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Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on October 23, 2024 a Threads post:
Kamala Harris’ statements about Trump invoking Adolf Hitler were based on a “debunked hoax from The Atlantic.”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • October 25, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on October 15, 2024 in social media posts:
"The Defense Department, with the stroke of a pen, has quietly codified its right to deploy lethal force against its own citizens.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • October 25, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 1, 2024 an Instagram post:
Video shows a missile strike on Israel.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • October 7, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on October 1, 2024 X posts:
Video shows an Iranian missile attack.
Pants on Fire!
By Sofia Ahmed • October 3, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 13, 2024 a rally in Las Vegas:
Vice President Kamala Harris is “talking about bringing back the draft.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on September 10, 2024 a debate:
“As of today, there is not one member of the United States military who is in active duty in a combat zone, in any war zone around the world, for the first time this century.”
Mostly False
By Sara Swann • September 11, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on August 7, 2024 a news conference:
Says Tim Walz said he carried weapons in war, but “he has not spent a day in a combat zone.”
True
By Jeff Cercone • August 12, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on August 7, 2024 a speech:
“When Tim Walz was asked by his country to go to Iraq, do you know what he did? He dropped out of the Army and allowed his unit to go without him.”
Mostly False
By Sara Swann • August 9, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 27, 2024 a rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota:
During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.”
False
By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 9, 2024 a speech in Washington D.C.:
In 2020, “only nine NATO allies were spending 2%” of their GDP on defense. “This year, 23 will spend at least 2%.”
Mostly True
By Madison Czopek • July 12, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 2, 2024 an Instagram post:
“The National Guard in the HISTORY of its life, gets called in AFTER a disaster, not BEFORE something happens.”
False
By Madison Czopek • April 8, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 1, 2024 a Facebook post:
It’s a sign of war that the U.S. Navy is assisting the U.S. Coast Guard in cleaning up Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge site.
False
By Jeff Cercone • April 5, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 16, 2024 a video posted on Facebook.:
The Oklahoma National Guard’s assistance for the April 8 eclipse signals something “bigger.”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 20, 2024
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on January 9, 2024 en una publicación enTikTok:
"Ecuador firma acuerdo con los Estados Unidos para obtener presencia militar debido a los recientes acontecimientos por parte de delicuentes."
False
By Maria Briceño • January 30, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 16, 2023 a rally in New Hampshire:
“They want to make our Army tanks all electric.”
False
By Amy Sherman • December 21, 2023
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on December 14, 2023 a town hall in Atkinson, New Hampshire:
“We’ve had more Americans die of fentanyl than the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam wars, combined.”
True
By Grace Abels • December 19, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 26, 2023 a video:
U.S. manual for courts-martial has been recently amended to include civilians.
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • December 7, 2023
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."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2023
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on November 26, 2023 a speech at the Oxford Union:
“In every single war that America has fought, we have never asked for land afterwards, except for enough to bury the Americans who gave the ultimate sacrifice for that freedom we went in for.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 28, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 22, 2023 an Instagram reel:
Video shows a military chaplain praying, “Please get rid of Joe Biden and bring back the real president, Donald J. Trump.”
False
By Sara Swann • November 28, 2023
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