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Katrina Pierson

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The unflappabl­e Pierson, who exhibits frequent allergy to the truth, rose to prominence supporting Ted Cruz’s 2012 Senate campaign. She was arrested in 1997 for shopliftin­g ishow and has appeared on a reality Law.” ” Sh She i is about lawyers called “Sisters in also The Donald’s national spokeswoma­n. In late December, Pierson wore a bandolier-style tweeting she necklace of bullets on CNN, later bring awareness might “wear a fetus next time & And we’d to 50 million aborted people.” infamous be remiss if we didn’t mention her job?” (She truther tweet: “9/11 ... An inside to Benghazi later indicated she was referring — but still.) Then there’s her Voldemort-esque which call in 2012 for a pure-blooded President, “Perfect she later dismissed as “silliness”: Romney’s dad Obama’s dad born in Africa, Mitt left?” born in Mexico. Any pure breeds mockery In recent weeks, Pierson has invited history — arguing for her tenuous grasp of U.S. 2004 death that Capt. Humayun Khan’s and calling in Iraq was Barack Obama’s fault war,” even the war in Afghanista­n “Obama’s until 2009 though he didn’t become President War. and was an opponent of the Iraq had “literally She also claimed that reporters submission,” beat Trump supporters into “literally.” ignoring the meaning of the word candidates’ She also claimed on-air that presidenti­al tax returns was tradition of disclosing Mitt Romney a “novelty,” though she’d needled in 2012 about that very issue. but Pierson has no background in medicine, diagnosing Hillary that didn’t stop her from boldly Clinton with dysphasia, a speech-impairing any evidence. neurologic­al disorder, without

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