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Search results for "5-time draft dodger"

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Liberals Are Cool stated on March 17, 2013 in an Internet meme:
"Q: What do these ‘Patriotic' Americans have in common? A: They are all Draft Dodgers."
By Caryn Shinske• March 24, 2013
David Alameel stated on June 28, 2014 in his speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention:
Says John Cornyn dodged the draft during the Vietnam War.
By W. Gardner Selby• July 31, 2014
RealNewsRightNow.com stated on April 29, 2016 in an Internet post:
"Trump on revamping the military: We’re bringing back the draft."
By Joshua Gillin• April 21, 2017
Ron DeSantis stated on June 17, 2023 in a tweet:
Protests of (Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) at a Los Angeles Dodgers game led to a "virtually empty stadium for the game itself.”
By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman• June 19, 2023
TikTok posts stated on August 21, 2023 in a TikTok video:
"Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium is flooded after mocking God!”
By Jeff Cercone• August 22, 2023
Donald Trump stated on February 09, 2017 in a tweet:
Says CNN’s Chris Cuomo "never asked" Sen. Richard Blumenthal about Blumenthal's misstatements on his own service in Vietnam.
By Jon Greenberg• February 9, 2017
Facebook posts stated on June 12, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says a 1942 Milwaukee YMCA brochure shows children playing a violent, racist carnival game
By Eric Litke• June 22, 2020
Donald Trump stated on October 02, 2018 in a rally in Southaven, Miss.:
Says Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he served in Vietnam in "Da Nang Province. Soldiers dying left and right as we battled up the hill." And "then he cried when (the press) caught him."  
By Jon Greenberg• October 4, 2018
Jim DeMint stated on June 15, 2012 in a news release:
Says President Obama's new immigration plan "is amnesty."
By Jon Greenberg• June 20, 2012
TikTok posts stated on February 26, 2022 in a video:
The U.S. military has reinstated a draft, and women are included.
By Monique Curet• March 14, 2022
Chain email stated on July 16, 2012 in a chain email:
The media won’t publish a real photo of Trayvon Martin with tattoos on his face.
By Katie Sanders• July 17, 2012
Facebook posts stated on September 05, 2022 in a video on Facebook:
Joe Biden called Pope Francis the “famous African American baseball player in America."
By Andy Nguyen• September 13, 2022
Facebook posts stated on September 16, 2022 in a post:
“Lifeguard/football player Joe Biden got five draft deferments for asthma during Vietnam.”
By Gabrielle Settles• September 21, 2022
X posts stated on May 06, 2022 in a tweet:
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Ginni posted a photo of themselves enjoying a $5,135 bottle of wine “as American women despair about abortion rights being taken away from them.”
By Samantha Putterman• May 20, 2022
Donald Trump stated on September 13, 2024 in a rally in Las Vegas:
Vice President Kamala Harris is “talking about bringing back the draft.”
By Louis Jacobson• September 18, 2024
Dave McCormick stated on May 04, 2022 in an ad:
Mehmet Oz is “pro-abortion.”
By Tom Kertscher• May 11, 2022
Jim DeMint stated on June 26, 2011 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley":
"We've got more revenue than we ever have."
By Louis Jacobson• June 28, 2011
Rob Portman stated on September 06, 2012 in a news release:
The national debt of $16 trillion, is "enough to buy both the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds 1,918 times."
By Tom Feran• September 21, 2012
George Will stated on June 06, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week:
The final pitch of Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series "was a foot and half probably high and outside."
By Louis Jacobson• June 12, 2010
Steny Hoyer stated on January 04, 2011 in a news release:
In preparing a rules package for the 112th Congress, the GOP had no discussions with Democrats.
By Louis Jacobson• January 7, 2011

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Was Trump a 'draft dodger'?

By Jon Greenberg• July 22, 2015

John Cornyn, draft dodger? That's Fatigues on Fire!

By W. Gardner Selby• July 31, 2014

Were Donald Trump, John Cornyn 'draft dodgers'?

By W. Gardner Selby• July 22, 2015

Was Trump a 'draft dodger'?

By Jon Greenberg• July 21, 2015

Fact-checking misinformation about Iran and a US military draft

By Daniel Funke• January 6, 2020

Is a new military draft coming after Karoline Leavitt's comments? Why it's unlikely

By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand• March 9, 2026

Fact-checking the Democratic presidential debate in Manchester, New Hampshire

By Jon Greenberg, Miriam Valverde• February 8, 2020

Half-truths in the White House half-staff flag controversy

By Linda Qiu• July 22, 2015

Can the president pardon himself? 4 questions about the presidential pardon

By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel• July 21, 2017

Ask PolitiFact: Can Donald Trump pardon himself?

By Louis Jacobson• November 24, 2020

What To Know Before Voting In-Person In California

By Chris Nichols• October 30, 2020

In Context: Joe Biden’s ‘Negro’ reference to baseball player Satchel Paige

By Tom Kertscher• November 12, 2021

Fact-checking 5 claims in the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on Roe v. Wade

By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman• May 3, 2022

Did Ohio train derailment cause CDC to update its vinyl chloride toxicology info? No

By Madison Czopek• February 24, 2023

Looking for some truth about the federal budget

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• November 15, 2010

Your guide to the Sunday, Aug. 3 news shows

By Katie Sanders• August 1, 2014

FACT SHEET: Who was in military?

By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 21, 2007

Obama campaign promises that are still in progress

By Louis Jacobson• January 13, 2013

Most checked in 2015: Scott Walker

By Tom Kertscher• December 27, 2015

March mailbag: Physically fit adults and carcinogens in marijuana

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• April 3, 2014