Last week President Trump issued an executive order blocking anyone from seven nations for 120 days (except Syria where it’s open ended).

During the past week several members of Mr. Trump’s administration have tried to portray this as an emergency order to protect American lives. This past Thursday Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews on MSNBC. This is what she said (and I got this from an Associated Press article from the Los Angeles Times:

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. Most people don’t know that because it didn’t get covered

Oh dear, where to start. Let’s start at the beginning with Ms. Conway’s claim that President Obama instituted a six month ban on Iraqis. Snopes.com rated this “mostly false.” In 2011 the State Department slowed issuing of SIV’s (Special Immigrant Visas) after finding that two Iraqi men entered the United States and were living in Bowling Green, Kentucky who shouldn’t have been let in. Because of this the Obama administration added layers of vetting of immigrants from Iraq, but by 2012 the process was back up to full speed. And it bears stating that they slowed one type of visa from one country.

But this wasn’t what made Ms. Conway look like an idiot. She spoke of the “Bowling Green Massacre.” At first I thought she was talking about Bowling Green State University in Ohio, or perhaps the four people killed on May 4, 1970 at Kent State University in Ohio. Problem is, there is no such thing as the “Bowling Green Massacre.”

Never one to miss an opportunity to play the victim, she responded by saying she only misspoke one word. Instead of massacre she should have said terrorists.

Yeah, but it was an important word. She and the rest of the Trump administration have shown us a stunning appetite for falsifying events to advance their agenda (see also Mr. Trump’s claim that his inaugural crowd was the largest ever).

By the way, if you want a giggle, the Bowling Green Massacre has a funding page. You can click here. Full disclosure: it links you to the donation page for the American Civil Liberties Union.