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11 October
5:24 pm

this war started under the Democrats with Iran almost having a nuclear weapon

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Darline Graham, at South Carolina U.S. Senate General Election Debate (SCETV)

5:24 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific causal claim linking the war's origin to Democratic leadership and Iran's near-nuclear status — both the timing and the Iran nuclear assertion are verifiable and contested
What we foundThe war with Iran was initiated by the Trump administration on February 28, 2026 — not under Democrats — and while Iran was dangerously close to nuclear breakout capability, it had not built a nuclear weapon and intelligence agencies assessed it had not made a weaponization decision.
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