Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway to leave the White House
Kellyanne Conway, one of the longest-serving members of Donald Trump’s White House, has quit after her 15-year-old daughter threatened to divorce her.
Kellyanne Conway, one of the longest-serving members of Donald Trump’s White House, has quit after her 15-year-old daughter threatened to divorce her.
Claudia Conway wrote on Twitter on Saturday (Sunday AEST) that she was “devastated” that her mother would speak at the Republican convention this week, and pledged to seek legal emancipation “due to years of childhood trauma and abuse”.
y’all love to twist everything ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ i’m not getting emancipated because of my mom’s job.. it is because of years of childhood trauma and abuse
— CLAUDIA CONWAY (@claudiamconwayy) August 23, 2020
Less than 24 hours later Ms Conway, a pollster and strategist, quit to focus on her family. The White House senior counsellor said she would leave the administration at the end of the month.
“As millions of parents nationwide know, kids ‘doing school from home’ requires a level of attention and vigilance that is as unusual as these times,” she said.
“For now, and for my beloved children, it will be less drama, more mama.”
I'm Leaving the White House. Gratefully & Humbly.
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) August 24, 2020
Here is my statement:https://t.co/MpYxVfrY2N
God Bless You All.
Ms Conway, 53, managed his 2016 campaign that catapulted the reality TV star into the world’s most powerful office.
But the past four years of singular loyalty to Mr Trump, including defending him on TV and with informal “gaggles” with the press, have taken a toll on the combative spin doctor who coined the phrase “alternative facts”.
While she made a name for herself as one of Mr Trump’s sharpest defenders, her husband, Washington lawyer George Conway, is a strident critic of the President, repeatedly questioning his mental fitness for office.
“George is also making changes. We disagree about plenty but we are united on what matters most: the kids,” she said.
Separately, George Conway said he would be stepping back from the Lincoln Project, a group of anti-Trump Republicans he co-founded, and taking a break from Twitter, which he frequently used to assail the President.
The dislike was mutual, with Mr Trump calling him the “husband from hell”.
Ms Conway came to prominence for coining the term “alternative facts” while defending the debunked White House claim Mr Trump’s inauguration crowd was larger than Barack Obama’s. In 2017 she referred to a non-existent terrorist attack, “the Bowling Green massacre”, to defend Mr Trump’s immigration ban.
She was on the list of convention speakers for Wednesday but it wasn’t known whether she would keep that slot.
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