White House counselor Kellyanne Conway told CNN’s Dana Bash Thursday that a woman is due in court next month for assaulting her in a D.C. restaurant back in October.
“I was standing next to my daughter and many of her friends at dinner. She was right here next to me. Her friends were, too,” Conway said. “Somebody was grabbing me from behind, grabbed my arms and was shaking me…It felt weird, like that’s a little aggressive. I turned around and the woman was unhinged.”
“She was out of control. I don’t know how to explain her to you,” Conway continued. “Her whole face was terror and anger…She ought to pay for that. She has no right to touch anybody.”
The woman, Mary Elizabeth Inabinett, has been charged with second-degree assault and disorderly conduct. Her lawyer denies that she touched Conway, saying that she was merely “exercising her First Amendment rights.”
The alleged assault occurred around the high-tension time of the Brett Kavanaugh hearings.
Conway joins many Trump administration officials who have been heckled by protesting citizens in public spaces, though she is the first to claim a physical altercation.
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Too bad I will not be in the jury. I would had shown the wingnuts what’s wrong with “jury nullification”.
I’m sure Conway will be believable on the stand.
People who abuse horses should be ashamed.
At least once a week you can read of some Trump fanatic randomly picking a person out of a crowd they suspect of being a pinko liberal and assaulting them. It’s so frequent you probably just glide by even reading the story. But the Wingnutosphere will latch onto this as an example of the rampant incivility of the Left.
While no one should lay hands on another except to prevent them from harming themselves or others, there are circumstances in extenuation and mitigation. Hopefully, the judge will give her a stern talking-to, dismiss the case, and recommend her for a civic medal.