Slate: Pence Falsely Links Soleimani to 9/11 Attacks to Justify Assassination
Some say the vice president was trying to make the argument that the killing was authorized under a broad 2001 law.
You know it’s bad when the Vice President not only spreads a conspiracy theory, but can’t even get basic numbers right. In a wildly inaccurate tweet, he says there were 12 hijackers on 9/11. Does he really not know the true number?
Honest question. Everyone knows there were 19 hijackers. I mean it’s a number scarred into our consciousness. Is there some weird conspiracy theory that Pence is referencing here that I don’t know about that says that there were only 12 terrorists? Help. He can’t be this bad. https://t.co/onxrTuViNq
— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) January 4, 2020