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All Fact-checks for Patriotism

Vivek Ramaswamy

stated on June 18, 2023 in an interview with "Fox News Sunday"

“Young Americans across this country are no longer proud to be American.”

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stated on March 2, 2022 in an ad

"Donald Trump's appeasement of Putin wasn't just a personal act of treason, it's the Republican Party's official position."

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Instagram posts

stated on August 29, 2021 in an Instagram post

“The Biden White House had no representative” who came to honor the return of the 13 service members’ remains at Dover Air Force Base.

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Kayleigh McEnany

stated on July 6, 2021 in a TV segment

“We know most of our forefathers, all of our main Founding Fathers were against slavery, recognized the evils of it.”

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stated on July 1, 2021 in a Facebook post

A Marine painted his house red, white and blue after he "was told by his neighbors that he could not fly the American flag in his yard all year long."

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stated on May 18, 2021 in a Facebook post

Says James Mattis said, “If you burn the American flag you’ll spend two years in the military. I promise you, you’ll be cured of the desire to burn a flag ever again.”

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stated on September 23, 2020 in a Facebook post

“Don’t buy the new Pepsi can coming out with pics of the Empire State building and the Pledge of Allegiance on them. Pepsi left out 2 little words in the pledge ‘Under God.’”

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Republican Party of Wisconsin

stated on September 17, 2020 in Campaign mailer

"At the Democratic convention, the Pledge of Allegiance was read with the words 'under God' removed."

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stated on September 21, 2020 in a tweet

“Joe Biden completely botches the Pledge of Allegiance.”

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stated on April 26, 2020 in a Facebook post

Students no longer say the Pledge of Allegiance in schools.

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stated on September 17, 2020 in a Facebook post

“McDonald’s removes their American flags in support of Antifa & BLM nationwide.”

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stated on September 5, 2020 in a Facebook post

“Kroger Corporate says employees can not wear flag masks but they can wear BLM masks!”

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stated on August 28, 2020 in a Facebook post

Olive Garden employees are allowed to wear Black Lives Matter masks “but NOT the American flag.”

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stated on June 19, 2020 in a viral image

NFL player “stood alone" while his whole team stayed in the locker room during the national anthem, “a real American patriot!”

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stated on June 15, 2020 in a blog post

“Speaker Pelosi presents a special ‘service flag’ to Mr. Floyd’s family.”

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stated on February 2, 2020 in a Facebook post

Says Joe Biden’s campaign told an Iowa library where Jill Biden was holding an event “to remove the American flag as they did not want to say the pledge of allegiance.”

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stated on December 8, 2019 in a Facebook post

"Ilhan Omar just hosted a flag burning party."

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stated on August 13, 2019 in a post on Facebook

Says Barbara Walters said Jane Fonda "betrayed not only the idea of our country, but specific men who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War."

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stated on September 18, 2019 in a retweet from his account

Says Ilhan Omar "partied" on the anniversary of 9/11.

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stated on July 8, 2019 in a Facebook post

Soccer players on the U.S. women’s national team "stomped" on the American flag.

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Here’s why there are flags on the National Mall

Here’s why there are flags on the National Mall

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 20, 2021