An alleged clash between White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway and Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday has Twitter reeling.
After President Trump broke up a meeting with the Democrat leader in a fury over her claims that he is involved in a “cover-up,” Conway reportedly asked Pelosi if she had a response to Trump’s statements.
But Pelosi reportedly shut her down, saying she would talk to “the president, not the staff."
At that moment, aides say that an offended Conway shot back “Wow, that’s really pro-woman of you” in a dig at Pelosi’s support of women’s rights. (The exact quotes vary according to different news outlets, though the exchange has been confirmed by multiple sources.)
But critics are saying that Conway has no right to play the feminism card given her work with Trump.
This is a go-to move for Conway, who’s cried sexism - where it isn’t - when she feels cornered or slighted. tinyurl.com/y9rpwed9
It is not "pro-woman" to talk to Kellyanne Conway. It is "pro-woman" to stand up for policies that benefit women: access to affordable health care, reproductive freedom and equal pay.
It’s really tiresome to see Kellyanne Conway constantly invoking her gender to shield herself and her boss from criticism. And it demeans the actual, real challenges women of both parties still face in professional politics. politico.com/story/2019/05/…
Some commenters relished the thought of a Pelosi-Conway face-off.
Conway did have at least one women’s group in her corner: Women for Trump, which bills itself as a “voice 4 smart, independent women.”
Good for Kellyanne!
Too bad it wasn’t in public so we could all hear it... washingtonexaminer.com/news/kellyanne…
Pelosi also declined to discuss the Conway controversy, according to reports.
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