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A Bottomless Pinocchio for Biden — and other recent gaffes

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)2 Comments

President Biden is a self-described “gaffe machine.” That’s no excuse, of course, for a president making false or misleading statements. Readers have asked for fact checks of a variety of recent Biden statements, but none of them seemed big enough for a stand-alone fact check. So here’s a roundup of some of the president’s recent errors of fact, made as he has barnstormed the country boosting Democrats and raising contributions in advance of the midterm elections. We generally do not award Pinocchios for roundups like this — but for reasons that will become clear, we need to make an exception for the first one.

A Bottomless Pinocchio for Biden — and other recent gaffes (archived)

Should the Biden administration cancel student debt? Read this before you decide

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Should the Biden administration cancel student debt? Read this before you decide

In addition, it’s possible to address other challenges plaguing the student-loan system — for example, the obstacles public servants and those scammed by their schools face accessing loan forgiveness that’s already on the books or the harsh consequences of student-loan default — while still providing some relief to borrowers now, Huelsman said.

President Trump: Next Stimulus Check Will Be ‘Very Generous’ And Announced In A ‘Couple Of Weeks’

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

President Trump: Next Stimulus Check Will Be ‘Very Generous’ And Announced In A ‘Couple Of Weeks’

If you want to parse words very carefully, President Trump said the next stimulus package would be announced in a couple of weeks. He didn’t specifically say there would be a check in that package.

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Trump says he supports another round of stimulus checks

However, several Republican lawmakers have signaled that they may not back another round of checks. Senate Republicans said earlier this month that they would rather focus on the loan program for small businesses, state and local funding, and increased Social Security benefits.

The $3 trillion House-passed HEROES Act includes a second round of stimulus checks as well as more funding for state and local governments and adjustments to the Paycheck Protection Program.

But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has not brought the bill to the Senate floor, and Trump signaled he would veto it if it reached the White House, as his officials have called it an “ideological wish list.”