{"id":1474325,"date":"2022-05-13T12:14:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T16:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1474325"},"modified":"2022-05-13T12:14:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T16:14:55","slug":"fact-check-no-the-military-did-not-sentence-tom-vilsack-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-the-military-did-not-sentence-tom-vilsack-to-death\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: No, The Military Did Not Sentence Tom Vilsack To Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-no-the-military-did-not-sentence-tom-vilsack-to-death%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1474325&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/boatorg\/posts\/pfbid07HhuFVtqu8TfYVLZgV5vmqsq9G4c3d5QJwANJF7c5hw4cTixBLNk7qa2xUqsf9M3l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims the U.S. military sentenced Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to death for his alleged role in the destruction of food processing plants around the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vilsack has not been arrested or charged with any crime. The rumor stems from a website that publishes \u201chumor, parody, and satire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A recent string of fires at food processing plants across the U.S. has fueled conspiracy theories about planned food shortages, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/factcheck-processing-fire\/fact-check-food-processing-plant-fires-in-2022-are-not-part-of-a-conspiracy-to-trigger-u-s-food-shortages-idUSL2N2WW2CY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a> reported. An article shared on Facebook claims Vilsack was recently arrested and sentenced to death for his alleged role in the fires.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMilitary Sentences Vilsask to Hang,\u201d reads the article\u2019s title. The article appears to have since been deleted. \u201cWell guys we have our arsonist of all our food plants right here! Busted and he hangs next week for treason,\u201d reads the Facebook post\u2019s caption.<\/p>\n<p>This claim is baseless. Check Your Fact searched the websites of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/?Search=Tom+Vilsack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Defense Department<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/search.justice.gov\/search?query=Vilsack&#038;op=Search&#038;affiliate=justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justice Department<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/usdasearch.usda.gov\/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&#038;affiliate=usda&#038;query=Vilsack+arrested&#038;commit=Search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Agriculture Department<\/a> but found no mention of Vilsack\u2019s alleged arrest and sentencing. There are likewise no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Tom+Vilsack+convicted&#038;oq=Tom+Vilsack+convicted&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57j33i160.10172j0j7&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credible news reports<\/a> about the secretary\u2019s purported death sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Vilsack testified before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on May 10 about the Agriculture Department\u2019s 2023 budget request, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?520093-1\/agriculture-secretary-testifies-2023-usda-budget-request\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">C-SPAN<\/a>. He has also been active on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecVilsack?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> since his alleged arrest and sentencing. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/04\/28\/fact-check-joe-biden-climate-plan-require-90-percent-less-red-meat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does Joe Biden\u2019s Climate Plan Require Americans To Eat 90% Less Red Meat?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The viral claim appears to have <a href=\"https:\/\/realrawnews.com\/2022\/05\/military-sentences-vilsack-to-hang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">originated<\/a> with a May 10 article with the same headline published by the satirical website Real Raw News. The website includes a Disclaimer on its \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/realrawnews.com\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">About Us<\/a>\u201d page that states, \u201cThis website contains humor, parody, and satire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The death sentence story appears to be a continuation of an <a href=\"https:\/\/realrawnews.com\/2022\/04\/military-arrests-bidens-sec-of-agriculture-tom-vilsack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 29<\/a> article published by Real Raw News that alleged Vilsack had been arrested by the military. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/05\/03\/fact-check-tom-vilsack-arrested-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check Your Fact<\/a> debunked that claim at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An article shared on Facebook claims the U.S. military sentenced Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to death for his alleged role in the destruction of food processing plants around the country.Verdict:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":1482866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1474325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1474325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1482866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1474325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1474325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1474325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}