White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was once again fact-checked by X’s “Community Notes” feature, which allows users to fact check claims in real time. Other users are then allowed to rate the notes as “helpful” or “unhelpful,” representing a massive deviation from the way partisan leftist fact-checkers operate.
“Today, we got more good economic news. 199,000 jobs created last month,” Jean-Pierre wrote in an X post on Friday afternoon. “A total of 14.1 million created under President Biden. That’s Bidenomics in action.”
Before long, KJP was hit with a community note that pointed out how the vast majority of jobs “created” under President Biden have been people returning to work after government-mandated COVID shutdowns. “It is well documented that nearly 72% of job gains since 2021 are simply jobs recovered that were lost during the pandemic, not created,” reads the note, which linked to House budget figures that contradict KJP’s claim.
Today, we got more good economic news.
199,000 jobs created last month.
A total of 14.1 million created under President Biden.
That’s Bidenomics in action.— Karine Jean-Pierre…
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