Statements about Terrorism

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Pants on Fire!

Not on 9/11

Trump

Says Ilhan Omar "partied" on the anniversary of 9/11.

— PolitiFact National on Thursday, September 19th, 2019

False

The Taliban wasn't formed until the mid 1990s

Says a photo shows President Ronald Reagan meeting with Taliban leaders in the White House.

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Wednesday, September 11th, 2019

Pants on Fire!

This photo was taken before she was born

Viral image

Says a photo shows U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar "at a Al’ Qaida training camp in Somalia."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Wednesday, September 4th, 2019

Half-True

Grant expired

Buttigieg

"The Trump Administration cut funding allocated to the Department of Homeland Security to combat white nationalism."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, August 9th, 2019

False

Any support is indirect, unintentional

Gabbard

Says that under President Donald Trump, "not only have we not gone after al-Qaida ... our president is supporting al-Qaida."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, August 2nd, 2019