Joe Biden in 2024 FactCheck


On Civil Rights: Dangerous to question LGBT rights and contraceptive rights

Q: With reference to Justice Thomas' concurrence with Dobbs [overturning Roe v. Wade], he said, "in future cases we should reconsider all of this court's substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell." Here's what President Biden said that day about that portion.

JOE BIDEN: Justice Thomas' said as much today. He explicitly called to reconsider the right of marriage quality, the right of couples to make their choices on contraception. This is an extreme and dangerous path the court is now taking us on.

FACT-CHECK: Justice Thomas frequently writes concurring opinions that talk about other theories that maybe he's the only one on the court to hold. The opinion [on Dobbs] is clearly limited to abortion and it's also clear that while Justice Thomas is willing to consider rethinking substantive due process, Justice Thomas believes in the "privileges & immunity clause" [due process before abridging rights] which other justices don't follow.

Source: Fox News Sunday FactCheck on 2024 Presidential Hopefuls Apr 30, 2023

On Jobs: We created 15M jobs in 3 years: a record

Biden said, "Before I came to office, the country was hit by the worst pandemic and the worst economic crisis in the century. Now, our economy is literally the envy of the world. 15 million new jobs in just three years, a record." Is that accurate?

"Biden's number is accurate: the US economy added 12.1 million jobs between Biden's first full month in office, February 2021, and January 2023. That number is indeed higher than the number of jobs added in any previous four-year presidential term. However, it's important to note that Biden took office in an unusual pandemic context that makes meaningful comparison to other periods very difficult."

Adding figures since then, The Guardian wrote on 2/2/24, "The US added 2.7m jobs last year even as the Fed drove interest rates up to a 22-year high." And CNN adds on 3/7/24, "Economists expect that US employers added 200,000 jobs last month". That totals to 15 million jobs.

Source: CNN FactCheck on 2024 State of the Union address Mar 7, 2024

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