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

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President Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union address on Tuesday source: gettyimage.com [{ "selector": ".spfdw-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(calc(360px - 9px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Here is a fact check of some of the claims from Biden and the Republican response by Arkansas Gov source: gettyimage.com [{ "selector": ".rfobn-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(calc(360px - 10px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Biden claimed his administration cut the federal deficit by “more than $1.7 trillion source: gettyimage.com [{ "selector": ".wxfgk-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(calc(360px - 10px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Biden’s boast leaves out important context. It is true that the federal deficit fell by $1.7 trillion source: gettyimage.com [{ "selector": ".tfucg-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(calc(360px - 10px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Dan White, senior director of economic research at Moody’s Analytics source: gettyimage.com [{ "selector": ".sgnnu-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(calc(360px - 10px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

National Economic Council director Brian Deese wrote on the White House source: gettyimage.com [{ "selector": ".fnkae-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(calc(360px - 10px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Still, the deficit-reducing impact of that one bill is expected to be swamped source: gettyimage.com [{ "selector": ".jruko-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(calc(360px - 10px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]