Kellyanne Conway

So Glad You’re Back, Kellyanne! We Missed You

... a TV camera crew was in the same Zip code. It was Kellyanne who first described the administration’s daily lies and misstatements as “alternative facts,” a fantastic concept hatched in what is obviously an alternative universe. It was Kellyanne who introduced us to the “Bowling Green massacre,” a terrorist attack that never occurred, despite her repeated references to it. (In 2011 a pair of Iraqi men were arrested in Bowling Green for plotting to ship money and weapons to al Qaida in Iraq. There was no attack on the Kentucky city, except perhaps in Kellyanne’s imagination.). It was also she who declared that soon-to-be-fired national security adviser Mike Flynn had “the full confidence of the president.” No one but Kellyanne was remotely surprised when Flynn got canned soon thereafter. For sheer entertainment, though, it was hard to improve upon Kellyanne’s spontaneous on-air pitch for Ivanka Trump’s fashion products after Nordstrom announced it was ...

Trump’s Oval Office Photo-op Part Of A Black College Visit Gone Wrong

... last month, will be leading the charge for the drafting of the executive order. Under her guidance, the White House has worked for weeks on this drafting with the help of the CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Johnny C. Taylor Jr., according to Politico. The executive order is expected to follow up on the United Negro College Fund’s request that Trump move the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, which has been part of the Department of Education, to the White House to be led by a person “who reports to a senior advisor to the president,” according to The Washington Post. (Since the launch of the initiative by President Jimmy Carter, every single president has signed an executive order extending and altering it, while maintaining its basic principles.). While this move may go forward, some education advocates are concerned there won’t be much federal money for the historically black institutions of higher learning. Press Secretary Sean Spicer said on Monday that such a move would build a “direct pipeline to the president” and would make sure that federal agencies are spending money on historically black colleges and ...

A University Takes On One Of Its Own, Alumna Kellyanne Conway

... expressed about Pelosi’s support for abortion rights, or mention of her own speech at the recent March for Life, which signaled high-level administration support for the cause. “Does she not think there are pro-life alumnae?”. Conway said Mc Guire clearly sees her position and the role of the university as one “that is peddling a very narrowly subscribed political viewpoint.”. [ ‘They never saw this coming': A Q & A with Kellyanne Conway about President Trump’s victory ]. Mc Guire said it’s not about politics. (She also said the university does not support Pelosi’s support for abortion rights.) “People can agree or disagree around national policy or domestic policy. You can have a raging debate about Obamacare … But when you lie so consistently as this administration does, that’s a moral issue. We are teachers. We have an honor system here. We believe deeply in upholding the value of truth. … it’s urgent not to be shy about it. Mc Guire said some alumnae have criticized her for not honoring Conway. But she said she has ...

Kellyanne Conway, In Return To Cnn, Plays A Shell Game

... media organizations cover terrorism around the world all the time.  Saying that we don't cover terrorism, that's just false. CONWAY:  What the President is saying there, Jake, is that there are other attacks that don't get as much coverage. Obviously the very sad incidents that you related were, frankly, CNN did amazing coverage for weeks at a time. I saw you all there on the ground doing that and telling the human interest stories and the tragic stories and frankly the involvement of the terrorists in those brutal attacks. Those get coverage. The other ones on the list, not so much. I think his point is twofold -. TAPPER:  Those ones were on the list.  But the ones I just recited for you were on the list. CONWAY: Absolutely. And I'm saying the ones that have high casualties, like Nice and Brussels and certainly Paris ...

Kellyanne Conway Crumbles Under The Weight Of Her Own Lies

... waited to act. On NBC’s “Today” show, the White House counselor claimed that “the situation had become unsustainable” after Flynn misled Pence. “But the fact is, General Flynn continued in that position and was in the presidential daily briefings, as part of the leader calls, as recently as yesterday,” Conway said. Host Matt Lauer was incredulous. “Kellyanne, that makes no sense,” he said. “Last month, the Justice Department warned the White House that General Flynn had misled them and that, as a result, he was vulnerable to blackmail and at that moment he still had the complete trust of the president?”. Lauer continued to press Conway, who would only say that “it was misleading the vice president that made the situation unsustainable” and that Trump “accepted the resignation, and he is moving on.”. On ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Conway similarly had no answers on the timeline of events and instead tried to push back on The Washington Post’s report. “These are what are in printed reports, but the fact is that I can’t reveal what the White House knew or didn’t know and who in the White House knew or ...

Law Professors File Ethics Complaint Against Kellyanne Conway Over 'lies

... behaving in a way that brings shame upon the legal profession.”. Conway obtained a law degree from George Washington University Law School. She was admitted to the Washington, D. C., bar in 1995, though she is currently suspended for nonpayment of dues, according to the complaint. The letter, which  The Washington Post obtained , was sent to the Washington, D. C., Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Board of Professional Responsibility, which addresses complaints about members of the local bar. The letter lists Conway’s lies, including those about the non-existent “ Bowling Green Massacre ” to justify Trump’s ban against travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Not only was there no massacre, but “Ms. Conway knew there was no massacre,” the filing states. The complaint also upbraids Conway’s touting of “alternative facts” — which are “not facts at all; they are lies,” the letter notes. Finally, Conway’s touting of ...

Kellyanne Conway Kneels On Oval Office Couch, Twitter Freaks Out

... black universities and colleges. Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway (L) checks her phone after taking a photo as US President Donald Trump and leaders of historically black universities and colleges pose for a group photo in the Oval Office of the White House before a meeting with US Vice President Mike Pence February 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images. First Kids Through the Years, From Alice Roosevelt to Barron Trump. The photo has since gone viral and many have accused Conway of being disrespectful. "Kellyanne Conway, a grown woman, supposedly professional, in the highest office in the world, acting like a toddler with no home training," one person wrote via Twitter. Alyssa Milano added: "CMON! DO BETTER, @Kellyanne Polls!". Donald Trump's Family: Kids, Grandkids, Wives and More. Some people, however, came to Conway's defense by ...

Kellyanne Conway Apologized To Donald Trump After Ivanka Clothing Line Comments

... and other stores said recently that they were changing their relationship with the first daughter's clothing line because of poor sales. Read More. "Go buy Ivanka's stuff, is what I would tell you," Conway said. "It's a wonderful line. I own some of it. I fully - I'm going to just, I'm going to give a free commercial here: Go buy it today, everybody. You can find it online.". The comments could run afoul of a federal law that bars public employees from making an "endorsement of any product, service or enterprise, or for the private gain of friends, relatives, or persons with whom the employee is affiliated in a nongovernmental capacity.". Both Republicans and Democrats criticized the White House for Conway's comment. Representative Elijah Cummings, a Democrat, and Jason Chaffetz, Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, co-authored a letter to the Office of Government Ethics Thursday, asking the ...