“Our generals, the great woke leaders of our military that spent 6 million man-hours training our troops about wokeness — not fighting, not killing bad guys.”
Donald Trump Jr.
former president's son. during in remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando. Claim dated 27 Feb 2022.
Washington Post rated thisThree Pinocchios
What Washington Post found
The 6-million figure is significantly out of context
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump Jr. (former president's son) made this claim around 27 February 2022. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 March 2022, 5 days later. Its rating was “Three Pinocchios”.
Donald Trump Jr. has 18 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 11 of them false or fake, 6 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtqWDQZ1qKc&t=442s
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