Conway’s Husband Pens Op-Ed Blasting Trump Plan To Axe Birthright Citizenship

President-elect Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway speaks with members of the media as she arrives for a dinner at Union Station ahead of Friday's presidential inauguration, in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, center, accompanied by her husband, George, speaks with members of the media as they arrive for a dinner at Un... FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, center, accompanied by her husband, George, speaks with members of the media as they arrive for a dinner at Union Station in Washington, the day before Trump's inauguration. Trump has chosen George Conway to head the civil division of the Justice Department. The Wall Street Journal reports that he was chosen to head the office that has responsibility for defending the administration's proposed travel ban and defending lawsuits filed against the administration. The White House and the Justice Department would not confirm the pick Saturday, March 18, 2017. George Conway declined to comment. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) MORE LESS
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George Conway, husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, co-wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post on Tuesday that took deep swipes at President Trump’s “unconstitutional” proposal to gut “birthright citizenship” for children born to undocumented immigrants in the U.S.

“The fact that the two of us, one a conservative and the other a liberal, agree on this much despite our sharp policy differences underscores something it is critically important to remember during a time marked by so much rancor and uncivil discourse: Our Constitution is a bipartisan document, designed to endure for ages. Its words have meaning that cannot be wished away,” Conway and Democratic lawyer Neal Katyal wrote.

Read the full op-ed here. 

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  1. They must have some interesting dinner table discussions.
    Do we think Kelley Ann is only in it for the money?
    HMMMM Could Be

  2. Our Constitution is a bipartisan document, designed to endure for ages. Its words have meaning that cannot be wished away,” Conway and Democratic lawyer Neal Katyal wrote.

    In this day and age, with this SCOTUS (and a likely third Justice appointed by Trump sometime in the next two years) I have a feeling there's not much in the Constitution we can depend upon to be on solid ground.
  3. About the op-ed’s authors: Conway’s mother was a Filipina who came to the US in the '50s; and Katyal’s parents came from India in the '60s.

    They write:

    Birthright citizenship sprang from the ashes of the worst Supreme Court decision in U.S. history, Dred Scott v. Sandford

    This is not true. Even before Dred Scott, the Supreme Court had already ruled in favor of birthright citizenship. The Fourteenth Amendment was needed particularly because African-American slaves had been excluded, not because the notion of “birthright citizenship” had to be introduced out of nowhere.

  4. True, but I think we all should get used to the idea our history is being rewritten to suit those in power.

    The South was always against slavery.

  5. Avatar for jinnj jinnj says:

    Oh my Gosh! That would kinda make her a …

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