Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Michigan) with Trump (Image: Instagram)
Michigan Rep. Lisa McClain (R) falsely claimed that former President Donald Trump caught Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
“Well, President Trump was in office. We didn’t have a war and I think he made three peace treaties,” McClain said at a rally at the beginning of the month. “Caught Osama – Osama bin Laden and Soleimani, Al Baghdadi. And this President is weak. And I’ll tell you weakness breeds aggression. We need strength.”
She was correct that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Qasem Soleimani were both killed during the Trump administration, but bin Laden was assassinated in 2011 during former President Barack Obama‘s administration.
After receiving backlash for her mistake, McClain wrote a response on Twitter.
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