Biden Didn’t Say U.S. Economy is Worse Off Than E.U.

Misbar’s investigation found that, ironically, just because an article claims to be a fact check doesn’t mean it’s true. The Breitbart article is “fact checking” something that was never there. Biden didn’t say that the U.S.’s entire economy is worse off than the E.U. because of Trump’s actions.

The video of his speech is below.

Instead, Biden said that the unemployment rate has increased at a disproportional rate than the E.U. He never mentioned other market indicators, such as GDP. On this, what Biden said was correct. In fact, he actually understated the impact of COVID-19. In March, the U.S.’s unemployment rate was at 4.4 percent. In July, it was at 8.4 percent. In the EU, March’s unemployment rate went from 6.6 to 7.9 percent in July. In other words, U.S. unemployment doubled with E.U. unemployment – roughly a quarter.