“Many of these teachers are soldiers, ex-soldiers, ex-policeman.”
Donald Trump
former president and 2024 presidential candidate. Claim dated 10 May 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
Education Department data for 2019 shows about 2% of teachers are military veterans.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (former president and 2024 presidential candidate) made this claim around 10 May 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 May 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
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