“Biden knows failure. His own defense secretary said, 'Biden has been wrong on every major foreign policy and national security decision for nearly four decades.’”
What Washington Post found
The quote is accurate but former Defense Secretary Robert Gates indicated he supported Biden for president
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Matt Gaetz (Member of Congress (R-Fla.)) made this claim around 24 August 2020. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 August 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Lacks context”.
Matt Gaetz has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 5 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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