In order to justify the Muslim Ban, Trump spokesperson Kellyanne Conway invented a hoax terrorist attack and talked about it on national TV. "The Bowling Green Massacre" took over both the airwaves and social media as people tried to fathom why we need fake attacks when there have been plenty of home-grown attacks.
But oh well - nothing has to make sense anymore, right?
Turns out Kellyanne Conway brought up that nonexistent "Bowling Green" massacre several times https://t.co/ts5MVUZb98 pic.twitter.com/O9aRmK0e1T
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) February 6, 2017
Heh. Well played, @ACLU.https://t.co/KBkBVVmHwt #BowlingGreenMasacre #BowlingGreenMassacre
— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) February 3, 2017
This is why I study Public History.these sites must be marked, interpreted & remembered or we are doomed to repeat 'em #bowlinggreenmassacre pic.twitter.com/y485eUgKYt
— Charlie Dahan (@cbdahan) February 3, 2017
2/8/2017- Rest in Peace #KellyanneConway #BowlingGreenMassacre https://t.co/axTGUjzUWS pic.twitter.com/5nm9HuiTyT
— Clay Bennett (@BennettCartoons) February 8, 2017
To be fair, the US media barely covered the Bowling Green massacre.
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) February 7, 2017
Chelsea Clinton knocks Kellyanne Conway: 'Please don't make up attacks' https://t.co/ibKL5uZrBG #BowlingGreenMassacre pic.twitter.com/k54EzMw2Jm
— CNN (@CNN) February 3, 2017
Thoughts and prayers to all affected by the Bowling Green Massacre. #ResistTrump pic.twitter.com/8JQEpB8X1Y
— bэnnydiэgø 📎 (@bennydiego) February 8, 2017
New Yorkers hold vigil for #BowlingGreenMassacre: “It never happened so they were never commemorated.” https://t.co/JR5NwAjtvu
— Richard Hine (@richardhine) February 4, 2017
Never Forget the #BowlingGreenMassacre pic.twitter.com/lJFUHzct31
— 🖕🏻Aunt Crabby 🖕🏻 (@DearAuntCrabby) February 4, 2017
A massacre almost did happen in Bowling Green—when a white supremacist was arrested with 18 guns and 40,000 rounds. https://t.co/K2M9JGw9o7 pic.twitter.com/HfyedVSd80
— The Trace (@teamtrace) February 8, 2017
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