Conway On Husband’s Tweets: ‘Disrespectful,’ ‘Violation Of Basic Decency, If Not Marital Vows’

at Trump International Hotel on February 21, 2018 in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 21: Kellyanne Conway, White House Counselor to President Donald Trump, speaks at the Yellow Ribbon Fund's "Duty & Devotion" event at Trump International Hotel on February 21, 2018 in Wa... WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 21: Kellyanne Conway, White House Counselor to President Donald Trump, speaks at the Yellow Ribbon Fund's "Duty & Devotion" event at Trump International Hotel on February 21, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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White House advisor Kellyanne Conway has a complicated relationship with her husband, George, who is a vocal critic of the her boss, according to a Wednesday Washington Post feature.

On the subject of George’s tweeting, the medium through which he expresses his discontent with the administration, she has harsh words. “It is disrespectful, it’s a violation of basic decency, certainly, if not marital vows,” she said.

On George’s side of things, he wishes he had never introduced his wife to Donald Trump in the first place. In 2001, the Conways moved into Manhattan’s Trump World Tower where George made an impassioned speech, advocating that Trump’s name stay on the building. Trump was impressed and offered George to join the condo’s board. George, to his great regret, passed on the invitation to his wife.

“Knowing what I know now,” George told the Washington Post, “I would have said no, and never mentioned it when I got home.”  

“If my wife were the counselor to the CEO of Pepsi and I had a problem with her boss, I would simply drink my Coke and keep my mouth shut,” he continued. “If the President were simply mediocre or even bad, I’d have nothing to say. This is much different.”

“I’m just saddened by how things turned out,” he said.

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  1. I guess he is kindly trying to get her to leave. I can’t say I blame him.

  2. On the subject of George’s tweeting, the medium through which he expresses his discontent with the administration, she has harsh words. “It is disrespectful, it’s a violation of basic decency, certainly, if not marital vows,” she said.

    Then Kellyanne kicked over a bowl of lentils and told George to pick them all up and count them or he'd be sent to bed without dinner.
  3. So tell us George, Is that couch comfortable?

  4. "…it’s a violation of basic decency, certainly, if not marital vows,” she said.

    White House staff are required to get their spouses to sign a PTSD (Pledge To Support Donald) agreement as a condition of hire.
  5. Since when did marital vows include keeping your mouth shut when your wife works for a treasonous wannabe dictator??

    FFS.

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