Kellyanne Conway Invents Fake Massacre

[TomCADem]

Source: The Daily Beast

During an appearance on Chris Matthews’ “Hardball” on Thursday night, Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump’s former campaign manager and now an adviser in his administration, appeared to make up a fictional “massacre” when justifying the President’s ban on refugees and immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries.

“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,” Conway said during an exchange on the program. “Most people don’t know that because it didn’t get covered.”

The media didn’t cover the Bowling Green Massacre because no such event ever happened.

What Conway was likely referring to was an incident in 2011 in which two Iraqi nationals were indicted for allegedly having ties to IED (Improvised Explosive Device) attacks against U.S. troops in Iraq.

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There is no information about the men having committed violent offenses in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Conway’s reference to a “ban” from Obama likely alludes to a review of vetting procedures for individuals coming from Iraq which did occur in 2011 as a result of the Bowling Green arrests. It was not a ban though.

Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kellyanne-conway-invents-fake-massacre/ar-AAmzlkV

[Lil Missy]

15. C***way??? Is that really necessary?

[Hekate]

26. Somebody here stepped in it, bigly.

He's been very busy, too -- 900 posts in just under 2 months. Hm.

[DLevine]

34. Why the misogynistic slur? nt

[msanthrope]

35. Delete this shit. nt

[Hekate]

59. For whatever reason it took 2 juries to get rid of it

I was on one, I assume the first. When I saw the damn thing was still up after an indecent interval, I alerted on it myself for incivility. I don't know why it took two juries to decide that c*** is not an acceptable descriptor even for Kellyanne.

Just checked the timeline. Your post was 5 hours after mine. Did it take a third jury? I mean, DU?

[csziggy]

2. There was a Halloween attraction in Bowling Green called The Massacre

The Massacre in Bowling Green

Horror Industries is a haunted attraction company based in Bowling Green Kentucky. We were founded in 2001 with the establishment of " Halloween House ". Based around the story of Michael Meyers and the Halloween movies it was voted #1 in the state of Kentucky in numerous online polls. Visit The Massacre to find out why we are the most powerful and exciting haunted attraction in the area.
http://themassacreinbowlinggreen.blogspot.com/2011/12/all-things-halloween.html

There is even a Facebook page for the Bowling Green Massacre! https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Massacre-Haunted-House/153955184640213 Unfortunately it has not been operating since 2011.

[Kali]

17. OMG

[Glamrock]

3. Unfortunately

It don't matter. As long as FOX and Limbaugh back it up, it will be truth to 30+% of the population. If they beat the drum hard enough, another 30% will be "not sure, but sure they heard it somewhere.... So it must be true. "

[riversedge]

4. goodness, she forgot

to blame Hillary

Link to tweet

[global1]

5. Aha!!! - Another 'Verifiable Lie' From KellyAnne....nt

[uppityperson]

6. Words fail me so k&r

[OKIsItJustMe]

7. Kellyanne Conway makes up 'Bowling Green massacre' to defend President Trump's immigration ban

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/conway-bowling-green-massacre-defend-trump-ban-article-1.2963116

[font face=Serif][font size=5]Kellyanne Conway makes up 'Bowling Green massacre' to defend President Trump's immigration ban[/font]

BY Chris Sommerfeldt
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Thursday, February 2, 2017, 11:48 PM

[font size=3] Perhaps it was an alternative massacre?

Kellyanne Conway, a senior counselor to President Trump, appeared to concoct a fake "massacre" while justifying Trump's controversial executive order on immigration during a Thursday night interview.

"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," Conway told MSNBC's Chris Matthews. "Most people don't know that because it didn't get covered."

Social media users were quick to point out that the supposed "massacre" didn't get any media coverage because it never actually happened.

…[/font][/font]

[Leghorn21]

9. "Invented", my ass! I was there man! Oh, the carnage! I'll never forget

that day! Or was it night?

I'll call my bud Kellyanne and get my facts straight here in a few...

[Stonepounder]

20. Heck, I was actually killed that day. Whatever day it was. In the BG Massacre!

Alternative facts for my obit whenever it occurs.

[ProfessorGAC]

38. Pffft!

You were killed that day of the BGM? I was killed twice! Now what do you have to say?

[madaboutharry]

10. She is as much a fabulist as Trump.

Nothing she says is to be believed.

The White House has no credibility.

[elehhhhna]

11. A slip? Maybe it's in the works.

[roomtomove]

12. appeared to make up a fictional massacre .........??????

"APPEARED"..........??????? Was she a magician, and only appeared to lie and deceive......?

[IndianaDave]

27. Excellent insight!

Either she was describing an actual event, or she lied (again). Given her record, she just pulled something out of her butt.

[LudwigPastorius]

13. The latest invention from the Trump Administration:

Alternative History


Maybe Kellyanne majored in this at Trump University.

[FiveGoodMen]

50. Alternative History is VERY 1984!

[bhikkhu]

14. I'd almost forgotten the Bowling Green Massacre

The blood, the death, the sheer despair and horror of it! Somehow I'd purged the memory of it, nearly...curse Kellyann Conway for bringing that memory back!

[Solly Mack]

16. Aesop Conway and the Talking Orange.

Moral of the story: Liars are gonna lie.

Mother Grim and her Alternative Facts and Other Fairy tales.

[Thrill]

18. No respect for Chris Matthews for not calling her on that

None. Won't watch his stupid show any more.

[IndianaDave]

28. I fully agree -

It's amazing how often he interrupts his guests, just as they're getting to the heart of what they're trying to say. But when it comes to KA Conway, he lets her drone on and on, fabricating and twisting reality to fit her bizarre narrative. I used to enjoy his show, but not any more, unfortunately.

[LisaM]

29. Maybe he'll correct the record? I remember back

when Paul Krugman tried to debate Bill O'Reilly and finally concluded it was impossible because O'Reilly invented things out of whole cloth that it was impossible to refute because they were fictitious.

[Vinca]

36. He honestly didn't call her out on that??? WTF???

I can't watch Tweety anymore. He's in the top ten annoying people on television. Add Kellyanne to the mix and it's a sure thing a brick will be thrown at the TV.

[Cha]

19. I read fucking tweety bird plays softball with her. the last time Liar KAC

told the truth was when she wasn't on trump's payroll and was calling him out.

[Marcuse]

21. Back then she was running a Cruz super PAC

and was lying about Lying Ted.

[Cha]

22. Oh right.. but not about LIAR trump.

[briv1016]

23. I'm re-reading Nineteen Eighty-Four. This is getting scary.

When will they start creating news articles to support there "facts?"


"And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed— if all records told the same tale— then the lie passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past,’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’ And yet the past, though of its nature alterable, never had been altered. Whatever was true now was true from everlasting to everlasting."

"The past, he reflected, had not merely been altered, it had been actually destroyed. For how could you establish even the most obvious fact when there existed no record outside your own memory?"

~Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four

[Docreed2003]

24. Oh you forgot about that????

How could you forget about the lives lost in Bowling Green that day???

I'd bet Kellyanne couldn't point to Bowling Green on a damn map!!

[SunSeeker]

25. Fucking Tweety never corrected any of her lies. He just let her go on and on and on...

[Rhiannon12866]

30. I know!

The repeat is on now. He asked her a legitimate question, whether it would be true in her guy's administration that he wouldn't be able to appoint a Supreme Court Justice in his last year, two years, when? He said that's what happened with President Obama. And her thoughtful nuanced answer was "So?" Then she just went on and on about a completely different subject - and that's when I yelled at the TV...

[SunSeeker]

57. Good summary of the exchange. Infuriating, but good. nt

[dchill]

31. Oh yeah, the infamous BGM...

Everybody knows about THAT! Right?

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

32. I think Fox Base Alpha is offering the best tribute to those we lost at Bowling Green.

Link to tweet

#NeverForget

[NickB79]

33. Alternative facts strikes again. nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

37. Alt-facts strike OUT again. . . nt

[IronLionZion]

39. This fake story is probably going to be shared among conservatives

and conspiracy theorists. They'll claim the media covered it up for Obama or something completely insane. Just you watch.

RWers love spreading alternate facts and whipping themselves up into a dangerous rage.

[tanyev]

40. So...is there a new SNL this week?

[Seedersandleechers]

41. Donate to The Bowling Green Massacre Victims Fund

https://www.bowlinggreenmassacrefund.com










Hint: It directs you to the ACLU.

[csziggy]

49. BWAHAHHAHHHAAAAAAHHH!

[underpants]

53. Awesome.

[Little Tich]

42. Conway's ability to provide relevant advice to the President seems to be somewhat limited.

I bet she remembers the Bowling Green Massacre very well...

[NurseJackie]

43. Little lies. Lies. Big lies. (Haven't we seen this before?)

[sinkingfeeling]

44. Here's the video of that massacre

https://mobile.twitter.com/VictoryInLove/status/827382322315997185/photo/1

[tazkcmo]

55. omg!!!

You should have a graphic warning or something! Oh, cruel world....

[dalton99a]

45. "Remember the Bowling Green Massacre" - Very historic, very sad day for America.

[SDJay]

46. I Turned This On Last Night

and I lasted two sentences. Within those two sentences I counted at least 3-4 blatant lies and I just could not stand to listen to that horrible woman anymore, so I missed this.

That's fine. She gives me physical pain on several levels. I can't stand people who look you in the eye and boldly lie with confidence over and over and over again, just daring you to call them out repeatedly. It feels to me like that's some sort of sickness. Her total lack of caring for the damage she's doing to humanity for the purpose of power and a paycheck disgusts me beyond my own level of belief. Her utter indifference to whomever she's spewing for that day for her money and power is disturbing. Her willingness to threaten people, the press, whatever, is just as fascist as the dumbass in the WH and is a verbal spear to the heart of our democracy, and she seems as though she couldn't care less about that.

I really think that this woman is evil to the core, and she's figured out how to manipulate the fucking moron with the nuclear codes.

I just cannot stand listening to her.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

47. Article in the WaPo:

Kellyanne Conway cites ‘Bowling Green massacre’ that never happened to defend travel ban

By Samantha Schmidt

@schmidtsam7

February 3 at 1:07 AM

[IronLionZion]

48. Kellyanne has issued a correction

President Trump's senior adviser Kellyanne Conway on Friday said she meant to refer to "Bowling Green terrorists" after she made a claim in a Thursday night interview about a terrorist attack that never happened.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/conway-i-meant-to-say-bowling-green-terrorists/ar-AAmAqZQ?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp

First woman to manage a winning presidential campaign. She's a real inspiration to feminists and young girls everywhere.

[dem4decades]

51. Did she correct the first part of her lie.? The ban?

[IronLionZion]

56. No, but she offers alternative facts

[underpants]

52. Why yes Kellyanne it IS "brand new information"

Because you made it up.

[TexasBushwhacker]

54. Kellyanne has an MSU degree

Making Shit Up

[Bayard]

58. Wha????

I was shocked when I came here this morning and started reading about a massacre in Bowling Green. I thought there must be another Bowling Green somewhere else in the world. Nope, its the one about 45 minutes south of here. Nice college town. But then I felt much better after seeing it was fake news from Conway.

Sheesh!