Fact Check Posts – Page 6

Erin Burnett
stated on June 1, 2020 remarks on her CNN show

If President Trump decides to deploy the U.S. military domestically, he would be “mobilizing U.S. military troops on American soil for the first time since 1807.”

By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on April 13, 2020 on social media

Politicians “receive full pay retirement after serving 1 term!”

By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2020

Viral image
stated on March 16, 2020 a Facebook post

Says a military Humvee labeled “COVID-19 quarantine team” was on Interstate 696 in Michigan.

March 25, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on February 2, 2020 a Facebook post

A list of 11 names are “Marines that gave their lives this week for everyone in this country. There is no media for them, not even a mention of their names.”

March 20, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on February 20, 2020 social media

“Bernie Sanders voted in favor of every war during his tenure.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2020

Bloggers
stated on February 9, 2020 a headline

“Obama ordered CIA to train ISIS Jihadists”

By Madison Czopek • February 27, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on August 9, 2019 a Facebook post

Says the Japanese military did not invade the mainland United States after Pearl Harbor because "they know that almost every home had guns and the Americans knew how to use them."

January 14, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on May 16, 2018 a Facebook post

Says Barabara Walters wrote that Jane Fonda "betrayed not only the idea of our country, but specific men who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War."

January 13, 2020

Viral image
stated on January 6, 2020 a Facebook post

Says Joe Biden "murdered U.S. Navy Seals."

By Samantha Putterman • January 10, 2020

Islamic Republic News Agency
stated on January 7, 2020 a tweet

Says photo shows U.S. planes on fire after Iranian missile strikes in Iraq.

By Miriam Valverde • January 9, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on March 31, 2019 a Facebook post

Says Trump volunteered his airline to bring troops home during Operation Desert Storm.

By Samantha Putterman • January 7, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on January 5, 2020 a Facebook post

Says a photo from JFK airport shows "our troops leaving to protect each one of us and our country."

January 6, 2020

Bernie Sanders
stated on December 17, 2019 a video posted on his presidential campaign’s social media accounts.

"I am very proud that I am the only candidate in the Democratic primary to have voted against all of Trump's defense budgets."

By Kit Norton • December 20, 2019

Ilhan Omar
stated on December 1, 2019 an interview

The U.S. spends "57 cents on the dollar on defense."

December 13, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on November 20, 2019 a Facebook post

Says people can send Christmas cards to "a recovering American soldier" at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

By Samantha Putterman • December 4, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on November 13, 2019 a Facebook post

Says President Trump donated his "second quarter salary to rebuild military cemeteries" and that the media ignored it and every other story of him donating his salary as POTUS.

By Samantha Putterman • November 14, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on August 13, 2019 a post on Facebook

Says Barbara Walters said Jane Fonda "betrayed not only the idea of our country, but specific men who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War."

October 30, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on October 16, 2019 answering questions from reporters

"The Kurds are much safer right now."

October 16, 2019

Joe Biden
stated on September 3, 2019 an NPR interview

Referring to the Iraq War, "immediately, the moment it started, I came out against the war at that moment."

By Miriam Valverde • September 5, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on August 1, 2019 a Facebook post

Says Joe Biden leaked the names of SEAL Team 6’s families to al-Qaida and that he "cannot be trusted."

By Samantha Putterman • August 12, 2019

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