Just a few days after coining the phrase, it appears Kellyanne Conway has come up with an "alternative fact" of her own.
During an interview with MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Thursday, the White House counselor defended President Donald Trump's recent immigration ban in part because of the horrific "Bowling Green Massacre" — something multiple sources confirm never happened.
"I bet it's brand new information to people that President Obama had a six-month ban on the Iraqi refugee program after two Iraqis came here to this country, were radicalized and they were the masterminds behind the Bowling Green Massacre," she said. "Most people don't know that because it didn't get covered."
As New York Daily News points out, it's possible Conway was referring to a case in which two Iraqi nationals were charged and sentenced to jail "for taking part in attacks against U.S. troops in their home country," and who happened to be living in Bowling Green, Kentucky at the time they were indicted. But as the source points out, no incident actually took place on U.S. soil, and there's no evidence of a "massacre" ever having occurred in Bowling Green. Their indictment did lead the Obama administration to review vetting procedures for Iraqi nationalists — but contrary to what Conway suggests, it was in no way a "ban."
Social media was quick to call Conway out on the gaff, with many offering their own memories of the "Bowling Green Massacre" to make light of the mistake. You can read a few of those responses below.
