Did Biden Lie About Third Stimulus Check? Here's Why #BidenLied Is Trending On Twitter

Critics of President Joe Biden on Sunday took to social media to claim that the president “lied” about the size of the third round of stimulus checks he promised.

The #BidenLied hashtag began trending on Twitter after the Democratic Party shared an outline of Biden’s proposed $1,400 stimulus payments that will top off the $600 checks that were sent to millions of Americans at the end of December.

“@POTUS will build on the $600 down payment provided by Congress last year, sending an additional $1,400 to households across America, totaling direct payments to $2,000 per person,” the post from the Democrats read.

Social media users accused Biden of “lying: about the size of the checks and insisted that he promised to provide Americans $2,000 payments. One user, @SocialistMMA, also called Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., for “staying silent” about the “lie.”

“Is Bernie Sanders, AOC, and the Squad really going to stay silent about Biden's $2k check lie? Do they not care? Their role is really to be PR for Democrats now. Really sucks we are on our own on this. #BidenLied,” the post read.

Progressive podcast host Ryan Knight also called out the amount of stimulus checks. He had previously been involved in a campaign calling for a new party for progressives.

“$2000 is not $1400. So @JoeBiden is either a liar or really bad at math. I am going with LIAR. #BidenLied,” his post read.

Knight and other social media users cited comments Biden made when he was campaigning for Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock during the Georgia Senate runoffs. During the campaign, Biden promised that voting for Ossoff and Warnock would help Democrats distribute the stimulus checks “immediately.”

In late December, the U.S. Congress passed a $900 billion economic relief package that included $600 personal checks for millions of American individuals and families. Biden later insisted that the initial sum was only a “down payment” and argued that it is not enough for Americans to both pay for food and rent.

“We will finish the job of getting a total of a $2,000 in cash relief to people who need it the most. The $600 already appropriated is simply not enough,” Biden said.

Senate Republicans have previously signaled that they will not support a bill with a large price tag. On Sunday, 10 moderate GOP members urged Biden to downsize his $1.9 trillion relief bill.

It is unclear whether the GOP's effort would affect plans by Democrats to vote on the legislation in the coming days. Biden and the Democratic party are planning to use their control of the House and the Senate to push for the bill.