Republican National Convention Day 4, 2024 Fact Check

Republican National Convention Day 4, 2024 Fact Check


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CBS News is verifying some of the claims made by speakers at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On Thursday, the Fourth and final night of the RNCRepublican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump spoke at the convention. Other speakers included former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, Hulk Hogan and Trump’s son Eric Trump.

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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Claims US Destroyed ISIS and Caliphate: Misleading

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo:”We have destroyed ISIS and its caliphate.”

Details:The speed at which coalition forces have retaken territory from the Islamic State group has accelerated under Trump, and in the spring of 2019, U.S.-backed forces declared the end of the group’s territorial “caliphate.” But territorial losses do not mean total defeat.

In August 2019, the Defense Department’s inspector general warned in a report that the group had “solidified its insurgency capabilities in Iraq and is re-emerging in Syria.” The U.S. has about 900 troops in Syria and 2,500 in Iraq as part of a mission to defeat the group, according to CBS News. reported This year, more than 3,500 U.S. troops are also in Jordan to support the mission, according to a White House statement.

Affiliates of the Islamic State group continue to operate in Afghanistan, Libya and Africa, according to a May 2024 report from the Congressional Research Service.

By Laura Doan and James LaPorta


Pompeo claims no ‘Chinese spy balloons’ flew over US during Trump administration: False

Pompeo:”Not a single Chinese spy balloon has flown over the United States of America. Four years.”

Details:Chinese surveillance balloons flew over the United States at least three times during former President Donald Trump’s administration, according to a senior Biden administration official, as reported CBS News.

Trump also told Fox News that Chinese spy balloons “never existed under the Trump administration.”

By Emma Li