CNN called on reporter and resident fact-checker Daniel Dale on Wednesday to pick apart President Joe Biden’s last week that he was responsible for bringing down the deficit. “Let me remind you again: I reduced the federal deficit,” Biden said last Wednesday, blasting Republicans who criticize him over the $2.8 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2021. Among other economic woes is record inflation, affecting everything from grocery bills to gas prices across the nation.

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