Latest Fact-Checks In Iraq

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 16, 2022 a speech
Says he has been to “Afghanistan, Iraq and those areas” twice as president.
False
December 20, 2022
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 25, 2020 a speech at the RNC
Says Joe Biden “voted for the Iraq War … He supported war in Serbia, Syria, Libya.”
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • August 26, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 4, 2020 a Facebook post
A man at "the storming of the U.S. embassy" in Iraq visited the White House in 2011.
True
January 8, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 3, 2019 an NPR interview
Referring to the Iraq War, "immediately, the moment it started, I came out against the war at that moment."
False
By Miriam Valverde • September 5, 2019
Seth Moulton
Seth Moulton
stated on June 7, 2019 a tweet
Says Joe Biden hasn’t admitted he was wrong on the Iraq War, as he did with the Hyde Amendment.  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • June 20, 2019
Justice Democrats
Justice Democrats
stated on April 25, 2019 a tweet
Says Joe Biden "voted for the Iraq War, for mass incarceration, and for the Bankruptcy Reform Act while voting against gay marriage, reproductive rights, and school desegregation."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 26, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 28, 2018 a speech in Washington, Mich.
"We have spent $7 trillion, trillion with a T, $7 trillion in the Middle East."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2018
Jill Stein
Jill Stein
stated on October 17, 2016 a Green Party rally at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin
"We’re already bombing seven countries."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 21, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate
Says "Iraq has been overrun by ISIS because Hillary Clinton failed to renegotiate . . . a status of forces agreement."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a presidential debate
"I did not support the war in Iraq … The record shows that I’m right."
False
By Lauren Carroll • September 27, 2016
Paul Wolfowitz
Paul Wolfowitz
stated on September 11, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"The Germans, the French, countries that opposed us in the (Iraq) war, all believed (Saddam Hussein) had weapons of mass destruction."  
Mostly False
By Allison Graves, Jon Greenberg • September 13, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 7, 2016 the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum
"I was totally against the war in Iraq." 
False
By Jon Greenberg, Lauren Carroll • September 8, 2016
Katrina Pierson
Katrina Pierson
stated on August 2, 2016 an interview on CNN.
"It was under Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton that changed the rules of engagement that probably cost (Capt. Humayun Khan’s) life."
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • August 3, 2016
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 27, 2016 an appearance on MSNBC
Says Donald Trump "is going to go out and carpet bomb" the Middle East.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 2, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 a speech
"I was among the earliest to criticize the rush to war (in Iraq), and yes, even before the war ever started."  
False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 22, 2016
Todd Wilcox
Todd Wilcox
stated on May 20, 2016 a newspaper interview
"I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work."
False
By Joshua Gillin • May 24, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2016 a major foreign policy speech
"I was totally against the war in Iraq, saying for many years that it would destabilize the Middle East."
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 22, 2016 a speech at Stanford University.
When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2016
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on February 10, 2016 an essay in The Hollywood Reporter
"Why are Muslim armies so useless against ISIS? ... There are 20,000 or 30,000 (ISIS fighters). The countries surrounding ISIS have armies totaling 5 million people."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 22, 2016
Our Principles PAC
Our Principles PAC
stated on February 14, 2016 a web ad
Says Donald "Trump supported impeachment of President (George W.) Bush."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2016
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