President Donald Trump highlighted video footage on his Truth Social account Thursday to call attention to Vice President Kamala Harris’ lies during their presidential debate about U.S. troops in combat zones.
Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) shared the recent video featured in Trump’s post. The video shows U.S. troops being shot at while overseas in an active combat zone in the Middle East.
According to Fox News, Harris had boasted about the Biden administration’s “successful” efforts to remove U.S. troops out of war zones. She said in the debate, “There is not one member of the United States military who is in active duty in a combat zone in any war zone around the world, the first time this century.”
Banks told Fox News Digital, “That is just a complete lie. This video proves that we have troops being fired on.”
He slammed Harris, adding, “We have dangerous threats around the world, and Kamala Harris is trying to score cheap political points and lie to the American people right before the election to say that we don’t have troops in combat zones.”
When Banks shared the video footage on his X profile, he wrote, “Reminder, Kamala Harris lied to the entire world last week when she said that we currently have no active duty troops deployed in war zones!” He added, “Unfit to lead!”
According to Fox News, the U.S. has around 2,500 troops in Iraq and 900 in Syria who are earning combat pay, with both areas designated as combat zones. Banks shared, “We have troops in the Middle East. The Houthis are using our Navy ships as target practice. We have dangerous threats around the world.”