Fact-checking President Biden's State of the Union speech

6 articles, oldest first.

1. Fox News

   Fact checkers call out Biden's State of the Union claims about the deficit as 'misleading,' 'lacking context' ↗ (opens Fox News)

   Published Feb 7, 2023

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   President Biden misleadingly claimed during his State of the Union address that he reduced the deficit by a record $1.7 trillion, according to a Fox News Digital fact check.

2. The Daily Caller

   Biden Repeats Misleading Claim That Admin Reduced Deficit ↗ (opens The Daily Caller)

   Published Feb 7, 2023

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   President Joe Biden repeated his administration's claim that its policies is responsible for reducing the national deficit at Tuesday's State of the Union.

3. Breitbart News

   Fact Check: Joe Biden Claims He Cut the Deficit ↗ (opens Breitbart News)

   Published Feb 7, 2023

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   CLAIM: Joe Biden claimed during the State of the Union that over the the last two years, he "cut the deficit by more than $1.7 trillion."

4. Local News 8

   Fact-checking President Biden's State of the Union speech ↗ (opens Local News 8)

   Published Feb 7, 2023

   Same headline from 2 more outlets

   Local News 8's feed description

   By CNN staff President Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union address on Tuesday. Here is a fact check of some of the claims from Biden and the Republican response by Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Cutting the deficit Biden claimed his administration cut the federal deficit by “mor…

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