Biden Administration Deletes False Tweet After Humiliating Fact-Check by Twitter

WASHINGTON (Yaakov M / VINnews) — The Biden administration just experienced a very rare yet painful blow.

They were fact-checked by Elon Musk’s Twitter, and after their lie was exposed, the tweet was deleted. (Although the White House claims the deletion was just, um, coincidence lol.)

It seems there’s a new sheriff in town named Musk.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1587877173410418688

“Seniors are getting the biggest increase in their Social Security checks in 10 years through President Biden’s leadership,” the administration falsely claimed.

Yes, they are getting an increase. And yes, it’s because of Biden. But only because Biden’s disastrous economic policies have skyrocketed inflation rates.

Twitter’s Birdwatch program, which has existed for a while, attached a note saying that the reason seniors have gotten an increase is because social security is linked to inflation.

“Seniors will receive a large Social Security benefit increase due to the annual cost of living adjustment, which is based on the inflation rate,” the note said, which included a link to the U.S. Social Security Administration. “President Nixon in 1972 signed into law automatic benefit adjustments tied to the Consumer Price Index.”

The White House then deleted the bogus tweet. Although the Birdwatch feature is not new,  it had never been used to debunk a White House tweet, prior to Elon Musk’s takeover.

Update: White House deleted the tweet.

Love the new Twitter https://t.co/VsJGi1ecoH

— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) November 2, 2022

The scary part is–imagine if this fake news which was shared by the White House had not been exposed?

Millions of seniors would now falsely believe that Biden increased their checks, just days before Election Day. This sort of disinformation tactic is how the Democrats rig elections. And we finally have a social media platform that cares about the truth, which could be a death blow to the left.

When asked about the deleted tweet, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed that the reason the administration deleted it was because it was “not complete.”

Sure.

"The tweet was not complete. Usually when we put out a tweet we posted with context and it did not have that context."@PressSec responds to deleted White House tweet that gave President Biden credit for Social Security increases. https://t.co/kLf3TkGFcd pic.twitter.com/8uBCZ0guhy

— The Hill (@thehill) November 3, 2022

“Look, the tweet was not complete. Usually when we put out a tweet we post it with context, and it did not have that context,” Jean-Pierre said. “So in the past, we’ve pointed out that for the first time in over a decade, seniors’ Medicare premiums will decrease even as their Social Security checks increase. That’s a little bit of context that was not included.”