Donald Trump"s spokeswoman Katrina Pierson says (incorrectly) that it was Obama who "went into Afghanistan"

Katrina Pierson Gets Frustrated and Yells at CNN Anchor Over Her Latest Trump Spin Appearance

Donald Trump"s spokeswoman leveled false accusations against President Obama on Saturday, saying he started the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.

When asked on CNN about Trump sayingObama was the "founder" of Islamic State, spokeswoman Katrina Pierson delivered a lengthy response in which she proclaimedit was Obama who "went into Afghanistan," where U.S. troops had begun fighting in 2001 under former President George W. Bush.

"Remember, we werent even in Afghanistan by this time," she said of Obama taking office in 2009. "Barack Obama went into Afghanistan creating another problem."

The visibly surprised CNN anchor pressed Pierson to confirm that she was saying thatObama took the country into Afghanistan.

"What I"m saying is the policies of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton that was Obamas war, yes, Pierson said.

The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Pierson cited audio problems.

Pierson, who ran unsuccessfully in a 2014 primary against Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas), is a regular face on cable news, staunchly defending her boss.

But she"s also been the subject of controversy.

When Trump recently battled publicly with Khizr Khan, whose sonwas killed by a car bomb in 2004 while serving in Iraq, Pierson blamed Obama for the death of the fallen soldier. Humayun Khan was killed five years before Obamatook office.

"It was under Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton that changed the rules of engagement that probably cost [Capt. Khans]life," she said on CNN this month.

The nonpartisanPolitiFact ranked her claim "pants on fire" its harshest critiquein terms of false statements.

Source: http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-donald-trump-s-spokeswoman-says-it-was-1471118986-htmlstory.html