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“Looking at “American aid to other countries … the vast majority of it is military aid.”
Marianne Williamson Democratic presidential candidate. an event in New Hampshire. Claim dated 7 Nov 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse

What PolitiFact found

In 2022, military aid accounted for about 13% of overall U.S. foreign aid. In this century, military aid has consistently accounted for less than 40% of overall foreign aid.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Marianne Williamson (Democratic presidential candidate) made this claim around 7 November 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 November 2023, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.

Marianne Williamson has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 1 true.

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