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<p>An author named Colin Dickey dug up an old Ivanka Trump tweet from 2013, and it&#39;s a wonder the internet let it go undiscovered this long. The Einstein &quot;quote&quot; reads perhaps too perfectly for this Trump administration: &quot;If the facts don&#39;t fit the theory, change the facts.&quot;</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;If the facts don&#39;t fit the theory, change the facts.&quot; - Albert Einstein <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/quote?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#quote</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sunday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#sunday</a></p>&mdash; Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/348862619060432896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The fact that Einstein never said any such thing only makes this tweet that much more perfect. <a href="https://t.co/ZCjViO1CpS">https://t.co/ZCjViO1CpS</a></p>&mdash; A Feast for Dermestids (@colindickey) <a href="https://twitter.com/colindickey/status/889114578516312065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Of course, Einstein likely never said this, and no one seems to know the origin of the quote. <em><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ivanka-trump-albert-einstein-donald-trump-us-twitter-social-media-a7856431.html" target="_blank">The Independent</a> </em>theorizes that the saying is a &quot;summarisation of something Einstein did say, although in less direct terms.&quot; Others think it&#39;s just pure irony&mdash;the quote itself being a distortion of facts.</p><p>No matter what, it works well coming from Ivanka. And the internet couldn&#39;t help themselves:</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">He did come out with some very memorable quotes. God bless you, Abe. <a href="https://t.co/Vyn8ggiD9z">pic.twitter.com/Vyn8ggiD9z</a></p>&mdash; Stuart Harvey (@TheGinjaNinja) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheGinjaNinja/status/889210075776253953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">OMG <a href="https://twitter.com/TheGinjaNinja?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheGinjaNinja</a> got me crackin up!!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂👍👏👏👏👍<br><br>I got one more. It&#39;s on the internet now so you know it&#39;s true!! <a href="https://t.co/Nz8XJs3iOj">pic.twitter.com/Nz8XJs3iOj</a></p>&mdash; Rogue Chihuahua 🐾 (@RogueChihuahua) <a href="https://twitter.com/RogueChihuahua/status/889257159460048898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It&#39;s fun! Mematic has some good ones. These are just wise words to live by. Maybe Ivanka should have gone with this for her <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sundayquote?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#sundayquote</a>. 😉 <a href="https://t.co/coNuUnCjul">pic.twitter.com/coNuUnCjul</a></p>&mdash; Rogue Chihuahua 🐾 (@RogueChihuahua) <a href="https://twitter.com/RogueChihuahua/status/889293315019075584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;Don&#39;t believe everything you read on the internet.&quot; - Abraham Lincoln.</p>&mdash; Aelaryn (@Aelaryn1122) <a href="https://twitter.com/Aelaryn1122/status/889164242116587521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">OMG <a href="https://twitter.com/TheGinjaNinja?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheGinjaNinja</a> got me crackin up!!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂👍👏👏👏👍<br><br>I got one more. It&#39;s on the internet now so you know it&#39;s true!! <a href="https://t.co/Nz8XJs3iOj">pic.twitter.com/Nz8XJs3iOj</a></p>&mdash; Rogue Chihuahua 🐾 (@RogueChihuahua) <a href="https://twitter.com/RogueChihuahua/status/889257159460048898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="tl" dir="ltr">&quot;Na na na na na na na nana<br>Na na na na nana<br>Gettin jiggy wit it&quot; -- Nelson Mandela</p>&mdash; Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) <a href="https://twitter.com/TVietor08/status/888507388617138176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><oembed>https://twitter.com/JettaAngeli/status/889186733341851648</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">😂 It&#39;s totally legit. 👍 <a href="https://t.co/tl0F0YVu7O">pic.twitter.com/tl0F0YVu7O</a></p>&mdash; Rogue Chihuahua 🐾 (@RogueChihuahua) <a href="https://twitter.com/RogueChihuahua/status/889194936582668290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Naturally, Ivanka Trump wasn&#39;t the only one in the administration with a fake quote in their Twitter timeline. Newly appointed White House Communications Director, Anthony Scaramucci, was similarly dragged for this tweet from 2012:</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/Scaramucci/status/213702657687293952</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Actually, that quote is widely believed to be <a href="http://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/02/02/dance/" target="_blank">derived from</a> a 1987 song by Susanna Clark and Richard Leigh.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;When you cried, I&#39;d wipe away all of your tears<br>When you&#39;d scream, I&#39;d fight away all of your fears&quot; -Albert Einstein</p>&mdash; Mara “Get Rid of the Nazis” Wilson (@MaraWilson) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaraWilson/status/888487942494105600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;Don&#39;t want to close my eyes,<br>Don&#39;t want to fall asleep, &#39;cause I&#39;d miss you baby, and I don&#39;t want to miss a thing&quot; John Locke</p>&mdash; Maddox (@MKPinDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/MKPinDC/status/888489591975620608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It&#39;s been 7 hours and 15 days,<br>Since you took your love away.<br>I go out every night and sleep all day,<br>Since you took your love away.<br>- Plato</p>&mdash; 🇨🇦 Canucklehead 🇨🇦 (@IanMcClelland75) <a href="https://twitter.com/IanMcClelland75/status/888504786194137088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Love. Love will keep us together. Think of me, babe, whenever. Some sweet-talking girl comes along...<br>- Jesus Christ</p>&mdash; Curious George Burns (@VitruvianMonkey) <a href="https://twitter.com/VitruvianMonkey/status/888507511191592960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;Nothing&#39;s gonna stop us, nothing&#39;s gonna stop us now&quot; - Ernest Hemingway</p>&mdash; JB #LincolnVoter 🏴‍☠️🇺🇸 (@JaybeeStewee) <a href="https://twitter.com/JaybeeStewee/status/888520866002284545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">To dream the impossible dream<br>To fight the unbeatable foe<br>To bear with unbearable sorrow<br>To run where the brave dare not go<br>-Chumbawamba</p>&mdash; scha·den·freu·de (@BlisterPearl) <a href="https://twitter.com/BlisterPearl/status/888664841400889346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 22, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard. -John Stuart Mill</p>&mdash; Micah Haskell-Hoehl (@m_haskell_h) <a href="https://twitter.com/m_haskell_h/status/888744966750711809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 22, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My loneliness is killing me<br>I must confess, I still believe<br>When I&#39;m not with you I lose my mind<br>Give me a sign<br>Hit me, baby, one more time</p>&mdash; OUFENIX (D) (@oufenix) <a href="https://twitter.com/oufenix/status/888639760897593345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 22, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>&quot;The internet will always mock the Trumps.&quot; -- Gandhi.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Ivanka Trump misquoted Einstein while making a point about 'facts.' It didn't go well.

An author named Colin Dickey dug up an old Ivanka Trump tweet from 2013, and it&#39;s a wonder the internet let it go undiscovered this long. The Einstein &quot;quote&quot; reads perhaps too perfectly for this Trump administration: &quot;If the facts don&#39;t fit the theory, change the facts.&quot;&quot;If the facts don&#39;t fit the theory, change the facts.&quot; - Albert Einstein #quote #sunday&mdash; Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) June 23, 2013 The fact that Einstein never said any such thing only makes this tweet that much more perfect. https://t.co/ZCjViO1CpS&mdash; A Feast for Dermestids (@colindickey) July 23, 2017 Of course, Einstein likely never said this, and no one seems to know the origin of the quote. The Independent theorizes that the saying is a &quot;summarisation of something Einstein did say, although in less direct terms.&quot; Others think it&#39;s just pure irony&mdash;the quote itself being a distortion of facts.No matter what, it works well coming from Ivanka. And the internet couldn&#39;t help themselves:He did come out with some very memorable quotes. God bless you, Abe. pic.twitter.com/Vyn8ggiD9z&mdash; Stuart Harvey (@TheGinjaNinja) July 23, 2017 OMG @TheGinjaNinja got me crackin up!!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂👍👏👏👏👍I got one more. It&#39;s on the internet now so you know it&#39;s true!! pic.twitter.com/Nz8XJs3iOj&mdash; Rogue Chihuahua 🐾 (@RogueChihuahua) July 23, 2017 It&#39;s fun! Mematic has some good ones. These are just wise words to live by. Maybe Ivanka should have gone with this for her #sundayquote. 😉 pic.twitter.com/coNuUnCjul&mdash; Rogue Chihuahua 🐾 (@RogueChihuahua) July 24, 2017 &quot;Don&#39;t believe everything you read on the internet.&quot; - Abraham Lincoln.&mdash; Aelaryn (@Aelaryn1122) July 23, 2017 OMG @TheGinjaNinja got me crackin up!!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂👍👏👏👏👍I got one more. It&#39;s on the internet now so you know it&#39;s true!! pic.twitter.com/Nz8XJs3iOj&mdash; Rogue Chihuahua 🐾 (@RogueChihuahua) July 23, 2017 &quot;Na na na na na na na nanaNa na na na nanaGettin jiggy wit it&quot; -- Nelson Mandela&mdash; Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) July 21, 2017  https://twitter.com/JettaAngeli/status/889186733341851648😂 It&#39;s totally legit. 👍 pic.twitter.com/tl0F0YVu7O&mdash; Rogue Chihuahua 🐾 (@RogueChihuahua) July 23, 2017 Naturally, Ivanka Trump wasn&#39;t the only one in the administration with a fake quote in their Twitter timeline. Newly appointed White House Communications Director, Anthony Scaramucci, was similarly dragged for this tweet from 2012:https://twitter.com/Scaramucci/status/213702657687293952Actually, that quote is widely believed to be derived from a 1987 song by Susanna Clark and Richard Leigh.&quot;When you cried, I&#39;d wipe away all of your tearsWhen you&#39;d scream, I&#39;d fight away all of your fears&quot; -Albert Einstein&mdash; Mara “Get Rid of the Nazis” Wilson (@MaraWilson) July 21, 2017 &quot;Don&#39;t want to close my eyes,Don&#39;t want to fall asleep, &#39;cause I&#39;d miss you baby, and I don&#39;t want to miss a thing&quot; John Locke&mdash; Maddox (@MKPinDC) July 21, 2017 It&#39;s been 7 hours and 15 days,Since you took your love away.I go out every night and sleep all day,Since you took your love away.- Plato&mdash; 🇨🇦 Canucklehead 🇨🇦 (@IanMcClelland75) July 21, 2017 Love. Love will keep us together. Think of me, babe, whenever. Some sweet-talking girl comes along...- Jesus Christ&mdash; Curious George Burns (@VitruvianMonkey) July 21, 2017 &quot;Nothing&#39;s gonna stop us, nothing&#39;s gonna stop us now&quot; - Ernest Hemingway&mdash; JB #LincolnVoter 🏴‍☠️🇺🇸 (@JaybeeStewee) July 21, 2017 To dream the impossible dreamTo fight the unbeatable foeTo bear with unbearable sorrowTo run where the brave dare not go-Chumbawamba&mdash; scha·den·freu·de (@BlisterPearl) July 22, 2017 My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard. -John Stuart Mill&mdash; Micah Haskell-Hoehl (@m_haskell_h) July 22, 2017 My loneliness is killing meI must confess, I still believeWhen I&#39;m not with you I lose my mindGive me a signHit me, baby, one more time&mdash; OUFENIX (D) (@oufenix) July 22, 2017 &quot;The internet will always mock the Trumps.&quot; -- Gandhi.

An author dug up an old Ivanka Trump tweet from 2013 in which she inaccruately attributes a phrase about "facts" to Einstein.