Conway Says Congress Should ‘Celebrate’ Soleimani Killing

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: White House counselor Kellyanne Conway gives a television interview and answers questions from the press regarding current tensions between the U.S. and Iran in the White House briefing r... WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: White House counselor Kellyanne Conway gives a television interview and answers questions from the press regarding current tensions between the U.S. and Iran in the White House briefing room on January 06, 2020 in Washington, DC. Tensions between the two nations remain critical following last week’s U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian military leader, Major Gen. Qasem Soleimani. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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White House counselor Kellyanne Conway defended President Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian cultural sites in the aftermath of the strike that killed top Iranian military official Qasem Soleimani while speaking to reporters Monday.

According to a White House pool report Monday, Conway echoed Pompeo in arguing that “we will be within the law” and that she thinks that “Iran has many military, strategic military sites that you may cite are also cultural sites.”

Conway then accused Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) of “chest thumping” in their letter urging Trump to declassify the War Powers Act notification letter, according to the pool report.

“They know that Congress will be briefed,” Conway said. “It could start as recently as this week. But that’s up to the Pentagon.”

After saying that Trump could possibly meet with members of Congress this week since “his door is open, his phone works,” Conway went on to suggest that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) “might leave in a fit” if she were invited for a briefing given past meetings at the White House that ended abruptly, according to the pool report.

When asked whether the White House plans to brief Congress this week on their strategy, Conway said that she knows “they’ll be briefed in due course, and probably expeditiously” and that “they know that, too.”

Conway added that Congress should “celebrate, not denigrate” that Soleimani was killed by the strike authorized by the President.

“Yes, they will be briefed, but they also should calm down and celebrate, not denigrate, the fact that the world’s greatest terrorist, who is single-handedly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans… they should celebrate not denigrate,” Conway said, according to the pool report.

Conway’s remarks come a day after Trump doubled down on his threat to destroy Iran’s cultural sites, which could be classified as a war crime.

“They’re allowed to kill our people. They’re allowed to torture and maim our people. They’re allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up our people,” Trump said. “And we’re not allowed to touch their cultural site? It doesn’t work that way.”

Notable Replies

  1. Putin is a bad guy, so is Kim and many others, is this a new official policy to do assassinations of other countries leaders?

  2. I was wondering where the harpy has been the last couple of weeks.

  3. This guy was a military leader, not a political one. Not sure it qualifies as being the same as the others you mention.

  4. Fun fact: Kellyanne Conway was a high school cheerleader.

  5. Avatar for tena tena says:

    If they sent Kellyanne out to lie then you know they know they done fucked up.

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