Latest Fact-Checks In Military

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Kristi Noem
Kristi Noem
stated on February 2, 2025 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.”
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By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 9, 2025
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on November 28, 2023 an event in Derry, N.H.
China “had the largest naval fleet in the world. They had 370 ships. They'll have 400 ships in two years. We won't even have 350 ships in two decades."
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By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on October 18, 2023 a press gaggle in New Hampshire
"Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.”
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By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • October 20, 2023
Nicole Malliotakis
Nicole Malliotakis
stated on July 14, 2023 a radio interview
“You can work at some McDonald’s in this country for more money than … signing up for the military.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • July 28, 2023
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on March 28, 2023 a Senate floor speech
Sen. Tommy Tuberville is preventing military promotions “because he objects to women within the military getting access to reproductive care.”
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By Mary McNaughton • May 4, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 30, 2023 an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer
“In the next two years, we'll spend more on interest on our national debt than we do on the national defense.”
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By Louis Jacobson • April 5, 2023
Zach Nunn
Zach Nunn
stated on May 9, 2022 a campaign ad
“Zack Nunn saved over 2,000 Americans abandoned in Afghanistan by leading private rescue missions.”
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By Lyle Muller • May 27, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 15, 2022 a post
“Due to the baby formula shortage Tricare will now pay to have it shipped directly to you.”
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By Monique Curet • May 18, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on February 17, 2022 a rally.
Virginia is "one of only a handful of states that actually taxes our veterans’ retirement.”
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By Warren Fiske • February 23, 2022
Richard Ojeda
Richard Ojeda
stated on August 15, 2021 a tweet
The United States spent “2 trillion dollars to train and equip the Afghan military over the past 20 years. They fell in a week.”
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By Trenton Straight, Zach DeLuca • September 21, 2021
Richard Hudson
Richard Hudson
stated on September 1, 2021 a Facebook post
Says U.S. left 33 Black Hawks to the Taliban, which has more than “85%” of all countries.
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By Paul Specht • September 20, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on August 30, 2021 on social media
“Near Morgantown, WV, a Moderna shipment truck crashed, hazmat dispatched, airspace shut down and now apparently Emergency Response is claiming the Department of Defense took it over.”
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By Duncan Slade • September 2, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 20, 2021 a press conference
There has been “no question of our credibility from our allies around the world” regarding how the U.S. is withdrawing from Afghanistan.
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By Miriam Valverde • August 26, 2021
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on August 15, 2021 an Instagram post
Donald Trump in 2020 "said he trusted the Taliban and then set in motion an even earlier exit" from Afghanistan.
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August 17, 2021
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on October 7, 2020 an ad
Says Debbie Mucarsel-Powell's family received $700,000 from the firm of "violent warlord Ihor Kolomoisky," who is compared to Fidel Castro and Nicolás Maduro.
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October 16, 2020
Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly
stated on October 6, 2020 a debate
Says Martha McSally “voted to take away money from Fort Huachuca to pay for the border wall.”
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By Miriam Valverde • October 14, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 26, 2020 an Instagram post
Says Joe Biden “disrespects servicemen” in telling them to “clap for that you stupid bastards.”
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By Samantha Putterman • September 28, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 5, 2019 a video on Twitter
"There are more assault rifles, as I understand it, in the hands of private citizens than in the hands of the United States military. We're talking about 5 to 10 million assault weapons in the hands of private citizens."  
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August 8, 2019
Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson
stated on April 4, 2019 an interview
"For every dollar we spend on actual peace creation, we spend over $1,000 on ways to prepare for war."
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April 15, 2019
Eric Swalwell
Eric Swalwell
stated on November 12, 2018 a tweet
"15,000 troops will not see their families for #Thanksgiving because of @realDonaldTrump’s Scaravan Stunt. Oh yeah, it’s also costing you 200 million dollars."
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By Manuela Tobias • November 15, 2018
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