Kelly Ann Conway, President Donald Trump's senior counselor and omnipresent surrogate, sat down with The Family Leader president and CEO Bob Vander Plaats at this year's
Family Leadership Summit
in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday. During this discussion, Conway complains that the criticism directed at her since the administration entered the White House
has been because she's a woman. That she can accept disagreements on policy or ideology, but she instead gets attacked for her appearance or the way she
speaks. This is not an untrue statement - ironic, considering the source. But Conway, as is her habit, misses the bigger picture: that she is to blame for
most of what comes her way.
As for modern feminism, Conway took a professional job, where her responsibility is putting a positive spin on the most misogynistic guy in America. She's had to put a positive spin on the following:
And what was Conway's response to this on CNN when, while guesting in the post-debate Spin Room, CNN's Dana Bash asked her about Rep. Kathy McMorris Rodgers' (R-WA) statement that called Trump's comments "sexual assault?" (For context, McMorris Rodgers is not a woman who was throwing the gauntlet down on Trump. She ultimately supported Trump's candidacy for president, and was reported to be the early front runner the Secretary of the Interior, before Trump chose Ryan Zinke. So while she appears to take a strong stance, it wasn't a stance strong enough to affect her support. Just something to keep in mind.)
Of course, Conway "knowing him better" might mean something if she had not shown a propensity for obtuse rhetoric and blindness to what's right in front of her and the rest of America, if one simply pays attention. But the woman who defends a narcissistic misogynist who expounds about women's menstruation, belittles women's appearances, and says he can grab women's pu--ies anytime he wants - when he's not grabbing and kissing them with no warning (and that IS the textbook definition of sexual assault, Kelly - that you think otherwise says more about you than you realize) - we are supposed to believe that it's other people who are undercutting modern feminism..
If you want to disagree on policy — if you disagree on tax reform or health care reform or immigration or you’re for abortion and I’m not — then say that. Disagree that way, that’s what America is. But so much of the criticism of me is so gender-based."Saying they're 'for women'," of course, refers to Democrats. Unfortunately, most of the criticism, actually, is dignity-based, in that she appears to have little of it. For the most part, she does not really spin, per se. A lot of the time, her comments are appallingly obtuse red herrings, the ones that are not flat out lies. She became useless in the eyes of most of America the moment she invented "alternative facts." She unintentionally gave away what she is and what she's worth as a professional. Admittedly, she fits right in with any organization that would be run by Trump. But she may as well have quit the next day, because nothing she ever says again will have credibility, and that has not one thing to do with her gender. And if she thinks I'm stretching here, I submit to you Sean Spicer.
It’s really remarkable, and it totally undercuts modern feminism, saying they're "for women."
As for modern feminism, Conway took a professional job, where her responsibility is putting a positive spin on the most misogynistic guy in America. She's had to put a positive spin on the following:
You know, I'm automatically attracted to beautiful - I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss, I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the pu--y... you can do anything... |
Conway instead redirected Bash to women Bill Clinton allegedly assaulted and a child rapist that Hillary defended in 1975. Then she continues on, to say that Donald Trump has a decades long track record of respecting women. And ultimately, no one should use the phrase "sexual assault," because she knows him better. |
Of course, Conway "knowing him better" might mean something if she had not shown a propensity for obtuse rhetoric and blindness to what's right in front of her and the rest of America, if one simply pays attention. But the woman who defends a narcissistic misogynist who expounds about women's menstruation, belittles women's appearances, and says he can grab women's pu--ies anytime he wants - when he's not grabbing and kissing them with no warning (and that IS the textbook definition of sexual assault, Kelly - that you think otherwise says more about you than you realize) - we are supposed to believe that it's other people who are undercutting modern feminism..
