FACT CHECK: President Biden addressed the Russian invasion of Ukraine, inflation and the economy, the COVID pandemic, and more in his first State of the Union address. Here are some claims examined. SOTU
:"Severe cases are down to a level not seen since July of last year.": Biden overstated the improvement, omitting a statistic that remains a worrisome marker of the toll from COVID-19.
Earlier this year, Intel announced it would open two factories expected to employ 3,000 people. The other 7,000 positions the project is slated to create are temporary construction jobs. It is also planning a chip foundry business that makes chips designed by other firms. Construction is expected to start this year.
Biden also places too much weight on supply chain disruptions from overseas as a factor in the worst inflation in four decades. Although those problems indeed have been a major factor in driving up costs, inflation is increasingly showing up in other areas, such as rents and restaurant meals, that reflect the rapid growth of the economy and wages in the past year and not a global supply bottleneck. Those trends are likely to keep pushing up prices even as supply chains recover.
Administration officials now say the infrastructure law will help"pave" the way for up to 500,000 charging outlets by 2030. That's different than charging stations, which could have several outlets. They say private investments could help fill the gap. Currently there are over 100,000 EV outlets in the U.S.
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President Biden steps to State of the Union lectern at fraught momentBiden, in his remarks, planned to highlight the bravery of Ukrainian defenders and the resolve of a newly reinvigorated Western alliance that has worked to rearm the Ukrainian military and impose sanctions on Russia to cripple its economy.
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