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By Philip Bump
June 5 at 9:55 AM
Kellyanne Conway.. would have you believe that there is ... a .. Trump who .. is the driving force behind the sanitized statements the White House releases, who advocates for complex policy in partnership with Capitol Hill Republicans and who writes the speeches he occasionally reads at events.
... Conway seemed to suggest in an interview on NBCs Today show .. that Other Trump .. gets short shrift in favor of the guy whos constantly railing in 140-character sound bites on Twitter ...
Given that Trump and his team have explicitly presented Twitter as his trusted outlet for communicating with his base, perhaps Conway is splitting the hair more finely: His tweets are reluctant, because he doesnt get the press that he wants and that she thinks he deserves.
But, then, that undercuts her point about how Trumps tweets shouldnt be covered. If theyre an important workaround because of an unfair press, then it doesnt make sense that the White House wouldnt want the media to present them to the public. If its good that his tweets go directly to millions on Twitter, why is it bad if they go to millions more on television?...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/06/05/kellyanne-conway-wants-the-media-to-cover-a-president-trump-who-may-not-exist/?utm_term=.55b78fae3ea0
BumRushDaShow
(129,454 posts)that people like her navigate on a daily basis, to explain away or try to make sense out of the chaos that exists in the WH.
It's like pointing up at a large cloud and attempting to explain how it looks like a house and not a nebulous, constantly changing blob of water vapor.
brush
(53,862 posts)us and the mainstream media to go along with her creations.
BumRushDaShow
(129,454 posts)-ability to bullshit, consistently, and on-the-fly, without skipping a beat
brush
(53,862 posts)onecent
(6,096 posts)Now talk about NOT pretty.....Lordy....If they bought a 7 million dollar home...she needs to dress up
like she is in a 7 million dollar home...and pray that dump doesn't fire her like all the rest of them.
BumRushDaShow
(129,454 posts)she was the sole surviving campaign manager for Drumpf after both Corey Lewandowski and Paul Manafort were forced out, and she took him to the finish line.
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)funny that this is the first American in office that has needed so many interpreters telling everyone 'this is what he really MEANT'.