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Rep. Lisa McClain falsely claimed that Osama bin Laden was caught during the Trump administration.
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Bin Laden was killed in a 2011 Obama administration raid.
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McClain also falsely claimed unemployment is 40 years high, calling the Biden administration “weak.”
Michigan Congresswoman Lisa McClain falsely claimed at a campaign rally on Saturday that Osama bin Laden had been caught by the Trump administration.
“Well, President Trump was in office. We didn’t have a war and I think he made three peace treaties,” McClain said during her speech. ‘Osama Caught – Osama bin Laden and Soleimani, Al Baghdadi. And this president is weak. And I’ll tell you that weakness breeds aggression. We need strength.’
Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian general, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a leader of ISIS, were both killed in military operations completed during the Trump administration.
However, the 2011 raid that killed bin Laden was carried out during President Barack Obama’s first term in office. Joe Biden was vice president at the time. Trump presented “The Apprentice” – a reality/game show on NBC.
During her comments McClain also said: unemployment is at a “40 year high” while there is “labour shortage”.
The current unemployment rate is 3.8%, down from a record 14.7% during the height of the pandemic and lower than it has been for most of the past 20 years.
McClain’s office did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.
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