{"id":2035,"date":"2023-03-15T14:27:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T19:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2035"},"modified":"2023-03-15T14:27:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T19:27:11","slug":"lyin-joe-twitter-fact-checks-biden-over-bogus-gender-pay-gap-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2035","title":{"rendered":"LYIN\u2019 JOE! Twitter Fact-Checks Biden Over Bogus \u2018Gender Pay Gap\u2019 Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-60.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-2036\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-60.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-60.png 880w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-60-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-60-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-60-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-60-390x219.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Twitter slapped Joe Biden with a formal \u2018fact-check\u2019 this week after the President posted phony claims about the \u2018Gender Pay Gap\u2019 in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Charlotte, I couldn\u2019t agree more.<br> <br>Women lose thousands of dollars each year, and hundreds of thousands over a lifetime, because of gender and racial wage gaps.<br> <br>I\u2019m committed to building an economy where my daughters have the same rights and opportunities as my sons. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0vholYMTaR\">pic.twitter.com\/0vholYMTaR<\/a><\/p>&mdash; President Biden (@POTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1635713664782041095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCharlotte, I couldn\u2019t agree more. Women lose thousands of dollars each year, and hundreds of thousands over a lifetime, because of gender and racial wage gaps. I\u2019m committed to building an economy where my daughters have the same rights and opportunities as my sons,\u201d posted Biden with the image of hand-written letter from a young girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twitter quickly clarified the remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe gender pay gap is simply the difference between the average earnings of all men and women working full-time. It does not account for differences in occupations, positions, education, job tenure or hours worked per week. This myth is incorrect and has been debunked,\u201d wrote Twitter\u2019s Community Notes program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefirsttv.com\/lyin-joe-twitter-fact-checks-biden-over-bogus-gender-pay-gap-claim\/\">https:\/\/www.thefirsttv.com\/lyin-joe-twitter-fact-checks-biden-over-bogus-gender-pay-gap-claim\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter slapped Joe Biden with a formal \u2018fact-check\u2019 this week after the President posted phony claims about the \u2018Gender Pay Gap\u2019 in America. \u201cCharlotte, I couldn\u2019t agree more. Women lose thousands of dollars each year, and hundreds of thousands over a lifetime, because of gender and racial wage gaps. I\u2019m committed to building an economy where my daughters have the same rights and opportunities as my sons,\u201d posted Biden with the image of hand-written letter from a young girl. 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