Latest Fact-checks in Military Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Marco Rubio stated on December 13, 2015 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": "Three or four countries" out of roughly 60 in the anti-ISIS coalition "are providing military force." Jeb Bush stated on December 6, 2015 in an interview on 'This Week' : "Up until recently, 75 percent of all the sorties that left the base came back without dropping their ordnances, because there was such a concern about making sure that there were no civilian casualties." Jeb Bush stated on November 18, 2015 in a speech at the Citadel: For NATO exercises, "we don’t have enough of our own hardware and equipment even for training purposes. So the Brits are spotting us choppers." John Bel Edwards stated on November 11, 2015 in a campaign ad: Says David Vitter "answered a prostitute’s call minutes after he skipped a vote honoring 28 soldiers who gave their lives in defense of our freedom." Bernie Sanders stated on November 14, 2015 in the Democratic debate in Iowa: Out of the total U.S. military budget, "significantly less than 10 percent of that money is used to fight international terrorism." Ben Carson stated on November 10, 2015 in the fourth GOP debate.: "The Chinese are there" in Syria. Rand Paul stated on November 10, 2015 in a debate: Says Marco Rubio is proposing a new $1 trillion "welfare program" in tax credits and "$1 trillion in new military spending." Viral image stated on October 23, 2015 in posts on the Internet: Unlike Benghazi, there were no investigations of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, none about key aspects of the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq War, and none about embassy attacks under George W. Bush. Jim Gilmore stated on September 16, 2015 in a tweet.: On the main GOP presidential debate: "Not one candidate on the debate stage has military experience … " Marco Rubio stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN GOP presidential debate: Says that President Barack Obama said an attack on Syria "was going to be a pinprick." Bernie Sanders stated on August 30, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Saudi Arabia has the third-largest military budget in the entire world." Nicholas Kristof stated on August 27, 2015 in his column in the New York Times: "More Americans have died from guns in the United States since 1968 than on battlefields of all the wars in American history." Marco Rubio stated on August 18, 2015 in a speech at the Iowa State Fair: "We have an Army that just cut 40,000 spots." Facebook posts stated on August 13, 2015 in a meme on social media: Says 57 percent of federal spending goes to the military and just 1 percent goes to food and agriculture, including food stamps. Allen West stated on August 1, 2015 in a blog on his website: The Navy "is bringing charges against" a Navy officer who shot at the Chattanooga shooter "for illegally discharging a firearm on federal property." Restoration PAC stated on July 22, 2015 in a TV ad: President Barack Obama met with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani. Jon Stewart stated on July 21, 2015 in an interview on "The Daily Show": The United States is "fighting with Iraqis to defeat ISIS along with Iran. But in Yemen we're fighting Iran with Iraqis and Saudis." Tom Cotton stated on July 15, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": President Barack Obama "said at the beginning of the negotiations that the basic approach was to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for dismantling the sanctions." Rush Limbaugh stated on July 20, 2015 in a segment on his radio show: "Al Franken said almost exactly what Trump said" about John McCain’s military record. Jeb Bush stated on July 17, 2015 in a town hall in Carson City, Nevada: "A law was passed, apparently in the Clinton administration, about whether, in recruiting offices … Marines or other military should be able to have guns. Apparently it is prohibited." Donald Trump stated on July 19, 2015 in comments on ABC's This Week.: Says John McCain "has done nothing to help the vets." Donald Trump stated on July 19, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Four times, I said, he (John McCain) is a hero, but you know ... people choose selective pieces." Joe Theismann stated on July 9, 2015 in a discussion on "Outnumbered": "We don’t have a (military) reserve force if something happens." E.W. Jackson stated on July 4, 2015 in a news release.: Says President Obama "is reducing our naval fleet to 1917 levels..." Scott Walker stated on June 20, 2015 in a speech: Says Barack Obama told the U.S. Coast Guard Academy "that the number one threat to the military and the world today is global warming." Jeb Bush stated on June 15, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: The Democrats are "responsible" for "the swift, mindless drawdown of a military that was generations in the making." Doonesbury stated on June 14, 2015 in the strip about Greg Abbott and the Jade Helm military exercise: Greg Abbott "activated the state guard to monitor" Jade Helm 15 "in case the troops try to impose martial law, disarm innocent Texans, and detain them in tunnels beneath closed Walmart stores." Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "Even our nuclear arsenal doesn't work. It came out recently they have equipment that is 30 years old. They don't know if it worked." Facebook posts stated on June 15, 2015 in a social media post: Says Bill Clinton "gave a speech in 1996 about Iraq having WMDs" and said "we needed a regime change," even though everyone blamed those things on George W. Bush. Gary Painter stated on May 10, 2015 in as quoted in a Midland Reporter-Telegram news story: "We’re the only nation in the world that does not use the military to secure our border."
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Marco Rubio stated on December 13, 2015 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": "Three or four countries" out of roughly 60 in the anti-ISIS coalition "are providing military force." Jeb Bush stated on December 6, 2015 in an interview on 'This Week' : "Up until recently, 75 percent of all the sorties that left the base came back without dropping their ordnances, because there was such a concern about making sure that there were no civilian casualties." Jeb Bush stated on November 18, 2015 in a speech at the Citadel: For NATO exercises, "we don’t have enough of our own hardware and equipment even for training purposes. So the Brits are spotting us choppers." John Bel Edwards stated on November 11, 2015 in a campaign ad: Says David Vitter "answered a prostitute’s call minutes after he skipped a vote honoring 28 soldiers who gave their lives in defense of our freedom." Bernie Sanders stated on November 14, 2015 in the Democratic debate in Iowa: Out of the total U.S. military budget, "significantly less than 10 percent of that money is used to fight international terrorism." Ben Carson stated on November 10, 2015 in the fourth GOP debate.: "The Chinese are there" in Syria. Rand Paul stated on November 10, 2015 in a debate: Says Marco Rubio is proposing a new $1 trillion "welfare program" in tax credits and "$1 trillion in new military spending." Viral image stated on October 23, 2015 in posts on the Internet: Unlike Benghazi, there were no investigations of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, none about key aspects of the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq War, and none about embassy attacks under George W. Bush. Jim Gilmore stated on September 16, 2015 in a tweet.: On the main GOP presidential debate: "Not one candidate on the debate stage has military experience … " Marco Rubio stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN GOP presidential debate: Says that President Barack Obama said an attack on Syria "was going to be a pinprick." Bernie Sanders stated on August 30, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Saudi Arabia has the third-largest military budget in the entire world." Nicholas Kristof stated on August 27, 2015 in his column in the New York Times: "More Americans have died from guns in the United States since 1968 than on battlefields of all the wars in American history." Marco Rubio stated on August 18, 2015 in a speech at the Iowa State Fair: "We have an Army that just cut 40,000 spots." Facebook posts stated on August 13, 2015 in a meme on social media: Says 57 percent of federal spending goes to the military and just 1 percent goes to food and agriculture, including food stamps. Allen West stated on August 1, 2015 in a blog on his website: The Navy "is bringing charges against" a Navy officer who shot at the Chattanooga shooter "for illegally discharging a firearm on federal property." Restoration PAC stated on July 22, 2015 in a TV ad: President Barack Obama met with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani. Jon Stewart stated on July 21, 2015 in an interview on "The Daily Show": The United States is "fighting with Iraqis to defeat ISIS along with Iran. But in Yemen we're fighting Iran with Iraqis and Saudis." Tom Cotton stated on July 15, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": President Barack Obama "said at the beginning of the negotiations that the basic approach was to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for dismantling the sanctions." Rush Limbaugh stated on July 20, 2015 in a segment on his radio show: "Al Franken said almost exactly what Trump said" about John McCain’s military record. Jeb Bush stated on July 17, 2015 in a town hall in Carson City, Nevada: "A law was passed, apparently in the Clinton administration, about whether, in recruiting offices … Marines or other military should be able to have guns. Apparently it is prohibited." Donald Trump stated on July 19, 2015 in comments on ABC's This Week.: Says John McCain "has done nothing to help the vets." Donald Trump stated on July 19, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Four times, I said, he (John McCain) is a hero, but you know ... people choose selective pieces." Joe Theismann stated on July 9, 2015 in a discussion on "Outnumbered": "We don’t have a (military) reserve force if something happens." E.W. Jackson stated on July 4, 2015 in a news release.: Says President Obama "is reducing our naval fleet to 1917 levels..." Scott Walker stated on June 20, 2015 in a speech: Says Barack Obama told the U.S. Coast Guard Academy "that the number one threat to the military and the world today is global warming." Jeb Bush stated on June 15, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: The Democrats are "responsible" for "the swift, mindless drawdown of a military that was generations in the making." Doonesbury stated on June 14, 2015 in the strip about Greg Abbott and the Jade Helm military exercise: Greg Abbott "activated the state guard to monitor" Jade Helm 15 "in case the troops try to impose martial law, disarm innocent Texans, and detain them in tunnels beneath closed Walmart stores." Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "Even our nuclear arsenal doesn't work. It came out recently they have equipment that is 30 years old. They don't know if it worked." Facebook posts stated on June 15, 2015 in a social media post: Says Bill Clinton "gave a speech in 1996 about Iraq having WMDs" and said "we needed a regime change," even though everyone blamed those things on George W. Bush. Gary Painter stated on May 10, 2015 in as quoted in a Midland Reporter-Telegram news story: "We’re the only nation in the world that does not use the military to secure our border."
Marco Rubio stated on December 13, 2015 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": "Three or four countries" out of roughly 60 in the anti-ISIS coalition "are providing military force."
Jeb Bush stated on December 6, 2015 in an interview on 'This Week' : "Up until recently, 75 percent of all the sorties that left the base came back without dropping their ordnances, because there was such a concern about making sure that there were no civilian casualties."
Jeb Bush stated on November 18, 2015 in a speech at the Citadel: For NATO exercises, "we don’t have enough of our own hardware and equipment even for training purposes. So the Brits are spotting us choppers."
John Bel Edwards stated on November 11, 2015 in a campaign ad: Says David Vitter "answered a prostitute’s call minutes after he skipped a vote honoring 28 soldiers who gave their lives in defense of our freedom."
Bernie Sanders stated on November 14, 2015 in the Democratic debate in Iowa: Out of the total U.S. military budget, "significantly less than 10 percent of that money is used to fight international terrorism."
Rand Paul stated on November 10, 2015 in a debate: Says Marco Rubio is proposing a new $1 trillion "welfare program" in tax credits and "$1 trillion in new military spending."
Viral image stated on October 23, 2015 in posts on the Internet: Unlike Benghazi, there were no investigations of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, none about key aspects of the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq War, and none about embassy attacks under George W. Bush.
Jim Gilmore stated on September 16, 2015 in a tweet.: On the main GOP presidential debate: "Not one candidate on the debate stage has military experience … "
Marco Rubio stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN GOP presidential debate: Says that President Barack Obama said an attack on Syria "was going to be a pinprick."
Bernie Sanders stated on August 30, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Saudi Arabia has the third-largest military budget in the entire world."
Nicholas Kristof stated on August 27, 2015 in his column in the New York Times: "More Americans have died from guns in the United States since 1968 than on battlefields of all the wars in American history."
Marco Rubio stated on August 18, 2015 in a speech at the Iowa State Fair: "We have an Army that just cut 40,000 spots."
Facebook posts stated on August 13, 2015 in a meme on social media: Says 57 percent of federal spending goes to the military and just 1 percent goes to food and agriculture, including food stamps.
Allen West stated on August 1, 2015 in a blog on his website: The Navy "is bringing charges against" a Navy officer who shot at the Chattanooga shooter "for illegally discharging a firearm on federal property."
Restoration PAC stated on July 22, 2015 in a TV ad: President Barack Obama met with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani.
Jon Stewart stated on July 21, 2015 in an interview on "The Daily Show": The United States is "fighting with Iraqis to defeat ISIS along with Iran. But in Yemen we're fighting Iran with Iraqis and Saudis."
Tom Cotton stated on July 15, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": President Barack Obama "said at the beginning of the negotiations that the basic approach was to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for dismantling the sanctions."
Rush Limbaugh stated on July 20, 2015 in a segment on his radio show: "Al Franken said almost exactly what Trump said" about John McCain’s military record.
Jeb Bush stated on July 17, 2015 in a town hall in Carson City, Nevada: "A law was passed, apparently in the Clinton administration, about whether, in recruiting offices … Marines or other military should be able to have guns. Apparently it is prohibited."
Donald Trump stated on July 19, 2015 in comments on ABC's This Week.: Says John McCain "has done nothing to help the vets."
Donald Trump stated on July 19, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Four times, I said, he (John McCain) is a hero, but you know ... people choose selective pieces."
Joe Theismann stated on July 9, 2015 in a discussion on "Outnumbered": "We don’t have a (military) reserve force if something happens."
E.W. Jackson stated on July 4, 2015 in a news release.: Says President Obama "is reducing our naval fleet to 1917 levels..."
Scott Walker stated on June 20, 2015 in a speech: Says Barack Obama told the U.S. Coast Guard Academy "that the number one threat to the military and the world today is global warming."
Jeb Bush stated on June 15, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: The Democrats are "responsible" for "the swift, mindless drawdown of a military that was generations in the making."
Doonesbury stated on June 14, 2015 in the strip about Greg Abbott and the Jade Helm military exercise: Greg Abbott "activated the state guard to monitor" Jade Helm 15 "in case the troops try to impose martial law, disarm innocent Texans, and detain them in tunnels beneath closed Walmart stores."
Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "Even our nuclear arsenal doesn't work. It came out recently they have equipment that is 30 years old. They don't know if it worked."
Facebook posts stated on June 15, 2015 in a social media post: Says Bill Clinton "gave a speech in 1996 about Iraq having WMDs" and said "we needed a regime change," even though everyone blamed those things on George W. Bush.
Gary Painter stated on May 10, 2015 in as quoted in a Midland Reporter-Telegram news story: "We’re the only nation in the world that does not use the military to secure our border."
