President Joe Biden’s campaign surrogates attempted to fact-check — and dunk on — Fox News host John Roberts, but critics quickly pointed out that their attack had landed wide of the mark.
The exchange began with Roberts, who said to cohost Sandra Smith during their show “America Reports” that he remembered President Donald Trump capping insulin costs for Medicare seniors at $35 monthly. Roberts’ statement is backed up by the Trump White House archives from May 26, 2020, eight months prior to Biden’s inauguration.
The president’s campaign account, @BidenHQ — where the bio reads “Just the facts, Jack” — offered an alternative history with alternative facts to go with it.
“Fox host tries to claim Trump, not President Biden, capped insulin at $35/month FACT CHECK: This is a blatant lie. Trump did not cap insulin costs, President Biden did for seniors through the Inflation Reduction Act. Trump’s Project 2025 wants to repeal it, which would raise insulin costs for over a million Americans,” the account posted.
Fox host tries to claim Trump, not President Biden, capped insulin at $35/month
FACT CHECK: This is a blatant lie. Trump did not cap insulin costs, President Biden did for seniors through the Inflation Reduction Act. Trump’s Project 2025 wants to repeal it, which would raise… pic.twitter.com/iDrrBKEIhf
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) June 3, 2024
“This account is becoming a regular source of disinformation,” Mark Hemingway said of @BidenHQ.
This account is becoming a regular source of disinformation. https://t.co/qP2JOgmBvI https://t.co/kZQbFSgfBg
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) June 4, 2024
“FACT CHECK The internet is forever. Unlike you I have receipts,” Savannah Lynn posted, sharing articles showing that Trump had, in fact, reduced insulin costs to cap copays at $35 per month for seniors. She also showed that Biden, upon taking office, had actually frozen Trump’s insulin price-reduction while he was systematically reversing all of the Trump policies he could — and had then reintroduced the price cap as though it was his own idea.
FACT CHECK
The internet is forever. Unlike you I have receipts.Here ya go 2020 https://t.co/9Zpz8PMjVl
Article 2https://t.co/UlsEVSQqDrBiden froze Trumps policy day 1 and released it a few years later.https://t.co/d3iLSx77PO
Article 2https://t.co/WQ0FhzoAXP https://t.co/OkBsS1wfF9— Savannah Lynn (@thesavvytruth) June 3, 2024
“Fact check: Biden froze Trump’s order and made seniors pay the extra costs for years so he could steal the idea as his,” another posted.
Fact check: Biden froze Trump’s order and made seniors pay the extra costs for years so he could steal the idea as his. https://t.co/TPFn71LRxS pic.twitter.com/CXOP4oNaWO
— democrat no more (@WalkFromDems) June 3, 2024
“There are receipts to dispute the Biden campaign’s claim about what I said,” Roberts responded later.
“As it turns out, the Biden campaign — not Roberts — is guilty of spreading falsehoods.
On Tuesday, Roberts responded to the Biden campaign’s accusation.
“There are receipts to dispute the Biden campaign’s claim about what I said,” Roberts pointed out.
First, Roberts cited a… https://t.co/5QKuBdPHRW
— Donna (@IAmTheStorm__) June 5, 2024
