Biden Faces Community Notes Yet Again for Claim on Inflation

Last week we covered how a social media post from President Joe Biden, specifically his personal X account, was hit with context from Community Notes. The post presented a woeful misunderstanding of inflation and the economy overall, as it called on corporations to be the ones to "Give Americans a break" by lowering their prices. Biden, or whoever comes up with these posts, doesn't look to be deterred by Community Notes, though.

Let me be clear to any corporation that hasn’t brought their prices back down even as inflation has come down: It’s time to stop the price gouging.

Give American consumers a break.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 30, 2023

On Saturday, Biden's official account fired off a much shorter but still problematic post about inflation. "Inflation was 0% last month – and our economy grew by more than 5% last quarter," the post claimed, which then made reference to the president's ill-fated plan of "Bidenomics."

Biden's post refers to the PCE index, which, according to the Federal Reserve, should be at 2 percent. The PCE index is still at 3 percent. Community Notes goes on to also mention that a "more commonly referenced inflation index is CPI, which shows annual inflation of 3.2%." The cited sources include multiple links from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Forbes, the Federal Reserve, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Posts like this desperately try to make something out of the narrative that inflation has been coming down ever so slightly over the past few months. Regardless, it's still much higher than it was under former President Donald Trump's administration.

Inflation was 0% last month – and our economy grew by more than 5% last quarter.

Bidenomics.
— President Biden (@POTUS) December 2, 2023

"According to [U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics], consumer inflation remained unchanged month-over-month in October but remains up 3.2 percent over the previous 12 months — notably above the Federal Reserve's target inflation rate of just 2.0 percent. Core CPI inflation, excluding food and energy prices, rose 0.2 percent in October for a 4.0 percent annual increase," Spencer addressed when addressing October's inflation report.

Further, as we've been covering, Biden and his administration's claims about the economy just are not translating to a boost in the polls. Biden is at a 40.1 percent approval rating, according to RealClearPolitics (RCP). He's at a 38.4 percent approval rating on the economy and a 35 percent approval rating on inflation.

The post has been hit with over 19,000 replies, including from users who point out how problematic Bidenomics has shown to be.

Imagine trying to tell people, who are out here experiencing the cost of everything skyrocketing, that it isn't happening.

That's Bidenomics.
— Spike Cohen (@RealSpikeCohen) December 3, 2023

I’m going to get on the Bidendiet. That’s the one where you just say that you lost 15 pounds and tell everyone around you that you look thin and amazing.
— Brandon Straka (@BrandonStraka) December 3, 2023

Inflation was 3.2%. Now worse than the Eurozone. Government spending was robust to artificially boost GDP.

Bidenfailure.
— 🇺🇸Hakim🇺🇸 (@kareemjeanjr) December 2, 2023

As was the case with the previous post from last week, the Community Notes resulted in an increase in quoted reposts. Sitting members of Congress, in this case Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), were also among those calling out the president.

Then why is the average family having to shell out an additional $1,000 every month — just for basic living expenses — compared to the day you took office?#Bidenomics https://t.co/iyjBWEqrt4
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) December 2, 2023