During the Democratic National Conversation 2024, lets fact check some of the statements made by the speakers which is taking place in Chicago through Thursday, Aug. 22.

With the featured speakers on Monday are President Biden and former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, and a host of others, The convention began with unity as the theme.

As the conference began, Some of the comments involved Democrats’ comments about GOP nominee Donald Trump’s record as president, as well as the Biden administration’s record.

Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez’s Claim About Trump Ending ACA: Misleading

When running for office in 2016, former President Donald Trump pledged to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with a new healthcare system. He supported Republican attempts to carry over some portions of the statute and repeal others during his presidency.

Trump has criticized the law throughout this election season, but he has stated that he does not believe that all of its rules should be terminated. Trump declared in November that he planned to “replace” the Affordable Care Act with an additional set of health-related measures.

He declared in March that he was “not running to terminate the ACA” but rather to improve and lower the cost of it.

According to figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released in July, the U.S. economy has added more than 15.8 million jobs under President Biden.

It’s crucial to remember that the figure includes the approximately 9 million jobs that were lost as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that under Mr. Biden, the U.S. economy has added 6.4 million jobs above February 2020 levels.

In contrast, before the pandemic caused Trump to experience historic job losses, 6.7 million jobs were created in the first three years of the former president’s term, from January 2017 to February 2020.