Fact Checking Biden's 2023 State of the Union Address

President Joe Biden delivered his 2023 State of the Union before a joint session of Congress Tuesday night.

Here are six checks on his claims made throughout the speech.

Claim 1: “As I stand here tonight, we have created a record 12 million new jobs – more jobs created in two years than any president has ever created in four years.”

President Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union address on Tuesday.

Here is a fact check of some of the claims from Biden and the Republican response by Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders:

Biden claimed his administration cut the federal deficit by “more than $1.7 trillion.”

In the last two years, my administration has cut the deficit by more than $1.7 trillion – the largest deficit reduction in American history.

President Joe Biden put his spin on some facts, particularly about the economy, in his Feb. 7 State of the Union address:

Biden boasted that the 12.1 million jobs created in his first two years were more than the number of jobs added in four years under any president. But that job growth was fueled by a post-pandemic recovery that started under his predecessor, and his comparison doesn’t account for population growth.