If you're a spokesperson for Donald Trump, you need to do some Olympic-level gymnastics with the truth just to get through the day. But also like Olympic gymnasts, sometimes you fall. That is what we witnessed this morning on CNN when Trump surrogate and conservative wing-nut Katrina Pierson did a complete faceplant trying to blame the war on Afghanistan on President Obama.

While defending Trump's allegedly sarcastic remarks calling Obama the "founder of ISIS," Pierson said in all seriousness, "Remember, we weren't even in Afghanistan by this time [in 2009]. Barack Obama went into Afghanistan, creating another problem."

Bewildered CNN anchor Victor Blackwell asked her to clarify, "You're saying Barack Obama took the country into Afghanistan post-2009?"

"That was Obama's war, yes," Pierson responded.

For those of you who have been living under a rock, United States and British troops entered Afghanistan in late 2001, under the leadership of President George W. Bush. Eight years and two presidential terms before Obama swore the oath of office.

This is only the latest in Pierson's inexplicable and off-the-wall behavior. In 2012, she sent a derisive and racist tweet about both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama's heritage. (Side note: Pierson voted for Obama in 2008.)

Pierson also proudly donned a bullet necklace on CNN earlier this year. Because that's a totally sane thing to do in a nation plagued by gun violence.

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Surely @KatrinaPierson wore bullet necklace on #CNN to bring attention to 90 Americans fatally shot daily #gunsense pic.twitter.com/o45m0V1hXe — Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) December 30, 2015

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The saddest part of this whole thing, though, is that there will be no fallout from this. No one in Trumpland cares about the truth. In fact, this is the conversation I imagine is happening in Trump HQ right now.

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