The individual who vandalized the Iwo Jima memorial received $2,000 a month in cash via an EBT card.
Posted by The Kuhner Report, Checked
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The Kuhner ReportOct 26, 2026
No provided source mentions EBT cards, cash benefits, or any government payments to Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, so the claim cannot be graded either way. The claim also departs from the passage: the post presents the $2,000 figure as a speculative bet ('I bet you'), not as a verified fact, and the extraction drops that framing.
What was said
… 26 years. Just so that people understand, we paid for every meal, we paid for his housing, we paid for his clothes, we paid for his healthcare, we paid for his education, we paid for his freaking phone. I mean, there's nothing. And I bet you, $2,000 a month cash, cash, $2,000 a month, we reloaded that EBT card, you know, uh, uh, recharged it every single month, and this is how you pay us back. Again, I used the term last week over and over again: ingrate. Look at this disgusting ingrate. And so, Kurt, look, we've got to start respecting ourselves as a country. …
The Kuhner Report · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Context. Sources identify the suspect as Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, 27, of Stafford, Virginia, charged with felony destruction of property, trespass, and felony injury to a monument after the Iwo Jima statue in Quantico was decapitated with a sledgehammer.[1][2][3][4]
Context. A Fox News-sourced report describes the suspect as a Mexican illegal alien and former DACA recipient who lost that status this year, but it does not mention any cash payments or EBT benefits.[5]
Context. The only EBT-related source is a general state-by-state guide to SNAP and EBT rules, which says nothing about this individual or any payments to him.[6]
Context. Court and bond coverage shows the suspect was granted a $2,500 bond on October 26, 2026, and does not address his finances or benefits.[7]
Sources
7 sources: 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 5 not rated
- 1DHS Issues Statement After Illegal Alien Attacks Iwo Jima ...dhs.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 2Man accused of beheading Iwo Jima statue in Virginia with sledgehammer | CNNcnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 3Man broke head off Iwo Jima statue in Quantico with ...nbcwashington.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 4Man caught vandalizing Iwo Jima statue with sledgehammer, police saydcnewsnow.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Illegal alien with former DACA status accused in Iwo Jima statue attackyahoo.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6EBT card | StateEBTstateebt.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Man Accused Of Damaging Iwo Jima Statue Granted Bond | WHP 580whp580.iheart.com · not rated · cited for: context
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- The individual who vandalized the Iwo Jima memorial is an illegal alien from Mexico who has been on the dole for 26 years.True
- The Iwo Jima memorial was damaged by a person using a sledgehammer to decapitate one of the soldiers.True
- The United States government hands out 79 billion dollars every January to poor people.False