Earlier this week, Trump plaything/talking head/ alternative fact-spewer/ I'm not really sure what her job actually is/ spouted off some completely untrue nonsense about a terrorist massacre in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 2011, which never happened.
She was talking about the immigration ban on Chris Matthews' "Hardball," her very own personal safe space, when this tangle of words that mean nothing came out of her mouth:
"I bet, there was very little coverage—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. I mean, most people don't know that because it didn't get covered."
That's because a massacre never really happened.
While there were two radicalized Iraqis in Bowling Green who were arrested and convicted of terrorism-related charges in Bowling Green in 2011, there was no massacre. Those arrests did get coverage.
While Conway later said she misspoke, the Internet (and the world) is good for at least one thing in this horrible alternative fact reality we are living in now: making diamonds out of coal, making lemonade out of lemons, and creating memes out of hot garbage.
Some amazing American hero created a website, The Bowling Green Massacre Fund, to raise money for the nonexistent victims. When you click to donate, it goes to the ACLU.
A few brave souls took to the streets to protest:
Spotted at the Bowling Green subway station. A group chanting: "we all are Bowling Green, never remember, always forget" #BowlingGreen pic.twitter.com/OmgMPZTwfp
— Frank Posillico (@FrankPosillico) February 4, 2017
Meanwhile, Twitter did its thing:
Saddened and sickened by Frederick Douglass' silence surrounding the Bowling Green Massacre.
— Natasha Rothwell (@natasharothwell) February 3, 2017
I've appointed Frederick Douglass to look into how we can stop another #BowlingGreenMasacre
— Donald Trump (@RealPresidentT) February 3, 2017
It's nice to see businesses giving back in the wake of a national tragedy. #BowlingGreenMasacre pic.twitter.com/TW8IQs7fhN
— Diealated (@Diealated) February 3, 2017
Why is the dishonest media saying the Bowling Green Massacre isn't real, when we have evidence? pic.twitter.com/pjysd2utue
— Griffin Dobbins (@GriffinDobbins) February 3, 2017
We'll be sharing photos and fun facts about the #BowlingGreenMassacre as soon as it happens. #staytuned
— Bowling Green NPS (@BowlingGreenNPS) February 3, 2017
Wow we can't wait to see this #BowlingGreenMasacre pic.twitter.com/dsUwuekOOF
— People For Bernie (@People4Bernie) February 4, 2017
Praying for the millions who didn't make it out safely. #ThingsYouThoughtWereReal #BowlingGreenMasacre pic.twitter.com/te1IxkWsPD
— TJ Amos (@caheddr) February 4, 2017
Another rare shot of the #BowlingGreenMasacre pic.twitter.com/K3fZQ8Kpt8
— A. Nony Mouse (@Ay_Nony_Mouse) February 3, 2017
Where were you when the pins fell?#BowlingGreenMasacre pic.twitter.com/kCh14Yxjrr
— Stop Trump 🍷 (@StopTrump2020) February 4, 2017
Alternative History Month #BowlingGreenMasacre pic.twitter.com/zPP1K6swkL
— Skelmpie22 (@Skelmpie22) February 4, 2017
I didn't lose two very close friends in the #BowlingGreenMasacre. Here isn't a picture of them. #NeverRemember pic.twitter.com/RImABdnpQz
— Greg Rikaart (@gregrikaart) February 3, 2017
@okapiden @ArtTillery1980 @tynanwrites @SigmaRoman @Mike_P_Williams @JordanUhl @Astro_Adept @KrisSanchez pic.twitter.com/bgNWGZf5xJ
— Wisconsin Gov PR (@WiGovPR) February 4, 2017
Thank you, Internet and humans for giving us a chuckle during these dark days.