MSNBC/NBC News host Andrea Mitchell baffled Twitter late Friday night by tweeting a "fact" about World War II that was thrice incorrect.
Mitchell was responding to an NBC News tweet on the origins of the French holiday Bastille Day when she decided to share a historical tidbit of her own. Mitchell wrote that it was the "100th anniversary of US entering WWII."
And the 100th anniversary of US entering WWII https://t.co/ZbPgSQkEGT
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) July 16, 2017
The U.S. entry into World War II was actually in December of 1941, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. That would make it slightly over 75 years ago.
It's possible Mitchell meant to say it was the anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War I, which was indeed a hundred years ago in 1917. But the U.S. entered the war when they declared war on Germany in April; the actual anniversary was months ago.
Mitchell was roundly mocked for somehow managing to get the wrong day, month, and year.
If only there was a website where this type of information was readily available that you could access in seconds... pic.twitter.com/2Iv9RztK8j
— Paul Sacca (@Paul_Sacca) July 16, 2017
Geez. The month and the year incorrect...so not just a typo.
— Tasha Stevens (@tstevensradio) July 16, 2017
I mean you’re only off by one world war...
— Aaron 🚀 (@Peekaso) July 16, 2017
and several months
— UteBeliever (@PortlandUte) July 16, 2017
WAS IT OVER WHEN THE GERMANS BOMBED PEARL HARBOR??https://t.co/uvva5EpXA6
— John Schindler (@20committee) July 16, 2017
It appears I fell asleep and woke up in 2041 https://t.co/Qh1vHNFriX
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) July 16, 2017
U.S. formally entered WWI 100 years ago, but that was in April ... and on the 6th.
Wrong war, wrong day and wrong month. pic.twitter.com/w5qx9lhs5B
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) July 16, 2017
But she's not wrong: The U.S. indeed did some things 100 years ago.
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) July 16, 2017
Why is this still up
— Allie Stuckey (@conservmillen) July 16, 2017