Latest Fact-checks in Military Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category J.D. Vance stated on August 7, 2024 in a news conference: Says Tim Walz said he carried weapons in war, but “he has not spent a day in a combat zone.” J.D. Vance stated on August 7, 2024 in 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.” Donald Trump stated on July 27, 2024 in 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.” Joe Biden stated on July 9, 2024 in 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%.” Instagram posts stated on April 2, 2024 in an Instagram post: “The National Guard in the HISTORY of its life, gets called in AFTER a disaster, not BEFORE something happens.” Facebook posts stated on April 1, 2024 in 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. Facebook posts stated on March 16, 2024 in a video posted on Facebook.: The Oklahoma National Guard’s assistance for the April 8 eclipse signals something “bigger.” TikTok posts stated on January 9, 2024 in en una publicación enTikTok: "Ecuador firma acuerdo con los Estados Unidos para obtener presencia militar debido a los recientes acontecimientos por parte de delicuentes." Donald Trump stated on December 16, 2023 in a rally in New Hampshire: “They want to make our Army tanks all electric.” Nikki Haley stated on December 14, 2023 in a town hall in Atkinson, New Hampshire: “We’ve had more Americans die of fentanyl than the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam wars, combined.” Facebook posts stated on November 26, 2023 in a video: U.S. manual for courts-martial has been recently amended to include civilians. Nikki Haley stated on November 28, 2023 in 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." Kevin McCarthy stated on November 26, 2023 in 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.” Instagram posts stated on November 22, 2023 in an Instagram reel: Video shows a military chaplain praying, “Please get rid of Joe Biden and bring back the real president, Donald J. Trump.” Marianne Williamson stated on November 7, 2023 in an event at a store in Manchester, N.H.: Looking at “American aid to other countries … the vast majority of it is military aid.” Marianne Williamson stated on November 7, 2023 in an event in Manchester, N.H.: “We sell arms to 60% of the world's autocrats. We are the world's largest arms exporters." Chris Christie stated on November 8, 2023 in the third Republican debate in Miami: “In 1992, this country made a promise to Ukraine. We said if you return nuclear missiles that were part of the old Soviet Union to Russia, and they invade you, we will protect you.” Vivek Ramaswamy stated on October 18, 2023 in a press gaggle in New Hampshire: "Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.” TikTok posts stated on October 10, 2023 in a TikTok post: “Thousands of U.S. troops make their way to Israel” in video. Facebook posts stated on October 15, 2023 in a Facebook video: A video shows President Joe Biden invoking the Selective Service Act. Viral image stated on October 10, 2023 in an Instagram post: Video shows U.S. Navy pilots arriving in Palestine. Facebook posts stated on October 7, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: Este video muestra un "contraataque israelí" hacia Hamas en Gaza. Facebook posts stated on October 4, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Trump controls U.S. military.” TikTok posts stated on September 17, 2023 in a video: “Navy SEALs Save Missing Maui Children” who were padlocked in cages. Facebook posts stated on August 23, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Military arrests FEMA Deputy Administrator Erik Hooks.” Instagram posts stated on August 20, 2023 in an Instagram post: U.S. Navy SEALs rescued 807 children who were being kept as sex slaves on a barge in San Francisco Bay. Facebook posts stated on August 9, 2023 in a Facebook post: Video shows military planes over Nashville "dispersing materials into the atmosphere" for geoengineering. Nicole Malliotakis stated on July 14, 2023 in a radio interview: “You can work at some McDonald’s in this country for more money than … signing up for the military.” TikTok posts stated on June 24, 2023 in a TikTok post: Joe Biden launched unarmed nuclear bombs as a “Russia threat.” Facebook posts stated on June 11, 2023 in a Facebook video: Video showing someone in military gear outside a Georgia Waffle House proves that Donald Trump is president.
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J.D. Vance stated on August 7, 2024 in a news conference: Says Tim Walz said he carried weapons in war, but “he has not spent a day in a combat zone.” J.D. Vance stated on August 7, 2024 in 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.” Donald Trump stated on July 27, 2024 in 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.” Joe Biden stated on July 9, 2024 in 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%.” Instagram posts stated on April 2, 2024 in an Instagram post: “The National Guard in the HISTORY of its life, gets called in AFTER a disaster, not BEFORE something happens.” Facebook posts stated on April 1, 2024 in 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. Facebook posts stated on March 16, 2024 in a video posted on Facebook.: The Oklahoma National Guard’s assistance for the April 8 eclipse signals something “bigger.” TikTok posts stated on January 9, 2024 in en una publicación enTikTok: "Ecuador firma acuerdo con los Estados Unidos para obtener presencia militar debido a los recientes acontecimientos por parte de delicuentes." Donald Trump stated on December 16, 2023 in a rally in New Hampshire: “They want to make our Army tanks all electric.” Nikki Haley stated on December 14, 2023 in a town hall in Atkinson, New Hampshire: “We’ve had more Americans die of fentanyl than the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam wars, combined.” Facebook posts stated on November 26, 2023 in a video: U.S. manual for courts-martial has been recently amended to include civilians. Nikki Haley stated on November 28, 2023 in 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." Kevin McCarthy stated on November 26, 2023 in 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.” Instagram posts stated on November 22, 2023 in an Instagram reel: Video shows a military chaplain praying, “Please get rid of Joe Biden and bring back the real president, Donald J. Trump.” Marianne Williamson stated on November 7, 2023 in an event at a store in Manchester, N.H.: Looking at “American aid to other countries … the vast majority of it is military aid.” Marianne Williamson stated on November 7, 2023 in an event in Manchester, N.H.: “We sell arms to 60% of the world's autocrats. We are the world's largest arms exporters." Chris Christie stated on November 8, 2023 in the third Republican debate in Miami: “In 1992, this country made a promise to Ukraine. We said if you return nuclear missiles that were part of the old Soviet Union to Russia, and they invade you, we will protect you.” Vivek Ramaswamy stated on October 18, 2023 in a press gaggle in New Hampshire: "Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.” TikTok posts stated on October 10, 2023 in a TikTok post: “Thousands of U.S. troops make their way to Israel” in video. Facebook posts stated on October 15, 2023 in a Facebook video: A video shows President Joe Biden invoking the Selective Service Act. Viral image stated on October 10, 2023 in an Instagram post: Video shows U.S. Navy pilots arriving in Palestine. Facebook posts stated on October 7, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: Este video muestra un "contraataque israelí" hacia Hamas en Gaza. Facebook posts stated on October 4, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Trump controls U.S. military.” TikTok posts stated on September 17, 2023 in a video: “Navy SEALs Save Missing Maui Children” who were padlocked in cages. Facebook posts stated on August 23, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Military arrests FEMA Deputy Administrator Erik Hooks.” Instagram posts stated on August 20, 2023 in an Instagram post: U.S. Navy SEALs rescued 807 children who were being kept as sex slaves on a barge in San Francisco Bay. Facebook posts stated on August 9, 2023 in a Facebook post: Video shows military planes over Nashville "dispersing materials into the atmosphere" for geoengineering. Nicole Malliotakis stated on July 14, 2023 in a radio interview: “You can work at some McDonald’s in this country for more money than … signing up for the military.” TikTok posts stated on June 24, 2023 in a TikTok post: Joe Biden launched unarmed nuclear bombs as a “Russia threat.” Facebook posts stated on June 11, 2023 in a Facebook video: Video showing someone in military gear outside a Georgia Waffle House proves that Donald Trump is president.
J.D. Vance stated on August 7, 2024 in a news conference: Says Tim Walz said he carried weapons in war, but “he has not spent a day in a combat zone.”
J.D. Vance stated on August 7, 2024 in 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.”
Donald Trump stated on July 27, 2024 in 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.”
Joe Biden stated on July 9, 2024 in 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%.”
Instagram posts stated on April 2, 2024 in an Instagram post: “The National Guard in the HISTORY of its life, gets called in AFTER a disaster, not BEFORE something happens.”
Facebook posts stated on April 1, 2024 in 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.
Facebook posts stated on March 16, 2024 in a video posted on Facebook.: The Oklahoma National Guard’s assistance for the April 8 eclipse signals something “bigger.”
TikTok posts stated on January 9, 2024 in en una publicación enTikTok: "Ecuador firma acuerdo con los Estados Unidos para obtener presencia militar debido a los recientes acontecimientos por parte de delicuentes."
Donald Trump stated on December 16, 2023 in a rally in New Hampshire: “They want to make our Army tanks all electric.”
Nikki Haley stated on December 14, 2023 in a town hall in Atkinson, New Hampshire: “We’ve had more Americans die of fentanyl than the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam wars, combined.”
Facebook posts stated on November 26, 2023 in a video: U.S. manual for courts-martial has been recently amended to include civilians.
Nikki Haley stated on November 28, 2023 in 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."
Kevin McCarthy stated on November 26, 2023 in 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.”
Instagram posts stated on November 22, 2023 in an Instagram reel: Video shows a military chaplain praying, “Please get rid of Joe Biden and bring back the real president, Donald J. Trump.”
Marianne Williamson stated on November 7, 2023 in an event at a store in Manchester, N.H.: Looking at “American aid to other countries … the vast majority of it is military aid.”
Marianne Williamson stated on November 7, 2023 in an event in Manchester, N.H.: “We sell arms to 60% of the world's autocrats. We are the world's largest arms exporters."
Chris Christie stated on November 8, 2023 in the third Republican debate in Miami: “In 1992, this country made a promise to Ukraine. We said if you return nuclear missiles that were part of the old Soviet Union to Russia, and they invade you, we will protect you.”
Vivek Ramaswamy stated on October 18, 2023 in a press gaggle in New Hampshire: "Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.”
TikTok posts stated on October 10, 2023 in a TikTok post: “Thousands of U.S. troops make their way to Israel” in video.
Facebook posts stated on October 15, 2023 in a Facebook video: A video shows President Joe Biden invoking the Selective Service Act.
Viral image stated on October 10, 2023 in an Instagram post: Video shows U.S. Navy pilots arriving in Palestine.
Facebook posts stated on October 7, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: Este video muestra un "contraataque israelí" hacia Hamas en Gaza.
TikTok posts stated on September 17, 2023 in a video: “Navy SEALs Save Missing Maui Children” who were padlocked in cages.
Facebook posts stated on August 23, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Military arrests FEMA Deputy Administrator Erik Hooks.”
Instagram posts stated on August 20, 2023 in an Instagram post: U.S. Navy SEALs rescued 807 children who were being kept as sex slaves on a barge in San Francisco Bay.
Facebook posts stated on August 9, 2023 in a Facebook post: Video shows military planes over Nashville "dispersing materials into the atmosphere" for geoengineering.
Nicole Malliotakis stated on July 14, 2023 in a radio interview: “You can work at some McDonald’s in this country for more money than … signing up for the military.”
TikTok posts stated on June 24, 2023 in a TikTok post: Joe Biden launched unarmed nuclear bombs as a “Russia threat.”
Facebook posts stated on June 11, 2023 in a Facebook video: Video showing someone in military gear outside a Georgia Waffle House proves that Donald Trump is president.
