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A post shared on social media purports the Project 2025 calls for the draft to be open to public school students for a 2 year commitment.
ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION, YET?! 🤚
Project 2025: opens up ‘the draft’ to all public school seniors for a 2 year commitment…👇
Private school kids are exempted.
Gee, I wonder why?!
PASS. IT. ON.
— Jeras Ikehorn (@JerasIkehorn) September 20, 2024
Verdict: False
The document does not call for the draft to open to all public school seniors, it instead would require a military entrance exam for those in schools that receive federal funding. A spokesperson for The Heritage Foundation confirmed the project does not call for the reinstatement of the draft.
Fact Check:
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A post shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, alleges Project 2025 calls for the draft to be opened for all seniors in public schools, but that students at private schools are exempt.
The caption reads, “ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION, YET?! Project 2025: opens up ‘the draft’ to all public school seniors for a 2 year commitment…Private school kids are exempted. Gee, I wonder why?! PASS. IT. ON.”
The claim is inaccurate. The Conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation formulated a 1,000 page document that outlines several policies they would like to see implemented. There is no call for a draft in the document. (Fact Check: Fact-Checking Donald Trump’s Claim That Kamala Harris Wants To Bring Back The Military Draft)
The project does call for the expansion of military recruitment and to “improve military recruiters’ access to secondary schools” by requiring students in schools that receive federal funding to take the military entrance exam, according to page 134 of the document provided by Snopes.
A spokesperson for The Heritage Foundation confirmed to Check Your Fact via email that the project does not include reinstating the draft. “We do not call for the reinstatement of the draft anywhere in Project 2025,” the spokesperson said.
This is not the first time misinformation about the U.S. military has circulated online. Check Your Fact recently debunked a claim a post showed U.S. military equipment left behind in Afghanistan.
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