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‘That’s pretty offensive’: Kellyanne Conway snaps at reporter who called Kenosha vigilante a Trump ‘supporter’

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White House adviser Kellyanne Conway on Thursday lashed out at a CNN reporter who asked why President Donald Trump has not condemned a supporter who allegedly killed two people in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Conway, who is leaving her job to spend more time with her family, was asked by reporters about the shooting of Jacob Blake at the hands of police.

“We’re generously resourcing and we’re deeply respecting those whose job it is to keep us all safe,” Conway explained, “who run toward the gunfire, who run into the burning buildings when we’re told to run out of them and run away from them. And I pray for the Blake family.” Continue reading.

Kellyanne Conway’s RNC Speech Praises Trump As Champion Of Women

Conway made a surprise announcement about stepping down from her top role in the misogynistic leader’s administration earlier in the week.

Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, used her time in the spotlight at the Republican National Convention to paint the president as a supposedly kindhearted champion of women.

“A woman in a leadership role still can seem novel,” Conway said. In 2016, she became the first woman to run a successful U.S. presidential campaign.

Later, she claimed to have “seen firsthand many times the president comforting and encouraging a child who has lost a parent, a parent who has lost a child, a worker who lost his job, an adolescent who has lost her way to drugs.” Continue reading.

Kellyanne Conway undermined the truth like no other Trump official. And journalists enabled her.

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Among the many appalling scenes in the many tell-all books written from an inside-the-Trump-administration perspective, one in particular spoke volumes about how Kellyanne Conway operates:

Former White House aide Cliff Sims wrote in “Team of Vipers” that he once sat down in the West Wing at the personal laptop of President Trump’s senior adviser, at her direction, to compose a press statement. But because Conway’s text messages were tied to both her phone and her personal computer, Sims kept getting distracted by “a nonstop stream of iMessages popping up on the screen,” he recalled.

“Over the course of 20 minutes or so, she was having simultaneous conversations with no fewer than a half-dozen reporters, most of them from outlets the White House frequently trashed for publishing ‘fake news’ . . . As I sat there trying to type, she bashed Jared Kushner, Reince Priebus, Steve Bannon, and Sean Spicer,” and talked about Trump “like a child she had to set straight.” Continue reading.

Kellyanne Conway to leave White House at end of month

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White House counselor Kellyanne Conway will depart her position in the Trump administration at the end of the month to focus on family matters, she said in a statement late Sunday.

“This is completely my choice and my voice,” Conway said. “In time, I will announce future plans. For now, and for my beloved children, it will be less drama, more mama.”

Conway has been a close adviser to President Trump dating back to the 2016 campaign. She was the first woman to manage a victorious presidential campaign after she took the reins late in the 2016 cycle, and she has served in her White House role since the beginning of the administration. Continue reading.

Kellyanne Says Biden Has No Pandemic Plan — Then Claims She Read It

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway falsely claimed on Wednesday that Joe Biden had no plan to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Less than a minute later, she claimed to have read Biden’s entire COVID-19 plan.

On Fox News, Conway complained that Democrats had not explained how Biden would address the coronavirus.

“If they’ve got a good idea,” she demanded, “they shouldn’t be sitting ’til November 4th.”

Host Sandra Smith corrected Conway, noting that Biden indeed has a plan.

The White House is trying to throw Republican governors under the bus by rewriting history

AlterNet logoWhite House adviser Kellyanne Conway appeared to signal a new shift in messaging on the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday by throwing governors — particularly Republican allies of the president — under the bus.

Of course, this is a common tactic in President Donald Trump’s administration. As soon as it becomes convenient, abandon any allies and blame them for any mistakes.

But in this case, the attempt is so cynical and transparent to anyone with a long-term memory that it’s hard to believe it could work at all. Conway apparently wants us to forget Trump’s attitude toward the pandemic for the last three months. She made this clear as she blamed states for opening up too quickly and triggering a resurgence of the coronavirus, even though that’s exactly what Trump urged them to do. Continue reading.

Kellyanne Conway’s ‘Creepy’ Comments Get Turned Against Trump In Biting New Ad New spot from progressive group MeidasTouch turns an attack on Biden back at

New spot from progressive group MeidasTouch turns an attack on Biden back at Trump.

Kellyanne Conway’s recent attack on Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden just received a makeover that turns it back on President Donald Trump.

Conway, who is counselor to the president, said Biden had made “a lot of really creepy statements” and some of those statements “make me very uncomfortable.”

A new video from the progressive PAC MeidasTouch combined her comments with footage of some of Trump’s creepier moments: Continue reading.

Suddenly Kellyanne Conway Is Eager For ‘Fact Checking’

Senior White House aide Kellyanne Conway claimed on Wednesday that she worries that there is “very little fact-checking” done in books about Donald Trump.

Conway’s remarks came after she was questioned about an upcoming book from former Trump national security adviser John Bolton. The Trump administration has sued Bolton before the book’s release.

The book reportedly contains several personally embarrassing revelations about Trump.

Without making any specific claims, Conway said that she had seen errors in previous books that have exposed the inner workings of the Trump administration. She called on reporters to apply fact-checking to “all types of work.” Continue reading.

Kellyanne Conway lashes out at reporter for asking about diversity

AlterNet logoWhite House counselor Kellyanne Conway lashed out at CBS News correspondent Paula Reid after she was pressed to explain the evident lack of diversity on President Donald Trump’s recently announced “Opening Our Country Council.”

“Paula, I actually don’t know what’s happened to you,” Conway said in the tense exchange, which was captured by C-SPAN.

Referencing the long list of names rattled off by Trump at a Tuesday briefing, Reid first asked Conway to explain how the council would function. Continue reading.

Kellyanne Conway Gets Hit With Unexpected Fact-Check Live On Fox News

That didn’t go as planned.

Kellyanne Conway on Wednesday slammed New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s slow response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in his city while defending President Donald Trump.

But her attacks on de Blasio didn’t quite go as expected when Fox News host Martha MacCallum noted Trump himself followed a similar timeline.

Conway, who is counselor to the president, went after de Blasio by noting his statements earlier this month urging New Yorkers to go out despite the pandemic threat, including this March 2 tweet:  Continue reading.