Hurricane Harvey Flooding Uncovers Secret Stash of Obama Administration Ammo-Fiction!
Summary of eRumor:
Hurricane Harvey flooding led to the discovery of ammunition that the Obama administration hid in a small Texas town called Lexmar.
The Truth:
False that the Hurricane Harvey flooding led to the discovery of ammo stashed by the Obama administration in Texas are based on a misidentified photo of an ammo stockpile in Russia from 2011.
The report appeared at the website PatriotsVoice.info under the headline, “Harvey Flooding Uncovers Secret Stash of Ammo Hidden by Obama Administration,” on September 4, 2017.
The website reported that the Obama administration had refused to comment on 200 million rounds of ammunition that supposedly went missing, and about 10% of it was uncovered outside the small Texas town of Lexmar after Hurricane Harvey floods receded:
He has almost a billion dollars worth of weapons and equipment. Having stockpiles of automatic rifle ammo, hand grenades and mortar shells dispersed around the country would come in awfully handy in an all-out ground assault.