White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has surpassed One of her Biden exes Only two months later, the total number of political facts checks.
On Thursday, Politifact posted Leavitt’s latest fact check On her statement“Tariffs are tax cuts for the American people.” Politifact named it “false” chief correspondent Louis Jacobson wrote that “almost all economists” see the characteristics of the tariffs as “tax hiking rather than tax cuts.”
This is a mark Levitt’s third political fact check Since she began serving as press secretary in January, she has officially put her ahead of the full record of the facts being reviewed on the spot by former Biden press secretary Jen Psaki.
Compared to the two of former Biden press secretary Jen Psaki, Politifact has conducted three fact-checks on Trump’s White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images | Photo taken by Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images)
For 16 months, Psaki held the position, Politics only conducted fact checks on her twiceonce in November 2021, and once in January 2022. Her November claims about Build Back Better Better were rated as “false”, while her claims about the Covid vaccine were rated as “True”.
By contrast, Leavitt Her first two political facts checked On January 30, the position started less than two weeks, two months earlier than Psaki. One was rated as “false” and the other was rated as “semi-true”.
Conservatives mark increasingly positive fact checks. Media Regulatory News Agency.
This also makes Leavitt second only to former President Biden’s second press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Who has undergone four fact checks Behind her entire podium. Jean-Pierre held the position from May 2022 to January 2025.
Of the four political fact checks, two were rated as “false” and the other two were rated as “mainly true.” Politifact didn’t start fact-checking on Jean-Pierre until June 2022 (i.e. one month after her tenure began).
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By contrast, Donald Trump’s press secretary, such as Sean Spicer, Kayleigh McEnany Sarah Huckabee Sanders is also fact-checked by the press secretary under Biden.
McNanney is Fact checked four times During this period, she served as press secretary from 2020 to 2021.
Sanders undergoes five political fact checks About her comments at the White House press conference and a fact check was conducted to be interviewed by the ABC.
Leavitt is just a fact check by her ex, Karine Jean-Pierre. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Spicer underwent nine political fact checks For six months, he served as press secretary in 2017.
In the comments Fox News Numbers, “The so-called “reporters” in politics are not fact checkers; they are left-wing crusaders dedicated to spinning the truth, committing lies and promoting the radical agenda of the Democratic Party. Karoline Leavitt is so honest and transparent about the media that he has taken an attitude toward the forged facts.
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