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Restoration PAC
stated on January 20, 2021 in a post:

Says President Joe Biden sparked a migrant caravan from Honduras and questioned the loyalty of U.S. troops at the inauguration.

By Monique Curet • January 25, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on January 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says a photo shows armed soldiers protecting Joe Biden’s inauguration.

By Miriam Valverde • January 16, 2021

VoteVets.org
stated on September 2, 2020 in an ad:

Says Thom Tillis voted “against a pay raise for a military, while voting for a pay raise for himself.”

By Paul Specht • October 10, 2020

Viral image
stated on August 1, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows “7 Marines killed in training exercise yesterday.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 4, 2020

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 20, 2020 in an MSNBC interview:

Says President Donald Trump “is still yet to say anything as the president of the United States about bounties on American troops.”

By Miriam Valverde • July 23, 2020

Bloggers
stated on June 15, 2020 in a blog post:

“Speaker Pelosi presents a special ‘service flag’ to Mr. Floyd’s family.”

By Bill McCarthy • June 18, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 6, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

“United States Navy Seal Team ... helicopter was shot down yesterday in Afghanistan and they lost 30 members of the team.”

By Madison Czopek • June 15, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on January 8, 2020 in a White House address:

"The American military has been completely rebuilt under my administration at a cost of $2.5 trillion."

By Bill McCarthy • January 10, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on January 1, 2020 in a Facebook post:

"Hillary ignored multiple requests for security, didn’t respond for 13 hours, & let 4 Americans die in Benghazi. Trump rushed in reinforcements, threatened to destroy Iran, & made sure no lives were lost in Baghdad."

By Tom Kertscher • January 6, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on August 23, 2019 in an event in Hanover, N.H.:

Says that as vice president, he pinned a Silver Star on a Navy captain in Afghanistan who had carried a mortally wounded comrade out of a ravine, and resisted receiving a medal for his actions.

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2019

Rachel Siegel
stated on April 8, 2019 in an email to supporters:

"The F-35 bombers, scheduled to arrive in Burlington this fall, have been designated with a nuclear mission."

By Colin Meyn • April 11, 2019

Mike Pence
stated on January 16, 2019 in a speech:

"The caliphate has crumbled and ISIS has been defeated."

By Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2019

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on October 8, 2018 in a TV ad:

Says that U.S. Rep. Andy Barr was "even dismissing the importance of military service" by saying, "We both served our country. I’ve served in a position where ideas matter."

By Samantha Putterman • October 24, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on July 12, 2018 in a press conference after the NATO summit:

"The United States was paying for anywhere from 70 to 90 percent of (NATO), depending on the way you calculate."

By Heaven Taylor-Wynn • July 12, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 12, 2018 in a tweet:

In a government shutdown, "what they are really doing is shutting down our military."

By Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2018

Tom Bossert
stated on September 11, 2017 in a White House press briefing:

The mobilization of the military in response to the storms in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands "is the largest ever mobilization of our military in a naval and marine operation" and an Air Force carrier there "was the first-ever as well."

By Allison Graves • September 14, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on April 24, 2017 in an interview wth the Associated Press:

"Back when they did NATO, there was no such thing as terrorism."

By John Kruzel • April 25, 2017

Restoration PAC
stated on March 21, 2017 in a video:

Says Tammy Baldwin "supported legislation allowing citizens to withhold funding for our troops."

By Tom Kertscher • April 5, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2017 in a speech to Congress:

Says his budget "calls for one of the largest increases in national defense spending in American history."

By Jon Greenberg • March 1, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 6, 2017 in remarks at U.S. Central Command in Tampa:

"I have already saved more than $700 million when I got involved in the negotiation on the F-35."

By Amy Sherman • February 7, 2017

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