Longtime President Trump's adviser Kellyanne Conway announced Sunday that she is leaving the White House at the end of August 2020.
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VietPress USA (Aug. 23, 2020): According to Wikipedia, Kellyanne Elizabeth Conway (née Fitzpatrick; born January 20, 1967) is an American pollster, political consultant, and pundit who serves as counselor to the president in the administration of U.S. president Donald Trump. She was previously Trump's campaign manager, having been appointed in August 2016; Conway is the first woman to have run a successful U.S. presidential campaign. She has previously held roles as campaign manager and strategist in the Republican Party, and was formerly president and CEO of The Polling Company / WomanTrend.
Conway lived in Trump World Tower from 2001 to 2008 and conducted private polls for Trump in late 2013 when he was considering running for governor of New York. In the 2016 Republican presidential primaries, Conway initially endorsed Ted Cruz and chaired a pro-Cruz political action committee. After Cruz withdrew from the race, Trump appointed Conway as a senior advisor and later campaign manager. On December 22, 2016, Trump announced that Conway would join his administration as counselor to the president. On November 29, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that Conway would oversee White House efforts to combat the opioid overdose epidemic.
Since Trump's inauguration, Conway has been embroiled in a series of controversies: using the phrase "alternative facts" to discuss a "Bowling Green massacre" that never occurred, and claiming that Michael Flynn had the full confidence of the president hours before he was dismissed. Members of Congress from both parties called for an investigation of an apparent ethics violation after she publicly endorsed commercial products associated with the president's daughter, Ivanka Trump. In June 2019, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel recommended that Conway be fired for "unprecedented" multiple violations of the Hatch Act of 1939.
Conway announced in August 2020 that she would be leaving the White House at the end of the month. This comes after months of public feud between herself and her teenage daughter, Claudia.
Today on Sunday, Kellyanne Conway said in a statement that she is leaving the White House at the end of August 2020.
One administration official told NBC News that Kellyanne Conway told the president Sunday night in the Oval Office about her departure. The president expressed support for the decision, the official said.
This official and a second source familiar with the matter told NBC News that Conway is still expected to speak at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday as was previously scheduled.
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Longtime Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway to leave White House
Tim Stelloh and Kristen Welker and Monica Alba
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Kellyanne Conway, the longtime adviser to President Donald Trump and wife of outspoken Trump critic George Conway, is leaving the White House at the end of August, she said in a statement Sunday.
Conway, who was Trump’s campaign manager before she became one of his staunchest defenders in the White House, said that she and her husband disagreed about plenty but “we are united on what matters most: the kids,” she said.
“Our four children are teens and 'tweens starting a new academic year, in middle school and high school, remotely from home for at least a few months,” Conway said. “As millions of parents nationwide know, kids 'doing school from home' requires a level of attention and vigilance that is as unusual as these times.”
“This is completely my choice and my voice,” she added.
One administration official told NBC News that Kellyanne Conway told the president Sunday night in the Oval Office about her departure. The president expressed support for the decision, the official said.
This official and a second source familiar with the matter told NBC News that Conway is still expected to speak at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday as was previously scheduled.
George Conway, a conservative lawyer who worked at the U.S. Justice Department and co-founded the anti-Trump organization the Lincoln Project, also said Sunday that he is leaving the group to devote more time to family. He added that he’s also taking a hiatus from Twitter, where he has 1.4 million followers.
“Needless to say, I continue to support the Lincoln Project and its mission,” he said. “Passionately.”
The drama between the president and the couple spilled into public view last year, after the lawyer said Trump wasn’t mentally fit to serve. The president called him a “a total loser” and a “husband from hell” who was “jealous” of his wife.
George Conway responded: “You. Are. Nuts.”
Kellyanne Conway, meanwhile, told Politico that the president was within his rights to attack her husband.
“You think he shouldn’t respond when somebody, a non-medical professional accuses him of having a mental disorder?” she said. “You think he should just take that sitting down?”
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