Lie September 20, 2019 · Remarks · Foreign policy

“When I came in, our military was depleted. Frankly, we didn't have ammunition, okay?”

Said
September 20, 2019
Where
Remarks
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
Repeated
49 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 13893)

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