Don’t worry, Katrina Pierson. Twitter users have got your back.
After Donald Trump’s spokeswoman blundered Saturday by erroneously saying that President Barack Obama was responsible for the invasion of Afghanistan, tweeters united to helpfully offer her a bunch of other hilariously false historical events she may like to claim as fact.
Under the globally trending #KatrinaPiersonHistory hashtag, they joked that it was actually TV host Larry King who gave Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic “I Have a Dream” address in 1963 and that the breakup of The Beatles was also Obama’s fault.
Check out some of the best posts below:
One of the most important moments in civil rights history was Larry King's "I have a dream" speech. #KatrinaPiersonHistory
— Mark Schenkel (@SchenkelTown) August 13, 2016
Obama convinced Ross that he and Rachel were on a break. Trust me, do whatever you want. #KatrinaPiersonHistory pic.twitter.com/VvxpIGK3lV
— Bryan Behar (@bryanbehar) August 14, 2016
"Obama was the one who decided to kill all those people at that one wedding thing." #KatrinaPiersonHistory pic.twitter.com/ey5SG5kskM
— Zaid Tabani (@zaidtmusic) August 13, 2016
Obama wants to take our guns and replace them with light sabers! #KatrinaPiersonHistory pic.twitter.com/ixah29PXLM
— Portmanteau Jones (@SadlyCatless) August 14, 2016
Moses received Fifteen Commandments, but Obama vetoed five of them. #KatrinaPiersonHistory pic.twitter.com/ntbfScgUnu https://t.co/ljvzCbamCd
— Mr. Chris (@1MrChris) August 13, 2016
Obama's popularity tanked when he fired General McArthur in the middle of the Korean War. #KatrinaPiersonHistory
— Marcus Halberstram (@MarcusHalberst1) August 13, 2016
President Obama not only, shot the Sheriff, he shot the deputy, too.#KatrinaPiersonHistory
— Molly (@Plantflowes) August 13, 2016
Obama called every innkeeper and told them not to rent to Mary and Joseph #KatrinaPiersonHistory
— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) August 13, 2016
Obama gave away the Panama canal that Ronald Reagan built with his own two hands. #katrinaPiersonHistory
— Shoq (@Shoq) August 13, 2016
"And then Khrushchev blew up the Challenger." #KatrinaPiersonHistory
— Larry Richman (@larry411) August 13, 2016
Obama broke up the Beatles #KatrinaPiersonHistory
— Just Maybe (@ShomahKhoobi) August 13, 2016
Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S.
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