#KatrinaPiersonHistory Trends After Trump Spokesperson Revises History

Between Donald Trump and Katrina Pierson, I don’t know who needs the biggest muzzle. Or, at least, a lesson in history and timelines. Suggested Reading Fiercest Looks Black Stylists Wayman + Micah Have Curated This Year All About Kimora Lee Simmons and Her ‘Life In The Fab Lane’ The Story of This Black Florida Chef…

Between Donald Trump and Katrina Pierson, I don’t know who needs the biggest muzzle. Or, at least, a lesson in history and timelines.

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In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Pierson, the Republican presidential nominee’s spokesperson, spoke about Trump apologizing … I mean, honoring … Humayun Khan’s death while defending Trump’s attacks against the deceased soldier’s family. Pierson then went and gave history a little makeover.

“It was under Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton that changed the rules of engagement that probably cost [Khan’s] life,” she said (2:04 mark).

Well, how could that be, when Khan was killed in Iraq in 2004 and Obama did not become president until 2009?

Of course, social media was ready, and #KatrinaPiersonHistory was created:

https://twitter.com/AlikaHope/status/760717623042736135
https://twitter.com/eclecticbrotha/status/760675543201177601

Pierson once again proved that she’s the perfect Trump spokesperson, since it appears they’re sharing the same brain.

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