“There wasn’t a SINGLE American casualty in Afghanistan in the last year and a half of the Trump admin.”
Social media posts
Social media post. Claim dated 19 Aug 2021.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
In fact, 11 U.S. service members were killed in Afghanistan last year, including four in combat, according to the Defense Casualty Analysis System.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 19 August 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 August 2021, 6 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.is/p32qe
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