Trump Spox Katrina Pierson: We Weren’t in Afghanistan Until Obama Decided to Go Innby Josh Feldman | 11:04 am, August 13th, 2016 VIDEOn ...
Trump Spox Katrina Pierson: We Weren’t in Afghanistan Until Obama Decided to Go Innby Josh Feldman | 11:04 am, August 13th, 2016 VIDEOn nkatrina piersonDonald Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson has once again blamed President Obama for something that happened years before he took office.nnRemember how Pierson blamed Obama for Captain Humayun Khan‘s death in 2004? Well, on CNN this morning, as she was arguing with anchor Victor Blackwell about Trump’s “founder of ISIS” remark, Pierson actually said, “Remember, we weren’t even in Afghanistan by this time. Barack Obama went into Afghanistan, creating another problem.”nn nBlackwell asked, “You’re saying Barack Obama took the country into Afghanistan post-2009?” Pierson said, “That was Obama’s war, yes.”nnAfter the commercial break, Blackwell confronted her about this glaring factual inaccuracy. Pierson protested that “we’re talking about ISIS specifically.”nn nBlackwell pointed out that ISIS sis not suddenly spring up when Obama became president.nnWe should point out here that after Pierson got in trouble for muddling the facts on Captain Khan’s death recently, a high-level Trump adviser said on CNN, “I think we’re fixing it, I guarantee you that won’t happen again with her, that’s for sure.”nnWhoops.nnWatch above, via CNN. Less