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Search results for "He is sending the National Guard to the Reflecting Pool to arrest people who touch the water."

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Fact-checks (25315)

Ruben Gallego stated on April 03, 2018 in a tweet:
"For what it would cost the (National) Guard to make just two arrests at the border, we could give a homeless veteran permanent housing for an entire year."
By Jon Greenberg• April 5, 2018
Facebook posts stated on June 08, 2025 in a Facebook post:
“BREAKING: Rep. Maxine Waters calls for the United States to grant citizenship to every undocumented protester in Los Angeles” 2025 protests.
By Maria Briceño• June 9, 2025
Donald Trump stated on June 06, 2018 in a conference call about hurricane season:
Says that people "went out in their boats to watch" Hurricane Harvey.
By W. Gardner Selby• June 7, 2018
Bloggers stated on May 14, 2018 in a headline:
"National Guard storms Mexico border, makes game-changing impact in just 30 days"
By Miriam Valverde• June 7, 2018
Rand Paul stated on October 19, 2025 in an interview:
“About 25% of the time the Coast Guard boards a ship, there are no drugs.”
By Samantha Putterman• October 22, 2025
Chain message stated on March 23, 2020 in a video:
"Slices of lemon in a cup of hot water can save your life. The hot lemon can kill the proliferation of" the novel coronavirus.
By Daniel Funke• March 24, 2020
X posts stated on September 29, 2024 in X posts:
A biolab caught fire in Georgia right before the 2024 election.
By Sofia Ahmed• October 1, 2024
Donald Trump stated on October 05, 2025 in a statement to the media:
“Portland is burning to the ground.”
By Maria Briceño, Amy Sherman• October 7, 2025
Jim Bohl stated on November 03, 2010 in a news release:
Sewer backups into basements caused the "vast majority of the damage to homes and buildings" in Milwaukee’s July floods, but federal flood insurance doesn’t cover them.
By Dave Umhoefer• November 16, 2010
Facebook posts stated on January 28, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“U.S. military at the White House arresting Congress.”
By Tom Kertscher• January 29, 2021
Donald Trump stated on July 27, 2024 in a rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota:
During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.”
By Amy Sherman• August 7, 2024
Morgan Griffith stated on April 03, 2012 in an interview.:
"On most things except witch trials, Virginia will always have been first."
By Nancy Madsen• April 9, 2012
Threads posts stated on December 11, 2024 in a post on Threads:
Photos show mysterious drones reported flying over parts of New Jersey in November and December 2024.
By Madison Czopek• December 13, 2024
Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2020 in a tweet:
“If I didn’t INSIST on having the National Guard activate and go into Kenosha, Wisconsin, there would be no Kenosha right now.”
By Eric Litke• September 1, 2020
Kristi Noem stated on February 02, 2025 in an interview:
At Guantánamo Bay, “we'll have the capacity to continue to do there what we've always done. We've always had a presence of illegal immigrants there that have been detained.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 9, 2025
Donald Trump stated on August 08, 2024 in a press conference:
Says his Jan. 6, 2021, speech on the White House Ellipse drew the “same number of people,” as the 1963 March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• August 9, 2024
Donald Trump stated on June 18, 2024 in Public appearance:
Says he “saved Kenosha” and the “governor wouldn’t move” on sending the National Guard.
By Hope Karnopp• June 21, 2024
Dan Patrick stated on October 08, 2014 in a TV ad:
Leticia Van de Putte "opposed putting National Guard troops on the border, would send millions to Central American governments instead and wrote the law giving in-state tuition to illegal immigrants."
By W. Gardner Selby• October 8, 2014
Peter King stated on September 21, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"In 2011, (the Islamic State) attempted to attack Fort Knox."
By Steve Contorno• September 23, 2014
Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa stated on July 21, 2014 in a press release:
"We have less crime in the (Rio Grande) Valley than we do in other major Texas cities."
By W. Gardner Selby• August 8, 2014

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Fact-checking misinformation about the LA protests

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• June 11, 2025

GOP governors answer Texas’ call to send forces to the border. But what is their role?

By Amy Sherman• July 2, 2021

LA protests: What US law says about Trump’s deployment of CA National Guard, U.S. Marines

By Gabrielle Lazor, Amy Sherman• June 10, 2025

Fact-checking Trump on Reflecting Pool renovation timeline, cost, contractor relationship

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• May 28, 2026

Can President Donald Trump send the military to secure the border?

By Miriam Valverde• April 4, 2018

Fact-checking DeSantis’ first TV ad about Israel evacuations, hurricane recovery and the border

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• November 6, 2023

PolitiFact Sheet: What we know about the caravan heading to the United States

By Miriam Valverde• October 22, 2018

What is the Insurrection Act? Does the US president have plenary authority?

By Samantha Putterman• October 14, 2025

Top 10 Kenosha-related fact checks of 2020

By Eric Litke• December 28, 2020

Keeping tabs on the 2010 "Texan of the Year"

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• December 28, 2010

Black Lives Matter protests and the Capitol assault: Comparing the police response

By Jon Greenberg, Noah Y. Kim• January 8, 2021

Fact-checking DeSantis and Putnam in Florida Republican debate for governor

By Amy Sherman• August 9, 2018

What we know about Jacob Blake's shooting in Kenosha, Wis.

By Daniel Funke, Ciara O'Rourke• August 27, 2020

Rick Perry wishes he was in ... Washington?

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• March 3, 2011

The U.S. attack against a Venezuelan ‘drug carrying boat’ raises legal questions

By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson• September 8, 2025

Fact-checking 5 misleading claims about Helene relief efforts in North Carolina

By Paul Specht• October 5, 2024

Who is Tim Walz? What to know about Kamala Harris’ new running mate

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• August 6, 2024

Misleading images of Chernobyl, Zaporizhzhia plants undercut real reasons for concern

By Luiz Romero• March 4, 2022

GOP health care reform: A simple explanation, updated

By Louis Jacobson• February 26, 2010

Health care promises resolved

By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• March 26, 2010