Latest False 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 Marco Rubio stated on October 26, 2016 in a U.S. Senate debate: Says President Obama "was proposing pinprick strikes" for military intervention in Syria. Donald Trump stated on October 13, 2016 in a speech: Says Hillary Clinton was "let off the hook" for her email scandal while Gen. David Petraeus had his life "destroyed for doing far, far less." Donald Trump stated on September 26, 2016 in a presidential debate at Hofstra University: "NATO is opening up a major terror division. ... I'm sure I'm not going to get credit for it, but that was largely because of what I was saying and my criticism of NATO." Donald Trump stated on August 15, 2016 in a speech on foreign policy in Youngstown, Ohio: "I had previously said that NATO was obsolete because it failed to deal adequately with terrorism. Since my comments, they have changed their policy and now have a new division focused on terror threats." Joe Biden stated on July 27, 2016 in an appearance on MSNBC: Says Donald Trump "is going to go out and carpet bomb" the Middle East. Mike Pence stated on July 12, 2016 in a speech at a Trump rally: Says Hillary Clinton "took 13 hours to send help to Americans under fire" during the terrorist attack in Benghazi. Rob Wittman stated on June 18, 2016 in a Facebook post.: "On average, each U.S. military working dog saves the lives of between 150 and 200 servicemen and women over the span of his career." John Kirby stated on April 25, 2016 in a State Department news briefing: Says President Barack Obama never said, "No boots on the ground" in Syria. Donald Trump stated on January 10, 2016 in Ottumwa, Iowa, on NBC's "Meet the Press": The five Guantanamo detainees swapped for Bowe Bergdahl are "back on the battlefield." Ted Cruz stated on December 15, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: Says carpet bombing means bombing "not a city, but the location of the troops," with "embedded special forces to direct the air power." Ben Carson stated on November 10, 2015 in the fourth GOP debate.: "The Chinese are there" in Syria. Marco Rubio stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN GOP presidential debate: Says that President Barack Obama said an attack on Syria "was going to be a pinprick." Facebook posts stated on August 13, 2015 in a meme on social media: Says 57 percent of federal spending goes to the military and just 1 percent goes to food and agriculture, including food stamps. Allen West stated on August 1, 2015 in a blog on his website: The Navy "is bringing charges against" a Navy officer who shot at the Chattanooga shooter "for illegally discharging a firearm on federal property." Tom Cotton stated on July 15, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": President Barack Obama "said at the beginning of the negotiations that the basic approach was to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for dismantling the sanctions." Donald Trump stated on July 19, 2015 in comments on ABC's This Week.: Says John McCain "has done nothing to help the vets." Joe Theismann stated on July 9, 2015 in a discussion on "Outnumbered": "We don’t have a (military) reserve force if something happens." Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "Even our nuclear arsenal doesn't work. It came out recently they have equipment that is 30 years old. They don't know if it worked." Ted Cruz stated on July 12, 2014 in a roundtable with Texas businesses: "Every year we spend roughly $500 billion on tax compliance. That is roughly the budget of our entire military, entirely wasted on tax compliance." Marco Rubio stated on April 25, 2015 in a speech at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Summit: The United States "is not building the aircraft, the long-range bombers, the additional aircraft carriers, the nuclear submarines." Judicial Watch stated on April 14, 2015 in a web item: "ISIS camp a few miles from Texas, Mexican authorities confirm." Adam Kinzinger stated on February 15, 2015 in an appearance on ABC's 'This Week': The current debate over authorizing military action against the Islamic State "would be the first time Congress would place limits on the commander-in-chief's ability to be commander-in-chief." Chain email stated on February 9, 2015 in a chain email: "Over 200 years ago, the United States had declared war on Islam, and Thomas Jefferson led the charge!" Jerry Jones stated on January 9, 2015 in an interview with ESPN aired Jan. 9, 2015: The cheerleaders for the Dallas Cowboys have "entertained more troops in the world than Bob Hope." Dick Cheney stated on December 14, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida." Jeb Bush stated on December 1, 2014 in a Wall Street Journal CEO Council event: "The pass rate for a high school level test to join the military" is 35 to 40 percent. Adam Kinzinger stated on October 26, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Says Rand Paul "has put out budgets to cut the military in half." John McCain stated on October 12, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "We were told there would never be a case of Ebola in the United States." Bruce Braley stated on September 28, 2014 in a debate: "I recently had the opportunity to vote to give the president limited authority to begin strikes against terrorists in Iraq and Syria." Brit Hume stated on September 21, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday": Says President Barack Obama is "sending a much larger (force) " to deal with Ebola "than ISIS is getting."
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Marco Rubio stated on October 26, 2016 in a U.S. Senate debate: Says President Obama "was proposing pinprick strikes" for military intervention in Syria. Donald Trump stated on October 13, 2016 in a speech: Says Hillary Clinton was "let off the hook" for her email scandal while Gen. David Petraeus had his life "destroyed for doing far, far less." Donald Trump stated on September 26, 2016 in a presidential debate at Hofstra University: "NATO is opening up a major terror division. ... I'm sure I'm not going to get credit for it, but that was largely because of what I was saying and my criticism of NATO." Donald Trump stated on August 15, 2016 in a speech on foreign policy in Youngstown, Ohio: "I had previously said that NATO was obsolete because it failed to deal adequately with terrorism. Since my comments, they have changed their policy and now have a new division focused on terror threats." Joe Biden stated on July 27, 2016 in an appearance on MSNBC: Says Donald Trump "is going to go out and carpet bomb" the Middle East. Mike Pence stated on July 12, 2016 in a speech at a Trump rally: Says Hillary Clinton "took 13 hours to send help to Americans under fire" during the terrorist attack in Benghazi. Rob Wittman stated on June 18, 2016 in a Facebook post.: "On average, each U.S. military working dog saves the lives of between 150 and 200 servicemen and women over the span of his career." John Kirby stated on April 25, 2016 in a State Department news briefing: Says President Barack Obama never said, "No boots on the ground" in Syria. Donald Trump stated on January 10, 2016 in Ottumwa, Iowa, on NBC's "Meet the Press": The five Guantanamo detainees swapped for Bowe Bergdahl are "back on the battlefield." Ted Cruz stated on December 15, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: Says carpet bombing means bombing "not a city, but the location of the troops," with "embedded special forces to direct the air power." Ben Carson stated on November 10, 2015 in the fourth GOP debate.: "The Chinese are there" in Syria. Marco Rubio stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN GOP presidential debate: Says that President Barack Obama said an attack on Syria "was going to be a pinprick." Facebook posts stated on August 13, 2015 in a meme on social media: Says 57 percent of federal spending goes to the military and just 1 percent goes to food and agriculture, including food stamps. Allen West stated on August 1, 2015 in a blog on his website: The Navy "is bringing charges against" a Navy officer who shot at the Chattanooga shooter "for illegally discharging a firearm on federal property." Tom Cotton stated on July 15, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": President Barack Obama "said at the beginning of the negotiations that the basic approach was to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for dismantling the sanctions." Donald Trump stated on July 19, 2015 in comments on ABC's This Week.: Says John McCain "has done nothing to help the vets." Joe Theismann stated on July 9, 2015 in a discussion on "Outnumbered": "We don’t have a (military) reserve force if something happens." Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "Even our nuclear arsenal doesn't work. It came out recently they have equipment that is 30 years old. They don't know if it worked." Ted Cruz stated on July 12, 2014 in a roundtable with Texas businesses: "Every year we spend roughly $500 billion on tax compliance. That is roughly the budget of our entire military, entirely wasted on tax compliance." Marco Rubio stated on April 25, 2015 in a speech at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Summit: The United States "is not building the aircraft, the long-range bombers, the additional aircraft carriers, the nuclear submarines." Judicial Watch stated on April 14, 2015 in a web item: "ISIS camp a few miles from Texas, Mexican authorities confirm." Adam Kinzinger stated on February 15, 2015 in an appearance on ABC's 'This Week': The current debate over authorizing military action against the Islamic State "would be the first time Congress would place limits on the commander-in-chief's ability to be commander-in-chief." Chain email stated on February 9, 2015 in a chain email: "Over 200 years ago, the United States had declared war on Islam, and Thomas Jefferson led the charge!" Jerry Jones stated on January 9, 2015 in an interview with ESPN aired Jan. 9, 2015: The cheerleaders for the Dallas Cowboys have "entertained more troops in the world than Bob Hope." Dick Cheney stated on December 14, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida." Jeb Bush stated on December 1, 2014 in a Wall Street Journal CEO Council event: "The pass rate for a high school level test to join the military" is 35 to 40 percent. Adam Kinzinger stated on October 26, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Says Rand Paul "has put out budgets to cut the military in half." John McCain stated on October 12, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "We were told there would never be a case of Ebola in the United States." Bruce Braley stated on September 28, 2014 in a debate: "I recently had the opportunity to vote to give the president limited authority to begin strikes against terrorists in Iraq and Syria." Brit Hume stated on September 21, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday": Says President Barack Obama is "sending a much larger (force) " to deal with Ebola "than ISIS is getting."
Marco Rubio stated on October 26, 2016 in a U.S. Senate debate: Says President Obama "was proposing pinprick strikes" for military intervention in Syria.
Donald Trump stated on October 13, 2016 in a speech: Says Hillary Clinton was "let off the hook" for her email scandal while Gen. David Petraeus had his life "destroyed for doing far, far less."
Donald Trump stated on September 26, 2016 in a presidential debate at Hofstra University: "NATO is opening up a major terror division. ... I'm sure I'm not going to get credit for it, but that was largely because of what I was saying and my criticism of NATO."
Donald Trump stated on August 15, 2016 in a speech on foreign policy in Youngstown, Ohio: "I had previously said that NATO was obsolete because it failed to deal adequately with terrorism. Since my comments, they have changed their policy and now have a new division focused on terror threats."
Joe Biden stated on July 27, 2016 in an appearance on MSNBC: Says Donald Trump "is going to go out and carpet bomb" the Middle East.
Mike Pence stated on July 12, 2016 in a speech at a Trump rally: Says Hillary Clinton "took 13 hours to send help to Americans under fire" during the terrorist attack in Benghazi.
Rob Wittman stated on June 18, 2016 in a Facebook post.: "On average, each U.S. military working dog saves the lives of between 150 and 200 servicemen and women over the span of his career."
John Kirby stated on April 25, 2016 in a State Department news briefing: Says President Barack Obama never said, "No boots on the ground" in Syria.
Donald Trump stated on January 10, 2016 in Ottumwa, Iowa, on NBC's "Meet the Press": The five Guantanamo detainees swapped for Bowe Bergdahl are "back on the battlefield."
Ted Cruz stated on December 15, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: Says carpet bombing means bombing "not a city, but the location of the troops," with "embedded special forces to direct the air power."
Marco Rubio stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN GOP presidential debate: Says that President Barack Obama said an attack on Syria "was going to be a pinprick."
Facebook posts stated on August 13, 2015 in a meme on social media: Says 57 percent of federal spending goes to the military and just 1 percent goes to food and agriculture, including food stamps.
Allen West stated on August 1, 2015 in a blog on his website: The Navy "is bringing charges against" a Navy officer who shot at the Chattanooga shooter "for illegally discharging a firearm on federal property."
Tom Cotton stated on July 15, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": President Barack Obama "said at the beginning of the negotiations that the basic approach was to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for dismantling the sanctions."
Donald Trump stated on July 19, 2015 in comments on ABC's This Week.: Says John McCain "has done nothing to help the vets."
Joe Theismann stated on July 9, 2015 in a discussion on "Outnumbered": "We don’t have a (military) reserve force if something happens."
Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "Even our nuclear arsenal doesn't work. It came out recently they have equipment that is 30 years old. They don't know if it worked."
Ted Cruz stated on July 12, 2014 in a roundtable with Texas businesses: "Every year we spend roughly $500 billion on tax compliance. That is roughly the budget of our entire military, entirely wasted on tax compliance."
Marco Rubio stated on April 25, 2015 in a speech at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Summit: The United States "is not building the aircraft, the long-range bombers, the additional aircraft carriers, the nuclear submarines."
Judicial Watch stated on April 14, 2015 in a web item: "ISIS camp a few miles from Texas, Mexican authorities confirm."
Adam Kinzinger stated on February 15, 2015 in an appearance on ABC's 'This Week': The current debate over authorizing military action against the Islamic State "would be the first time Congress would place limits on the commander-in-chief's ability to be commander-in-chief."
Chain email stated on February 9, 2015 in a chain email: "Over 200 years ago, the United States had declared war on Islam, and Thomas Jefferson led the charge!"
Jerry Jones stated on January 9, 2015 in an interview with ESPN aired Jan. 9, 2015: The cheerleaders for the Dallas Cowboys have "entertained more troops in the world than Bob Hope."
Dick Cheney stated on December 14, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida."
Jeb Bush stated on December 1, 2014 in a Wall Street Journal CEO Council event: "The pass rate for a high school level test to join the military" is 35 to 40 percent.
Adam Kinzinger stated on October 26, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Says Rand Paul "has put out budgets to cut the military in half."
John McCain stated on October 12, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "We were told there would never be a case of Ebola in the United States."
Bruce Braley stated on September 28, 2014 in a debate: "I recently had the opportunity to vote to give the president limited authority to begin strikes against terrorists in Iraq and Syria."
Brit Hume stated on September 21, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday": Says President Barack Obama is "sending a much larger (force) " to deal with Ebola "than ISIS is getting."
