“As an Army captain and Ranger during the Cold War, he led men in our battle against socialism.”
What Washington Post found
Messner took the Ranger course, meaning he was Ranger-qualified, but he was not a U.S. Army Ranger, according to the Army.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
voiceover (Corky Messner for Senate) made this claim around 7 May 2020. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 July 2020, 76 days later. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
voiceover has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 7 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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