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“The Americans, all of whom wanted to come out, have come out" of Afghanistan.”
Chuck Schumer U.S. senator. TV interview. Claim dated 3 Sep 2021.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse

What FactCheck.org found

Government officials say that fewer than 100 U.S. citizens, and an unknown number of U.S. legal permanent residents, who want to leave Afghanistan are still in the country.

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In short

Chuck Schumer (U.S. senator) made this claim around 3 September 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 September 2021, 4 days later. Its rating was “False”.

Chuck Schumer has 11 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 3 of them false or fake, 6 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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