Lies

New York City NY

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Joe Biden was speaking to a crowd at a Democratic National Committee event over the weekend in D.C. and he blurted out what looks like two huge lies about gas prices and the unemployment rate. The hacks at CNN must have found the lies so egregious they even felt the need to fact-check him. 1. Gas prices: Biden claimed, "Gas prices are down, $1.30 a gallon. And in 41 states plus the District of Columbia, the average gasoline price is less than $2.99.” This is not even close to true. According to AAA and GasBuddy, not a single state in the U.S. has gas prices under $2.99 per gallon. The current average gas price is $3.74, which has been ticking up over the past few days. 2. Unemployment rate: Biden claimed, "We have a 3.7% unemployment rate, the lowest in 50 – more than 50 years.” 3.7% unemployment rate is very low. But it's not the lowest in 50 years. It was lower under Trump - hitting 3.5% and 3.6% nine times in 2019 and early 2020. Before Trump, unemployment hadn't been that low since 1969. Are They lying to our Joe or is he lying to us?