Where Did “Alternative Facts” Come From?

With everything happening in the world, it’s easy to forget even the most outlandish statements that came out of the Trump administration even a few years ago. We need to recall how the world stood agape at President Donald Trump’s advisor Kellyanne Conway, who, it could be said, propelled American society forward in the land where facts have ceased to matter.

Conway said that then-White House press secretary Sean Spicer used “alternative facts” when he falsely called the crowds at Trump’s swearing-in ceremony “the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe.”

Then we had this:

President Donald Trump’s advisor Kellyanne Conway on Monday sidestepped questions about whether any evidence backs Trump’s explosive claim that President Barack Obama ordered a wiretap on him ahead of the 2016 election.

In a series of morning show interviews, Conway, a counselor to Trump, did not cite any specific information to back the accusation. She said the White House wanted to see how investigations in Congress played out.

“I’m not in the job of having evidence. That’s what investigations are for,” she told CNN’s “New Day.”

Welcome to the dawning of an Orwellian nation.