President Joe Biden addressed the Democratic National Convention on Monday, delivering a 45-minute speech in which he championed several accomplishments from his time in office. He also made several false claims on issues such as economics, education, gun violence, and migration.
Jobs created during the Biden administration.
Biden touted the economic recovery that has taken place during his time in office. “We’ve gone from economic crisis to the strongest economy in the entire world,” Biden said. “[A] record 16 million new jobs.”
This claim is missing critical context. While Federal Reserve economic data shows that the U.S. economy has added 15.81 million non-farm jobs since January 2021, the country was still reeling from unprecedented pandemic-induced job losses when Biden entered office. As the Dispatch Fact Check noted in late June,
Biden’s employment growth numbers benefit from the fact…
