Citing Family Issues, Kellyanne Conway To Leave White House And George Conway To Leave The Lincoln Project

August 24, 2020 Trump Administration, Trump Corruption

The Washington Post reports:

Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser to President Trump and one of his longest-serving aides, is leaving the White House at the end of the month. Conway, whose title is counselor to the president, was Trump’s third campaign manager in 2016 and the first woman to successfully manage a presidential bid to victory. She joined the White House at the start of Trump’s term and has been one of his most visible and vocal defenders.

Conway informed Trump of her decision Sunday night in the Oval Office. Her husband, George T. Conway III, a conservative lawyer and outspoken critic of the president, is also stepping back from his role on the Lincoln Project, an outside group of Republicans devoted to defeating Trump in November. He will also take a hiatus from Twitter, the venue he has often used to attack the president.

CNN reports:

Kellyanne Conway is scheduled to speak at this week’s Republican National Convention, but it’s unclear if she will still do so. One of the Conways’ high school-aged daughters has generated attention on social media about her family and their political views over the last several months.

The Sunday evening announcement marks an abrupt end to Kellyanne Conway’s high-profile time in the White House where she earned a reputation as one of the President’s fiercest — and most controversial — defenders. She landed her position in 2016 after becoming the first female campaign manager to win a presidential race.

But political tension with her husband had spilled into public view in recent years. Trump himself rebuffed George Conway last year, labeling him “Mr. Kellyanne Conway” in a tweet.

NPR reports: 



The news of Conway’s impending departure from the White House follows a tweet from her 15-year-old daughter, Claudia, over the weekend announcing that she was “officially pushing for emancipation.”

In a series of tweets that followed, she said that her mother’s job had “ruined my life” and that she and her father “agree on absolutely nothing,” politically, “we just both happen to have common sense when it comes to our current president.”

On Sunday, the teenager clarified in a tweet that her desire for emancipation was not about her mother’s job, but “about years of childhood trauma and abuse,” then added: “this is becoming way too much so i am taking a mental health break from social media. see y’all soon. thank you for the love and support. no hate to my parents please.”

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