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 Facebook posts stated on November 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says people can send Christmas cards to "a recovering American soldier" at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. William Taylor stated on November 13, 2019 in impeachment inquiry testimony: "The Russians are violating all of the rules, treaties, understandings that they committed to that actually kept the peace in Europe for nearly 70 years." Facebook posts stated on November 13, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says President Trump donated his "second quarter salary to rebuild military cemeteries" and that the media ignored it and every other story of him donating his salary as POTUS. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee stated on September 29, 2019 in a tweet: Says Thom Tillis voted to support Trump’s emergency declaration to fund the border wall even though it would "raid $80 million from North Carolina." Facebook posts stated on August 13, 2019 in a post on Facebook: Says Barbara Walters said Jane Fonda "betrayed not only the idea of our country, but specific men who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War." Brett McGurk stated on October 20, 2019 in an MSNBC appearance: "President Trump has sent 14,000 American troops to the (Middle East) region since May. So he can't tell his political rallies that he's getting troops out of endless wars when he's sending 14 times the amount back into the region." Donald Trump stated on October 16, 2019 in answering questions from reporters: "The Kurds are much safer right now." Joe Biden stated on September 3, 2019 in an NPR interview: Referring to the Iraq War, "immediately, the moment it started, I came out against the war at that moment." Joe Biden stated on August 23, 2019 in an event in Hanover, N.H.: Says that as vice president, he pinned a Silver Star on a Navy captain in Afghanistan who had carried a mortally wounded comrade out of a ravine, and resisted receiving a medal for his actions. Facebook posts stated on August 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden leaked the names of SEAL Team 6’s families to al-Qaida and that he "cannot be trusted." Bernie Sanders stated on August 5, 2019 in a video on Twitter: "There are more assault rifles, as I understand it, in the hands of private citizens than in the hands of the United States military. We're talking about 5 to 10 million assault weapons in the hands of private citizens." Tulsi Gabbard stated on July 31, 2019 in a debate: Says that under President Donald Trump, "not only have we not gone after al-Qaida ... our president is supporting al-Qaida." Beto O'Rourke stated on July 11, 2019 in a public forum: "We are incarcerating more children than any time ... since we interned Japanese-Americans during World War II" Tulsi Gabbard stated on July 11, 2019 in a public forum: At the same time President Trump talks about supporting veterans, "he is deporting service members who have volunteered to serve this country." Allen Thomas stated on April 9, 2019 in a candidate questionnaire: "Currently, 23 percent of our military's infrastructure is graded as 'poor' while 9 percent is 'failing.'" Donald Trump stated on April 12, 2019 in a tweet: "In New York State, Democrats blocked a Bill expanding College Tuition for Gold Star families after approving aid for illegal immigrants." Marianne Williamson stated on April 4, 2019 in an interview: "For every dollar we spend on actual peace creation, we spend over $1,000 on ways to prepare for war." Rachel Siegel stated on April 8, 2019 in an email to supporters: "The F-35 bombers, scheduled to arrive in Burlington this fall, have been designated with a nuclear mission." Viral image stated on April 3, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says "13,506 Marines have applied for White House duty" since Trump’s inauguration. When Obama was president, "no Marines volunteered" but had to be "assigned." Viral image stated on March 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: "When Winston Churchill was asked to cut arts funding in favour of the war effort, he simply replied, ‘then what are we fighting for?’ " Kamala Harris stated on March 8, 2019 in a tweet: Says Trump administration is "raiding money" from military service member pensions to pay for the border wall. Jay Inslee stated on March 19, 2019 in in an interview: "We have flown a Boeing 737 across the Atlantic Ocean on biofuels. We have flown F-18s." Viral image stated on March 7, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "We’ll never have to worry about China attacking us! They are 12 hours ahead, so we’ll have plenty of time to shoot down their missiles!" Pete Buttigieg stated on January 31, 2019 in an interview: "I have more military experience than anybody who’s arrived behind that desk since George H.W. Bush." Mike Pence stated on January 16, 2019 in a speech: "The caliphate has crumbled and ISIS has been defeated." Donald Trump stated on December 26, 2018 in remarks to U.S. troops: Says troops recently received "one of the biggest pay raises" ever, and that it was the first pay increase in "more than 10 years." Donald Trump stated on December 20, 2018 in a tweet: "Russia, Iran, Syria & many others are not happy" about U.S. troops leaving Syria. Roy Blunt stated on December 1, 2018 in a tweet: The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019 "includes the largest pay raise in nearly 10 years." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on December 2, 2018 in a tweet: "$21T in Pentagon accounting errors. Medicare for All costs ~$32T. That means 66% of Medicare for All could have been funded already by the Pentagon." Richard Ojeda stated on October 24, 2018 in a video posted to Facebook: "We have lost more lives in the last two years" due to opioids "than all of the lives lost during the Vietnam War."
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Facebook posts stated on November 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says people can send Christmas cards to "a recovering American soldier" at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. William Taylor stated on November 13, 2019 in impeachment inquiry testimony: "The Russians are violating all of the rules, treaties, understandings that they committed to that actually kept the peace in Europe for nearly 70 years." Facebook posts stated on November 13, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says President Trump donated his "second quarter salary to rebuild military cemeteries" and that the media ignored it and every other story of him donating his salary as POTUS. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee stated on September 29, 2019 in a tweet: Says Thom Tillis voted to support Trump’s emergency declaration to fund the border wall even though it would "raid $80 million from North Carolina." Facebook posts stated on August 13, 2019 in a post on Facebook: Says Barbara Walters said Jane Fonda "betrayed not only the idea of our country, but specific men who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War." Brett McGurk stated on October 20, 2019 in an MSNBC appearance: "President Trump has sent 14,000 American troops to the (Middle East) region since May. So he can't tell his political rallies that he's getting troops out of endless wars when he's sending 14 times the amount back into the region." Donald Trump stated on October 16, 2019 in answering questions from reporters: "The Kurds are much safer right now." Joe Biden stated on September 3, 2019 in an NPR interview: Referring to the Iraq War, "immediately, the moment it started, I came out against the war at that moment." Joe Biden stated on August 23, 2019 in an event in Hanover, N.H.: Says that as vice president, he pinned a Silver Star on a Navy captain in Afghanistan who had carried a mortally wounded comrade out of a ravine, and resisted receiving a medal for his actions. Facebook posts stated on August 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden leaked the names of SEAL Team 6’s families to al-Qaida and that he "cannot be trusted." Bernie Sanders stated on August 5, 2019 in a video on Twitter: "There are more assault rifles, as I understand it, in the hands of private citizens than in the hands of the United States military. We're talking about 5 to 10 million assault weapons in the hands of private citizens." Tulsi Gabbard stated on July 31, 2019 in a debate: Says that under President Donald Trump, "not only have we not gone after al-Qaida ... our president is supporting al-Qaida." Beto O'Rourke stated on July 11, 2019 in a public forum: "We are incarcerating more children than any time ... since we interned Japanese-Americans during World War II" Tulsi Gabbard stated on July 11, 2019 in a public forum: At the same time President Trump talks about supporting veterans, "he is deporting service members who have volunteered to serve this country." Allen Thomas stated on April 9, 2019 in a candidate questionnaire: "Currently, 23 percent of our military's infrastructure is graded as 'poor' while 9 percent is 'failing.'" Donald Trump stated on April 12, 2019 in a tweet: "In New York State, Democrats blocked a Bill expanding College Tuition for Gold Star families after approving aid for illegal immigrants." Marianne Williamson stated on April 4, 2019 in an interview: "For every dollar we spend on actual peace creation, we spend over $1,000 on ways to prepare for war." Rachel Siegel stated on April 8, 2019 in an email to supporters: "The F-35 bombers, scheduled to arrive in Burlington this fall, have been designated with a nuclear mission." Viral image stated on April 3, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says "13,506 Marines have applied for White House duty" since Trump’s inauguration. When Obama was president, "no Marines volunteered" but had to be "assigned." Viral image stated on March 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: "When Winston Churchill was asked to cut arts funding in favour of the war effort, he simply replied, ‘then what are we fighting for?’ " Kamala Harris stated on March 8, 2019 in a tweet: Says Trump administration is "raiding money" from military service member pensions to pay for the border wall. Jay Inslee stated on March 19, 2019 in in an interview: "We have flown a Boeing 737 across the Atlantic Ocean on biofuels. We have flown F-18s." Viral image stated on March 7, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "We’ll never have to worry about China attacking us! They are 12 hours ahead, so we’ll have plenty of time to shoot down their missiles!" Pete Buttigieg stated on January 31, 2019 in an interview: "I have more military experience than anybody who’s arrived behind that desk since George H.W. Bush." Mike Pence stated on January 16, 2019 in a speech: "The caliphate has crumbled and ISIS has been defeated." Donald Trump stated on December 26, 2018 in remarks to U.S. troops: Says troops recently received "one of the biggest pay raises" ever, and that it was the first pay increase in "more than 10 years." Donald Trump stated on December 20, 2018 in a tweet: "Russia, Iran, Syria & many others are not happy" about U.S. troops leaving Syria. Roy Blunt stated on December 1, 2018 in a tweet: The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019 "includes the largest pay raise in nearly 10 years." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on December 2, 2018 in a tweet: "$21T in Pentagon accounting errors. Medicare for All costs ~$32T. That means 66% of Medicare for All could have been funded already by the Pentagon." Richard Ojeda stated on October 24, 2018 in a video posted to Facebook: "We have lost more lives in the last two years" due to opioids "than all of the lives lost during the Vietnam War."
Facebook posts stated on November 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says people can send Christmas cards to "a recovering American soldier" at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
William Taylor stated on November 13, 2019 in impeachment inquiry testimony: "The Russians are violating all of the rules, treaties, understandings that they committed to that actually kept the peace in Europe for nearly 70 years."
Facebook posts stated on November 13, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says President Trump donated his "second quarter salary to rebuild military cemeteries" and that the media ignored it and every other story of him donating his salary as POTUS.
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee stated on September 29, 2019 in a tweet: Says Thom Tillis voted to support Trump’s emergency declaration to fund the border wall even though it would "raid $80 million from North Carolina."
Facebook posts stated on August 13, 2019 in a post on Facebook: Says Barbara Walters said Jane Fonda "betrayed not only the idea of our country, but specific men who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War."
Brett McGurk stated on October 20, 2019 in an MSNBC appearance: "President Trump has sent 14,000 American troops to the (Middle East) region since May. So he can't tell his political rallies that he's getting troops out of endless wars when he's sending 14 times the amount back into the region."
Donald Trump stated on October 16, 2019 in answering questions from reporters: "The Kurds are much safer right now."
Joe Biden stated on September 3, 2019 in an NPR interview: Referring to the Iraq War, "immediately, the moment it started, I came out against the war at that moment."
Joe Biden stated on August 23, 2019 in an event in Hanover, N.H.: Says that as vice president, he pinned a Silver Star on a Navy captain in Afghanistan who had carried a mortally wounded comrade out of a ravine, and resisted receiving a medal for his actions.
Facebook posts stated on August 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden leaked the names of SEAL Team 6’s families to al-Qaida and that he "cannot be trusted."
Bernie Sanders stated on August 5, 2019 in a video on Twitter: "There are more assault rifles, as I understand it, in the hands of private citizens than in the hands of the United States military. We're talking about 5 to 10 million assault weapons in the hands of private citizens."
Tulsi Gabbard stated on July 31, 2019 in a debate: Says that under President Donald Trump, "not only have we not gone after al-Qaida ... our president is supporting al-Qaida."
Beto O'Rourke stated on July 11, 2019 in a public forum: "We are incarcerating more children than any time ... since we interned Japanese-Americans during World War II"
Tulsi Gabbard stated on July 11, 2019 in a public forum: At the same time President Trump talks about supporting veterans, "he is deporting service members who have volunteered to serve this country."
Allen Thomas stated on April 9, 2019 in a candidate questionnaire: "Currently, 23 percent of our military's infrastructure is graded as 'poor' while 9 percent is 'failing.'"
Donald Trump stated on April 12, 2019 in a tweet: "In New York State, Democrats blocked a Bill expanding College Tuition for Gold Star families after approving aid for illegal immigrants."
Marianne Williamson stated on April 4, 2019 in an interview: "For every dollar we spend on actual peace creation, we spend over $1,000 on ways to prepare for war."
Rachel Siegel stated on April 8, 2019 in an email to supporters: "The F-35 bombers, scheduled to arrive in Burlington this fall, have been designated with a nuclear mission."
Viral image stated on April 3, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says "13,506 Marines have applied for White House duty" since Trump’s inauguration. When Obama was president, "no Marines volunteered" but had to be "assigned."
Viral image stated on March 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: "When Winston Churchill was asked to cut arts funding in favour of the war effort, he simply replied, ‘then what are we fighting for?’ "
Kamala Harris stated on March 8, 2019 in a tweet: Says Trump administration is "raiding money" from military service member pensions to pay for the border wall.
Jay Inslee stated on March 19, 2019 in in an interview: "We have flown a Boeing 737 across the Atlantic Ocean on biofuels. We have flown F-18s."
Viral image stated on March 7, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "We’ll never have to worry about China attacking us! They are 12 hours ahead, so we’ll have plenty of time to shoot down their missiles!"
Pete Buttigieg stated on January 31, 2019 in an interview: "I have more military experience than anybody who’s arrived behind that desk since George H.W. Bush."
Mike Pence stated on January 16, 2019 in a speech: "The caliphate has crumbled and ISIS has been defeated."
Donald Trump stated on December 26, 2018 in remarks to U.S. troops: Says troops recently received "one of the biggest pay raises" ever, and that it was the first pay increase in "more than 10 years."
Donald Trump stated on December 20, 2018 in a tweet: "Russia, Iran, Syria & many others are not happy" about U.S. troops leaving Syria.
Roy Blunt stated on December 1, 2018 in a tweet: The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019 "includes the largest pay raise in nearly 10 years."
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on December 2, 2018 in a tweet: "$21T in Pentagon accounting errors. Medicare for All costs ~$32T. That means 66% of Medicare for All could have been funded already by the Pentagon."
Richard Ojeda stated on October 24, 2018 in a video posted to Facebook: "We have lost more lives in the last two years" due to opioids "than all of the lives lost during the Vietnam War."
