President Joe Biden will argue he has a job to finish in revitalizing the U.S. economy in his second State of the Union address Tuesday night, according to excerpts provided by the White House.
Describing his economic plan, Biden will say he is focused on investing in people and places “that have been forgotten,” per the excerpts from the speech.
Biden is also expected to brag about jobs. “As I stand here tonight, we have created a record 12 million new jobs — more jobs created in two years than any president has ever created in four years,” Biden is expected to say.
That excerpt prompted Glenn Kessler, chief fact checker for The Washington Post, to warn about Biden using a misleading claim about job growth based on missing context.
Based on the SOTU excerpts, Biden will use the misleading claim we identified earlier today–> “As I stand here tonight, we have created a record 12 million new jobs – more jobs created in two years than any president has ever created in four…
