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Garnett Genuis

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Andrew Scheer

Canadian member of Parliament.

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What DI has documented

DI has documented statements by Garnett Genuis on Military and Defense and U.S. Politics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.

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Statements by Garnett Genuis

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Garnett Genuis

Role at the time: Member of the Canadian Parliament

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Response to this claim

The people shown were participants in a youth cadet program, and the cadets themselves were not members of the Canadian military.

“Cadets do great work, and are not members of the military.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Pentagon defends Hegseth's post about Canadian cadet programParagraphs describing the original post, Pentagon response, and Garnett Genuis response.
Why we used this label

The response challenges the factual characterization implied by using the cadet image to comment on Canadian military capability.

Read statementDid Pete Hegseth’s “this is real” post mock Canadian cadets?

A participant is a subject of the case. A speaker has a statement documented in it. A commentator has an opinion or editorial documented in it.