The truth about Trump's claim in video of Gold Star families at Arlington A TikTok video of former President Donald Trump's controversial visit to Arlington National Cemetery, where he marked the third anniversary of a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. troops during the chaotic evacuation of Afghanistan overseen by President Joe Biden, has been viewed more than 11 million times. Federal law prohibits election-related activities at military cemeteries, but Trump's entourage pushed past a cemetery employee who tried to prevent Trump's aides from bringing cameras, according to the Army. The TikTok shows Trump talking to families as these words are spoken by him in a voice-over: "We didn't lose one person in 18 months. And then they took over that disaster." In Trump's phrasing, it sounds as if no troops were killed in Afghanistan during the last 18 months of his presidency. That's false, though as we showed in our fact check, there was an 18-month gap with no fatalities across Trump's and Biden's combined presidencies. To read the full fact check, and find out the Pinocchio rating, please click the link below. Enjoy this newsletter? Forward it to someone else who'd like it! If this email was forwarded to you, sign up here. Did you hear something fact-checkable? Send it here; we'll check it out. Pro-Trump group attacks Harris for murder that took place 14 years ago Preserve America PAC is a pro-Trump group, largely funded by billionaire Miriam Adelson, that expects to spend $100 million in this election cycle, according to one news report. The group recently released an ad, in 30-second and 60-second versions, that falsely links the Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, to the murder of a teenager nearly 14 years ago. Harris at the time was the district attorney for San Francisco. The murder took place in Texas. The ad packs a punch because the only voice is that of an aggrieved mother, Laura Wilkerson, who chokes up at points. But if viewers aren't looking carefully at the date of the tombstone depicted at the start of the ad, they could easily conclude that this murder happened during the Biden administration as a result of its border policies. "If Kamala Harris is elected president, it'll get worse. If it can happen to my family, it can happen to yours," Wilkerson says. To read the full fact check and find out the Pinocchio rating, please click the link below. We're always looking for fact-check suggestions. You can reach us via email, Twitter (@GlennKesslerWP and @AdriUsero) or Facebook. We're also on TikTok. Read about our process and rating scale here, and sign up for the newsletter here. About the cats: It's a Friday and sometimes our fact checks deal with heavy or depressing subjects. So we hope to bring a smile to your face. Scroll down to read other Afghanistan-related fact checks | 
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