Conway: I Didn’t Defend Trump For ‘The Money’ Because I Didn’t Earn That Much

UNITED STATES - APRIL 11: White House adviser Kellyanne Conway is interviewed by Michael Wolff during a discussion at the Newseum titled “The President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days,” on April 12, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - APRIL 12: White House adviser Kellyanne Conway is interviewed by Michael Wolff during a discussion at the Newseum titled "The President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days," on Ap... UNITED STATES - APRIL 12: White House adviser Kellyanne Conway is interviewed by Michael Wolff during a discussion at the Newseum titled "The President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days," on April 12, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS
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Senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway on Tuesday said allegations she only defended Donald Trump for a “paycheck” are “absurd” because she didn’t actually make that much money as his campaign manager.

In a statement posted on Twitter, Conway said that her “beliefs, commitments and loyalties are plain to see.”

“The notion that I am serving for ‘the money’ or a ‘paycheck’  is absurd,” she wrote. “As campaign manager, I made a fraction of what other consultants have made on unsuccessful presidential campaigns.”

Conway claimed she “walked away from dozens of opportunities for millions of dollars” to work in Trump’s administration and “would do it again.”

Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, the co-hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” claimed on Monday that Conway used to say she needed a shower after defending Trump.

“She would get off the air, the camera would be turned off, the microphone would be taken off and she would say, ‘Blech, I need to take a shower,’ because she disliked her candidate so much,” Brzezinski said.

“She said, ‘This is just my summer vacation, my summer in Europe and basically I’m just going to get through this,'” Scarborough said.

“‘But first I have to take a shower because it feels so dirty to be saying what I’m saying,'” Brzezinski repeated. “I guess she’s just used to it now.”

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  1. Avatar for bkmn bkmn says:

    She is incapable of speaking truth.

  2. Conway did not earn anything. And she was paid too much anyway!

  3. Avatar for danny danny says:

    After tweeting this, she threw up in her mouth a little bit, then returned to more important matters.

  4. More lies from Kellyanne Conway and the Blowing Sunshine Up Your Skirt Band
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