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Jim Banks

U.S. representative. 3 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2021 to 2021. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.

Jim Banks, U.S. representative

“Because of the negligence, the hasty and incompetent withdrawal led by this commander in chief, all of the $85 billion dollar’s worth of equipment has been left behind and fallen into the hands of the Taliban.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Exaggerates

FactCheck.org says: $82.9 billion is the total amount spent on the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund since the war began in 2001. Only a portion of that is equipment. And experts say much of the equipment has been used up or is inoperable.