What did Kellyanne Conway claim about immigration on 2 Feb 2017?
Kellyanne Conway, Counselor to the President ·
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. Most people don't know that because it didn't get covered.
There was no Bowling Green massacre. The two Iraqi men living there pleaded guilty to trying to send weapons and money to Al-Qaeda in Iraq.
No massacre took place in Bowling Green. The two Iraqi men living there pleaded guilty to attempting to send weapons and money to Al-Qaeda in Iraq and admitted to past attacks on U.S. soldiers in Iraq. They were sentenced to life and 40 years in prison (Justice Department, January 29, 2013).
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- Interview on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, defending the January 2017 travel and refugee order.
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