Fact Check Posts – Politifact

Jim Justice
stated on September 14, 2020 a Facebook post

“West Virginia has one of the greatest percentages of veterans in any state.”

By Ivy Ward, Melissa Stone • October 15, 2020

Tulsi Gabbard
stated on June 1, 2019 a veterans event in California

Says immigrant military service members applying for U.S. citizenship "are getting rejected at higher numbers than those who are not veterans."

By Miriam Valverde • June 7, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2016 a speech

"A shocking 20 veterans are committing suicide each and every day, especially our older veterans."

By Sean Gorman • July 14, 2016

Leticia Van de Putte
stated on June 27, 2014 her speech to the Texas Democratic Party state convention

Dan Patrick was the only state senator "who voted against the Veteran Entrepreneurship Program, a program that assists veterans in successfully starting up their own businesses."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 3, 2014

Major Garrett
stated on May 18, 2014 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"

"It's been nearly three weeks since the president has commented" on questions about possible hidden wait lists at veterans hospitals.

By Jon Greenberg • May 20, 2014

John Scocos
stated on September 20, 2013 a statement

"There are still tens of thousands of missing service members from previous and current conflicts that our nation is working to find and repatriate."

September 29, 2013

Michelle Nunn
stated on July 22, 2013 an interview

Says by rejecting an expansion of Medicaid under the new law, Georgia was depriving 25,000 veterans of health care coverage.

By Eric Stirgus • August 6, 2013

Tom Graves
stated on April 23, 2013 a ZPolitics op-ed

"Despite having their budget increased by over 40 percent since 2009 … pending claims for benefits with the (Department of Veterans Affairs) have increased from 391,000 to 890,000 under the Obama Administration."

By Willoughby Mariano • April 30, 2013

John Cornyn
stated on November 19, 2012 a tweet

Says veterans’ disability claims backlog doubled in Obama’s first term.

By Sue Owen • November 28, 2012

Sanford Bishop
stated on July 23, 2012 an online video of an earlier speech

"There are close to 900,000 unemployed veterans in America right now."

By Willoughby Mariano • August 3, 2012

Jim Webb
stated on May 14, 2012 an interview.

President Obama budget request for veterans is "more than double the amount in constant dollars appropriated in 1980, when the veterans population was larger by a third."

By Sean Gorman • June 4, 2012

Rush Holt
stated on December 14, 2011 a press release

"Before this day is out, 18 more veterans will have taken their own lives. That is the daily average, it is intolerable, and it has to stop."

By Caryn Shinske • January 26, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on July 6, 2011 a Twitter town hall

"Young veterans have a higher unemployment rate than people who didn’t serve."

By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2011

Debbie Stabenow
stated on March 1, 2011 a news release

A government shutdown "could disrupt ... veterans' benefits."

By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2011

Josh Mandel
stated on September 22, 2010 a campaign ad

"Decorated Marine, two-tour Iraq war vet."

By Joe Guillen • October 29, 2010

David Axelrod
stated on August 13, 2009 in a chain e-mail

Health care reform will not affect veterans' benefits.

By Catharine Richert • August 14, 2009

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