by Tristan Justice at the Federalist
The White House deleted a post on Twitter after the platform placed a fact check on it, two years after the company allowed the Democrat’s presidential campaign to go an entire election unchecked.
On Wednesday, the White House claimed credit for a raise in Social Security payments as a triumph of leadership.
“Seniors are getting the biggest increase in their Social Security checks in 10 years through President Biden’s leadership,” the White House tweeted.
Twitter published a disclaimer on the post, however, clarifying that the scheduled raise in payments is due to record-high inflation, and a corresponding inflation-based adjustment that was attached to the checks in 1972.
“Seniors will receive a large Social Security benefit increase due to the annual cost of living adjustment, which is based on the inflation rate,” Twitter’s “context” label noted. “President Nixon in 1972 signed into law automatic benefit adjustments tied to the Consumer Price Index.”
The White House deleted the post in response, after the face check showed how the post amplified the administration’s own failures…
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