The Biden administration has recently come under fire on social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, as the platform's "Community Notes" feature was used to fact-check a statement made by White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
The statement in question was related to President Biden's economic policies, colloquially referred to as "Bidenomics," and their alleged contribution to the current economic upturn.
Jean-Pierre, in her post on X, attributed the positive economic news to the Biden administration's policies. "Today, we got more good economic news. 199,000 jobs created last month," she wrote. "A total of 14.1 million created under President Biden. Thats Bidenomics in action."
However, the "Community Notes" feature on X, which allows users to add context or additional information to posts, was used to challenge Jean-Pierre's claim. A group of users cited a U.S. House Budget Committee press release from June, which stated that the majority of job gains since 2021 were not new jobs created, but rather jobs recovered from the pandemic.
"Nearly 72 percent of all job gains since 2021 were simply jobs that were being recovered from the pandemic, not new job creation," the release stated. "In fact, when looking at todays economy compared to pre-pandemic levels, employment is up only by 3.7 million."
The fact-check was met with approval from conservative X users. Dan Dakich, a sports commentator for OutKick, expressed his appreciation for the feature, saying, "Love community notes." Conservative author and filmmaker Dinesh DSouza accused Jean-Pierre of dishonesty, stating, "She lies. Gets busted. Then lies again."
Bryan Griffin, press secretary for Gov. Ron DeSantis, also criticized Jean-Pierre, saying, "Another day, another community note on a White House Tweet. The Democrats are lying to you. 'Ignore your reality for our narrative, so we can stay in power.'"
The official account for "Rasmussen Reports" expressed gratitude for the "Community Notes" function, posting, "Good Morning! Where would we be without @CommunityNotes? We'd be back inside Jack Dorsey's censorship prison."
Despite the Biden administration's insistence that the economy is thriving under their leadership, public sentiment seems to suggest otherwise. According to an October New York Times/Siena poll, over 60% of Democrats rated the economy as "only fair" or "poor."
This suggests that even among the Democratic Party's own voters, there is a significant level of dissatisfaction with the current state of the economy.
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