadelphia, ending his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination and launching an independent bid that he said aims to heal the political divide, which he portrayed as a fiction of a corrupt establishment. [...] Kennedy has struggled to gain traction in the Democratic primaries, even with voters expressing a desire that someone younger take the party banner from President Joe Biden. His views on issues like vaccines and abortion has left him outside the Democratic mainstream. [...] Kennedy, the scion of the first family of Democratic politics, said it was "very painful" for him to leave the party of his uncles (one was president; another was senator), his father (a former attorney general and senator), his grandfather (an ambassador) and his great-grandfathers (one was a mayor and a congressman; another was a city council member) and break with their "political dynasty."
Claim: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that 300,000 Ukrainian troops have died during the conflict. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2023-05-08)
Evidence (2024-08-23): Kennedy, 70, initially ran in the Democratic primaries against President Joe Biden, though he switched his affiliation to Independent prior to any primary contests. [...] Kennedy Jr. is the son of Robert F. Kennedy, a former U.S. Senator from New York who was the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1968 when he was assassinated, happening amid a whirlwind of political turbulence that year that concluded with Richard Nixon winning the presidential election. Kennedy's 2024 campaign picked up considerable steam after switching his affiliation to Independent, garnering support from voters who were unenthused by both the Democratic and Republican ticket.
Claim: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that 300,000 Ukrainian troops have died during the conflict. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2023-05-08)
Evidence (2024-08-25): INDEPENDENT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR. SUSPENDS CAMPAIGN [...] RFK, JR. TORCHES MEDIA CENSORSHIP AS HE ENDS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN [...] Kennedy, the nephew of President John F. Kennedy and son of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, both of whom were assassinated, initially launched his presidential bid as a Democrat in a primary challenge to President Biden. But later he sought an independent run after being pushed out by the party.
Claim: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that 300,000 Ukrainian troops have died during the conflict. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2023-05-08)
Evidence (2024-09-30): Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was able to get off the ballot in North Carolina, but he has now failed to do so in another battleground state: Wisconsin. The rejection from the latter state’s top court came the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Kennedy’s bid to be on the ballot in New York.
Claim: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that 300,000 Ukrainian troops have died during the conflict. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2023-05-08)
Evidence (2024-08-13): Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s longshot bid for president has become even more unlikely after a judge ruled on Monday that his name should not appear on New York’s ballot after he falsely claimed a residence in the state on nominating petitions, despite living in California. [...] If the judge’s decision is upheld, it would keep Kennedy off the ballot in New York but could also lead to challenges in other states where he used an address in New York City’s suburbs to gather signatures. On Friday, Kennedy told Fox News' Neil Cavuto that he had enough signatures to appear on the ballot in all 50 states. [...] A survey conducted by Ipsos this week found Kennedy is polling around 5% among voters in seven swing states: Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona and Nevada.
Claim: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that 300,000 Ukrainian troops have died during the conflict. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2023-05-08)
Evidence (2024-09-26): Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. breaks silence over rumoured affair with New York Magazine reporter [...] Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has broken his silence after allegations he engaged in an affair with a political reporter emerged last week. [...] Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has broken his silence after allegations he engaged in an affair with a political reporter emerged last week. Picture: Fox News
Claim: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that 300,000 Ukrainian troops have died during the conflict. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2023-05-08)
Evidence (2024-07-22): Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Rages at Democrats for ‘Rigged’ Primary Process, Tells Fox He’s Banned From ‘Democratic Networks’ [...] Kennedy Jr., now running an independent presidential campaign, accused Democrats of having a "rigged" primary process during an appearance on Fox News with Jesse Watters. The party, Kennedy Jr. added, made a "strategic mistake" and turned off voters by so openly backing Biden, noting various rule changes as well as some primary votes shutting down altogether, like in Florida. [...] Kennedy Jr. appeared on Fox News again on Monday morning where he again accused Democrats of pushing a "rigged" nomination process. He also accused the administration of purposefully denying him Secret Service protection — which he now has following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump — to dry up his campaign funds. Kennedy Jr. claimed about a third of everything coming in had previously been spent on private security.
Claim: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that 300,000 Ukrainian troops have died during the conflict. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2023-05-08)
Evidence (2023-07-25): Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ripped what he called the "bad decisions" coming out of the White House under President Biden, but stopped short of saying whether he thinks the president is fit to serve as commander in chief. [...] Hannity pressed Kennedy, noting the Democratic Party's "reluctance" to point out Biden's gaffes, and asked again if he really thought Biden is "up to the job." [...] RFK JR SAYS ‘CORPORATE MEDIA’ HAS ATTACKED HIM ‘EVEN MORE THAN PRESIDENT TRUMP’
Claim: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that 300,000 Ukrainian troops have died during the conflict. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2023-05-08)
Evidence (2024-08-23): Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talks during a campaign event, in West Hollywood, Calif., June 27, 2024. (AP) [...] Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to supporters during a campaign event April 21, 2024, in Royal Oak, Mich. (AP) [...] RELATED: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign of conspiracy theories: PolitiFact’s 2023 Lie of the Year
Claim: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that 300,000 Ukrainian troops have died during the conflict. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2023-05-08)
Evidence (2024-06-27): Democrats and their allies sue to keep RFK Jr. off the ballot in several states As independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ramps up efforts to secure ballot access in all 50 states, he faces stiff resistance from Democratic political opponents attempting to block his November election bid with multiple lawsuits. [...] "RFK Jr. was recruited to run by MAGA Republicans; is being propped up by Trump's largest donor; and his own campaign staff has said their goal is to hurt President Biden," said Matt Corridoni, a spokesperson for the Democratic National Committee. "He has no real grassroots support, no pathway to 270 electoral votes, and his campaign is resorting to a pattern of deception and shortcuts to circumvent state rules for independent candidate ballot access."
Claim: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that 300,000 Ukrainian troops have died during the conflict. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2023-05-08)
Evidence (2024-04-01): Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. accused President Joe Biden of being a greater "threat to democracy" than former President Donald Trump, arguing that Biden censored him. [...] RELATED: All of our fact-checks of Robert F Kennedy RELATED: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign of conspiracy theories: PolitiFact’s 2023 Lie of the Year
Claim: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that 300,000 Ukrainian troops have died during the conflict. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2023-05-08)
Evidence (2024-09-27): Washington — Unlike the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced a costly and time-consuming process to appear on general election ballots as an independent candidate before he suspended his campaign on Aug. 23. [...] Kennedy is currently on the ballot in two contested states — Michigan and Wisconsin. [...] Kennedy was officially on the ballot in Arizona, North Carolina and Nevada — all battleground states — but will no longer appear. He also will not appear on the ballot in Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Wyoming.
Claim: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that 300,000 Ukrainian troops have died during the conflict. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2023-05-08)
Evidence (2024-09-27): Wisconsin Supreme Court says Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name will remain on swing state’s ballot MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name will remain on the state’s presidential ballot, upholding a lower court’s ruling that candidates can only be removed from the ballot if they die. [...] Kennedy suspended his campaign in August and endorsed Trump. Earlier this month a divided North Carolina Supreme Court kept him off the ballot there while the Michigan Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision and kept him on.
Claim: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that 300,000 Ukrainian troops have died during the conflict. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2023-05-08)
Evidence (2024-09-19): Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is being investigated for collecting dead whale [...] Kennedy told a crowd of Trump supporters in Glendale, Arizona, that he received a letter "saying they were investigating me for collecting a whale specimen 20 years ago." [...] "I’m not interested in feeding that feature of the mainstream media," Kennedy said.
Claim: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that 300,000 Ukrainian troops have died during the conflict. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2023-05-08)
Evidence (2024-07-16): "I actually understand a little bit what people are going through," Vance told Fox News host Sean Hannity. "Yeah, it was tough when I was dealing with it, but now I really do think it’s a blessing that’s given me a perspective a lot of politicians don’t have." [...] He said that he disagreed with the U.S. Supreme Court opinion that found presidents have broad immunity from prosecution for official acts. [...] That was also the first time they got a glimpse of his pick as running mate, JD Vance of Ohio.
Claim: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that 300,000 Ukrainian troops have died during the conflict. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2023-05-08)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Critical Ukraine War Meeting Canceled After Joe Biden Pulls Out 2 MIN READ
Claim: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that 300,000 Ukrainian troops have died during the conflict. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2023-05-08)
Evidence (2024-01-01): A well-known commentator on many Washington-based TV shows, Roberts also appears regularly as a political analyst on the ABC radio network.
Claim: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that 300,000 Ukrainian troops have died during the conflict. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2023-05-08)
Evidence (2014-07-30): Vote on Kennedy Nomination [...] By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Reid, Mrs. Murray, [...] WELCOMING REVEREND DR. ALPHONSO JACKSON
Claim: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that 300,000 Ukrainian troops have died during the conflict. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2023-05-08)
Evidence (2024-09-11): North Carolina had been scheduled to start sending absentee ballots last Friday, but that was delayed after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. successfully sued to have his name removed from the ballot. He has filed similar challenges in other presidential battleground states after he dropped his campaign and endorsed Republican nominee Donald Trump. [...] "The reason you do a second debate is if you lose, and they lost," he told Fox News host Sean Hannity. "But I’ll think about it." He told Hannity he "thought it was a great debate" and came to the spin room because "I just felt I wanted to."
Claim: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that 300,000 Ukrainian troops have died during the conflict. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2023-05-08)
Evidence (2024-09-30): In March 2024, after Ventura publicly endorsed his independent presidential bid, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shortlisted him as a candidate for vice president on his campaign ticket; many states require one to meet ballot access deadlines.[125] [...] - ^ O’Brien, Rebecca Davis (March 12, 2024). "Aaron Rodgers and Jesse Ventura Top R.F.K. Jr.'s List for Running Mate". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 14, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2024.