Ex-Trump Aide Says Conway Is A Leaker, ‘Cartoon Villain Brought To Life’

White House Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, attends U.S. President Donald Trump’s 'The Pledge To America's Workers' event in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, July 19, 2018  (Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto)
White House Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, attends U.S. President Donald Trumps 'The Pledge To America's Workers' event in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, July 19, 201... White House Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, attends U.S. President Donald Trumps 'The Pledge To America's Workers' event in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, July 19, 2018 (Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Former Trump communications staffer Cliff Sims pilloried White House counselor Kellyanne Conway in his recent White House exposé, accusing her of badmouthing the administration to reporters and of acting like a “cartoon villain brought to life.”

According to an excerpt Sims published in Vanity Fair, Conway is Machiavellian and happy to berate reporters on TV and then leak to them offscreen.

“It became hard to look long at her without getting the sense that she was a cartoon villain brought to life,” Sims wrote. “Her agenda—which was her survival over all others, including the president—became more and more transparent.”

He tells of a time he was working on her laptop and saw many conversations with reporters pop up.

“As I sat there trying to type, she bashed Jared Kushner, Reince Priebus, Steve Bannon, and Sean Spicer, all by name,” Sims said.

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  1. Coming to theaters this summer - Night of the Long Knives 2: This Time It’s Personal!

  2. Yup. Cruella DeVil personified.

  3. That will certainly boost her number of fans. “Cartoon Villain” is the perfect characterization.
    Ohhh, she might be in trouble with you know who!

  4. How Conway sees herself:

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