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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kellyann-conway-bowling-green-massacre_us_58940d66e4b09bd304baa78a

Quote:Kellyanne Conway Literally Fabricated A Massacre To Justify Trump’s Immigration Ban
Um, the “Bowling Green Massacre” never happened.





Kellyanne Conway, an adviser to President Donald Trump, cited a nonexistent massacre to justify his highly controversial immigration ban. 
Speaking to Chris Matthews on MSNBC on Thursday night, Conway said: 

.@KellyannePolls says that 2 Iraqi refugees "were the masterminds behind the Bowling Green massacre."
(There was no such massacre.) pic.twitter.com/sD3Nnb5xfE

— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) February 3, 2017

Quote:“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 were the masterminds behind the Bowling Green massacre. Most people don’t know that because it didn’t get covered.”

It also never happened.


Conway, who last month described the Trump administration’s spin as “alternative facts,” appears to be referring to an incident in 2011 when two Iraqi refugees were arrested in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Mohanad Shareef Hammadi and Waad Ramadan Alwan believed they were sending money and weapons to al Qaeda in Iraq when in fact, they were caught in an FBI sting operation. 


While Hammadi and Alwan were convicted in 2013 of terrorism and are currently imprisoned, there was no massacre in Bowling Green nor were they accused of planning or attempting one.


There was also no “ban” on the refugee program. As Business Insider reported, the Obama administration delayed processing refugees as it expanded screening measures; refugees already in the country were re-screened. Iraqi refugees continued to enter the country, just at a slower pace. 


Soon after Conway cited it, “Bowling Green Massacre” began trending on Twitter: 

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Alex Amadeo ???? @Irelay
RT if you died in the Bowling Green Massacre.
10:49 PM - 2 Feb 2017

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Quote:Quinn Sutherland @ReelQuinn
“I learned about the Bowling Green Massacre from my boyfriend George… George Glass.”
11:42 PM - 2 Feb 2017

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Quote:Ryan Gregson @dreemteeth
We were told to #neverforget, but we forgot! We completely forgot the bowling green massacre!
12:27 AM - 3 Feb 2017

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Quote:Jason O. Gilbert 

@gilbertjasono
Mark Wahlberg screaming at his agent, “I WANT A FAHCKIN' BOWLING GREEN MASSACRE SCRIPT YESTERDAY!"
11:40 PM - 2 Feb 2017

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Quote:Ashley @loudined
"Bowling Green Massacre"
12:16 AM - 3 Feb 2017

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Quote:Cynn @n_cynn
so sad to hear about the bowling green massacre, so soon after the lacrosse genocide
12:27 AM - 3 Feb 2017

Quote:David Waldman @KagroX
#NeverRemember #BowlingGreenMassacre
10:28 PM - 2 Feb 2017

Quote:mormonLIBERALmafia @VoteMorales
More people would have attended the @realDonaldTrump inauguration but they all died in the Bowling Green Massacre. Sad.
12:27 AM - 3 Feb 2017

Quote:Victory In Love @VictoryInLove
@tonyposnanski Footage of the bowling green massacre.
11:59 PM - 2 Feb 2017

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Quote:Jen Statsky 

@jenstatsky
Devastated to learn that Manti Te'o's girlfriend was one of the victims lost in the Bowling Green Massacre.
12:02 AM - 3 Feb 2017

Quote:Tony Posnanski 

@tonyposnanski
For every RT this tweet gets I will personally donate one imaginary dollar to the victims of the Bowling Green Massacre.
11:51 PM - 2 Feb 2017

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Quote:netw3rk 

@netw3rk
The Bowling Green Massacre was a very serious massacre that did an amazing job of massacring and is getting recognized more and more
11:17 PM - 2 Feb 2017

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Quote:Dave Lozo 

@davelozo
Bowling Green Massacre
11:10 PM - 2 Feb 2017

Quote:Simon Maloy 

@SimonMaloy
the Bowling Green Massacre sounds like some sports thing from the 20s that George Will knows too much about
11:06 PM - 2 Feb 2017

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Quote:Alec MacGillis 

@AlecMacGillis
One still shudders to think how bad the Bowling Green massacre would've been if not for the heroic intervention of Fred Douglass.
11:15 PM - 2 Feb 2017

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Quote:Mike Drucker 

@MikeDrucker
Thank you, @KellyannePolls for reminding us about the famous Bowling Green Massacre, which occurred on February 30th at 13:00.
11:14 PM - 2 Feb 2017

Quote:Alex Alvarez 

@soalexgoes
*takes a long drag off cigarette*

ay, lads. i remember the bowling green massacre as if it were just made up today.
11:06 PM - 2 Feb 2017

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