evidence: "The Hispanic community’s part of the future of America," Biden said. "Twenty-eight out of every 100 students in school speak Spanish — 28! The idea that we’d ignore that? That’s our future." (The Republican National Committee called Biden out on that one, commenting on X, "He completely made that statistic up." But Biden didn’t invent the figure; he confused it with a different statistic, as this story makes clear.) [...] In fairness, Biden has gotten the statistic right numerous times as well, such as during remarks at the Americas Economic Leadership Summit on Nov. 3, when he said, "About a quarter of the children in our public schools today are Hispanic." But quite often, Biden conflates the percentage of Hispanic students in the U.S. with the percentage of U.S. students who speak Spanish. [...] At least once, the White House press office has corrected the president in the official transcript. When Biden, in remarks at a Hispanic Heritage Month reception on Sept. 30, 2022, said, "Twenty-six percent of every single child who’s in school today speaks Spanish," the press office later clarified that he meant "is Latino."