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Brigitte Gabriel
stated on July 2, 2024 in an Instagram post:

"For 18 months under President Trump, not a single American was harmed in Afghanistan.”

By Jeff Cercone • July 5, 2024

Viral image
stated on October 8, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Video shows an “inflatable decoy plane” at the Kabul airport in 2021.

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 13, 2023

Instagram posts
stated on January 26, 2023 in a video:

The amount the U.S. has spent in Ukraine is “double the U.S. expenditure for its own war in Afghanistan.”

By Jeff Cercone • January 27, 2023

Joe Biden
stated on December 16, 2022 in a speech:

Says he has been to “Afghanistan, Iraq and those areas” twice as president.

By Tom Kertscher • December 20, 2022

Joe Biden
stated on December 12, 2021 in an interview with Rita Braver of CBS:

“I’ve been against that war in Afghanistan from the very beginning.”

By Louis Jacobson • December 15, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on October 27, 2021 in social media posts:

President Joe Biden withdrew troops from Afghanistan “simply because of Trump Derangement Syndrome and they wanted to reverse any policy that Trump had implemented.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on September 1, 2021 in Facebook posts:

News cameras “shut off” just as Biden was asked if he gave the Taliban a “hit list” of evacuating American and Afghan officials.

By Noah Y. Kim • September 28, 2021

Charles Schumer
stated on September 3, 2021 in an interview with WSYR-TV:

“All” Americans in Afghanistan who “have wanted to come out have come out.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2021

The Gateway Pundit
stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post:

U.S. veteran group rescued Afghan allies “behind Biden’s back.”

By Tom Kertscher • September 1, 2021

X posts
stated on August 30, 2021 in tweets:

A video shows the “Taliban hanging someone from a helicopter.”

By Bill McCarthy • August 31, 2021

Viral image
stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Photos show the U.S. service members killed in a 2021 suicide bombing in Kabul.

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 31, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on August 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says a U.S. Air Force-insignia plane evacuating people from Afghanistan is fake.

By Tom Kertscher • August 27, 2021

Viral image
stated on August 22, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Donald Trump said, “Do not be distracted by all this going on in Afghanistan. Always keep one eye on Washington D.C. A magician always distracts his audience.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 24, 2021

Joe Biden
stated on August 20, 2021 in remarks:

Al-Qaida is “gone” from Afghanistan.

By Amy Sherman • August 23, 2021

Viral image
stated on August 17, 2021 in a viral image:

The Biden administration “gifted the Taliban with $80 billion-plus” in military-grade weapons but now “wants your 9mm pistols.”

By Tom Kertscher • August 20, 2021

Viral image
stated on August 18, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Al Jazeera tweeted, “#BreakingNews Taliban started abducting minor girls from their home. The parents who are refusing to give their daughters to Taliban are being killed by Taliban fighters.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 19, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on August 18, 2021 in a Facebook post:

229 Christian missionaries were sentenced to death in Afghanistan.

By Jason Asenso • August 19, 2021

Viral image
stated on August 17, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Video shows Afghan riding on plane engine.

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 19, 2021

Viral image
stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Says Malala Yousafzai “is silent about the cries of women and children suffering at the hands of the Taliban.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 18, 2021

Viral image
stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post:

“Biden’s teleprompter told him to ‘LEAVE NOW’ when his speech was concluded.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 18, 2021

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