“We sell arms to 60% of the world's autocrats. We are the world's largest arms exporters.”
Marianne Williamson
Democratic presidential candidate. an event in New Hampshire. Claim dated 7 Nov 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisTrue
What PolitiFact found
The U.S. is the world’s largest arms exporter, with 40% of the global share, easily ahead of Russia at 16%.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Marianne Williamson (Democratic presidential candidate) made this claim around 7 November 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 November 2023, 7 days later. Its rating was “True”.
Marianne Williamson has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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