Twitter Community Notes Fact-Checks Biden Tweet On Wage Growth
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Joe Biden got called out again.
He took to Twitter to celebrate “Bidenomics.”
Right now, real wages for the average American worker is higher than it was before the pandemic, with lower wage workers seeing the largest gains.
That’s Bidenomics.
Biden wasn’t telling the truth.
He was fact-checked by Twitter’s community noted feature.
The tweet’s claim about real wages contains a factual error.
On 3/15/20 when US COVID lockdowns began real wages adjusted for inflation (AFI) were $11.15.
As of 7/16/23 real wages AFI are $11.05.
Real wages AFI remain lower (not higher) than before the pandemic.
https://www.cdc.gov/museum/timeline/covid19.html#:~:text=March%2015%2C%202020,the%20spread%20of%20COVID%2D19.
https://ycharts.com/indicators/us_real_average_hourly_earnings#:~:text=Basic%20Info,1.19%25%20from%20one%20year%20ago.
