Fact Check Posts – Page 3

Viral image
stated on December 3, 2019 a Facebook post

Says Fox News "posts a fake picture to show soldiers excited to see Trump in Afghanistan….forgets to take out the Universal Studios sign in the background."

December 13, 2019

Viral image
stated on March 7, 2019 a Facebook post

Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "We’ll never have to worry about China attacking us! They are 12 hours ahead, so we’ll have plenty of time to shoot down their missiles!"

March 13, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on December 26, 2018 remarks to U.S. troops

Says troops recently received "one of the biggest pay raises" ever, and that it was the first pay increase in "more than 10 years."

By Samantha Putterman • December 27, 2018

Bloggers
stated on May 22, 2018 a headline

"USA: Mysterious Nazi submarine from WWII discovered in Great Lakes!"

By Amy Sherman • May 24, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on May 9, 2018 remarks at the White House

Says the 2018 defense authorization bill includes raises for the military "for the first time in 10 years."

By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2018

world-newss.com
stated on November 13, 2017 a headline

"2 million rounds of ammo that ‘went missing’ under Obama turns up in enemy hands"

By Amy Sherman • November 20, 2017

Duffel Blog
stated on October 12, 2017 a headline

Bowe Bergdahl wanders off during court-martial

By Amy Sherman • November 16, 2017

Vet TV
stated on May 23, 2017 a web page

"Trump Removing Marines From the Navy."

By Louis Jacobson • June 7, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on May 2, 2017 a news conference

"We got to a point that our Air Force pilots were going to museums to find spare parts over the last eight years" under Barack Obama.

May 11, 2017

Tdtalliance.com
stated on December 12, 2016 an article on a fake news website

"Obama orders ban on Christmas cards to military."

By Lauren Carroll • December 23, 2016

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."

By Linda Qiu • August 3, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 15, 2016 a Facebook post

"The Obama administration was actively supporting Al Qaeda in Iraq, the terrorist group that became the Islamic State."

By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 19, 2016 a rally in North Charleston, S.C.

Says that in the Philippines more than a century ago, Gen. John Pershing "took 50 bullets, and he dipped them in pigs’ blood," and shot 49 Muslim rebels. "The 50th person, he said, ‘You go back to your people, and you tell them what happened.’ And for 25 years, there wasn’t a problem."

By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2016

Restoration PAC
stated on July 22, 2015 a TV ad

President Barack Obama met with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani.

July 24, 2015

Gary Painter
stated on May 10, 2015 as quoted in a Midland Reporter-Telegram news story

"We’re the only nation in the world that does not use the military to secure our border."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 5, 2015

Bloggers
stated on September 15, 2014 Internet posts

"Three of five detainees swapped (for Bowe Bergdahl) are now ISIS leaders."

By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2014

Bloggers
stated on August 19, 2014 stories

Documents released by Edward Snowden reveal that American, British and Israeli intelligence agencies worked together to create the Islamic State.

By Derek Tsang • August 19, 2014

Ed Gillespie
stated on July 26, 2014 a debate.

"This administration is slashing the Navy to pay for more Obamacare."

By Nancy Madsen • August 3, 2014

David Alameel
stated on June 28, 2014 his speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention

Says John Cornyn dodged the draft during the Vietnam War.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2014

Chain email
stated on May 30, 2014 messages on the Internet

Says Barack Obama is the only American president who has not visited the D-Day Monument in Normandy on D-Day.

By Shannon Beckham • May 30, 2014

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