Statements about Patriotism

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Recent statements involving Patriotism

False

Soccer flop

Soccer players on the U.S. women’s national team "stomped" on the American flag.

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Thursday, July 25th, 2019

False

Recycled garbage

Trump

Says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "called our country and our people garbage."

— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019

False

Does The Grey Lady count as 'establishment'?

Breitbart

The "establishment media ignored" President Donald Trump’s Fourth of July event.

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Thursday, July 11th, 2019

False

U.S. flag imagery abundant on set and on lapels

Viral image

There were no American flags at the first Democratic presidential debate.

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Friday, June 28th, 2019

Mostly False

Unproven, not unpatriotic

Bloggers

Says Beto O’Rourke's campaign "told Texas VFW to remove their American flag" because O'Rourke has "an aversion to the American flag and symbols of patriotism."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Wednesday, September 12th, 2018