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'Gratefully and humbly': Kellyanne Conway leaving White House

2020-08-24

[Washington Examiner] Presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway, who served as President Trump's final campaign manager during the 2016 election that carried him to victory, announced Sunday evening that she'll be leaving her White House post at the end of this month.

Her conservative lawyer husband, George Conway, who is a frequent critic of the president, simultaneously announced on social media that he will be stepping back from his position at the Lincoln Project, an entity consisting of anti-Trump Republicans and independents.

Their kind of Republicans and Independents are known in the trade as Democrats.

Both said they want to focus on their family. The couple have four children together.

Kellyanne Conway, who built a powerhouse Republican polling firm, became the first woman to run a successful presidential campaign in 2016 upon Trump’s victory in the 2016 general election. The veteran Republican pollster went on to become one of the most ardent defenders of Trump during his first term as president.

She announced her departure on the eve of the Republican National Convention, tweeting a statement with a tweet that said she is leaving the White House "Gratefully & Humbly" after more than three and a half years.

Posted by:Besoeker

#16 Social media has a massive multiplier effect on adolescent narcissism.

For both the biological adolescents and the mental/emotional ones that seem to populate the commanding heights of culture, tech and politics.

Posted by: charger 2020-08-24 13:29

#15 I have never seen evidence that any 15 years olds are NOT narcissists. Some more than others, maybe. But being in a position to easily attract national attention by acting out is a position that will spoil any 15 year old's mind. I'm glad to see the couple making a move that has their marriage and their children in mind above anything else. It's a very heartening and heart-warming decision. Hopefully the girl will calm down once her tweets stop trending and she has a little bit more of her actual parents' attention.

Posted by: Vernal Hatrick 2020-08-24 12:52

#14 Despite the drama, there sure appeared to be a strong sense of loyalty, which is to be commended.

Posted by: Clem 2020-08-24 11:52

#13 Right move. The press is feeding of her typical 15 year old daughter's tweets.

The 15 year old asked a couple of days ago, "Why am I trending?". Because MSM was lighting her social media up.

Family needs mom.

Posted by: Vespasian Ebbereng3110 2020-08-24 11:24

#12 /\ Well said. Very well said.

Posted by: Besoeker 2020-08-24 09:21

#11 All the strife and distraction aside, I'm grateful for her time and efforts on Trump's staff and I'm glad she's putting her marriage ahead of politics. I wish her and her husband (though I still feel he's a jerk) only the best.

Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-08-24 09:21

#10 This is the drama that was so unnecessary. Glad to see that she is leaving...over-due.

Posted by: Clem 2020-08-24 08:56

#9 ^ The 15 yr old

Posted by: Frank G 2020-08-24 08:49

#8 She's an attention-seeking narcissist fueled by the press interest in going after Trump. A Kardashian-lite

Posted by: Frank G 2020-08-24 08:38

#7 ^Worse than 15 years old sons?

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-08-24 08:35

#6 ^^15 year old daughters can be a trial.

Posted by: Mullah Richard 2020-08-24 08:31

#5 Their fifteen year old, liberal tweeting daughter just announced she’ll be seeking to be emancipated from both parents.

Posted by: trailing wife 2020-08-24 07:39

#4 The political odd couple thing isn't all that rare. I have personally known couples that make the Conways look like they are on the same page.

Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-08-24 06:41

#3 Now I have no idea how they got together.

Posted by: gorb 2020-08-24 05:50

Posted by: Frank G 2020-08-24 05:41

#1 He doesn't even come up to her knees. I have no idea how they stayed together.

Posted by: gorb 2020-08-24 04:59

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