“The National Guard in the HISTORY of its life, gets called in AFTER a disaster, not BEFORE something happens.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 2 Apr 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The National Guard stages itself to provide support in advance of large gatherings and bad weather. Its assistance is not exclusive to a disaster’s aftermath, as some eclipse-focused posts claimed.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 April 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 April 2024, 6 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/C5RMQ67uX9C/
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