Following the State of the Union address, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy contradicted White House data.
It's true that the combined recorded deficit for those years was higher than the CBO's projection, but that's not what McCarthy said.
The headline of the National Review article said that"Biden...Actually Added $800 Billion" to the deficit, later clarifying that"the Biden deficits are running about $800 billion above expectations." While that may be considered misleading, McCarthy makes no distinction or clarification, only stating that the deficit had increased by $800 billion.
This could lead one to believe that the deficit was now $3.93 trillion or $3.57 trillion , both of which are incorrect. Whether you believe that spending over a CBO projection amounts to an increase, McCarthy's tweet does not offer this as an argument and as a standalone claim with no other context, it is simply false.At an address earlier this week, he called the issue"the greatest threat to our future" and accused Congressional
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