“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.”
Erin Burnett
CNN host. her CNN show, "OutFront". Claim dated 1 Jun 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The law was signed in 1807, but it was last invoked in 1992, and had been invoked numerous times during the 1950s and 1960s to protect civil rights for black Americans in the South.
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In short
Erin Burnett (CNN host) made this claim around 1 June 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 June 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- transcripts.cnn.comhttp://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/2006/01/ebo.01.html
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