Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president, has defended her boss through numerous accusations, going so far as to invent a terrorist massacre to support the administration’s point-of-view. Her latest head-scratching defense: President Donald Trump empowers women.
Conway turned to Twitter on Thursday afternoon, praising Trump for nominating Kirstjen Nielsen to run the Department of Homeland Security. She also used the opportunity to praise Trump for “elevating and empowering women to top positions” inside the White House, implying that the Trump administration is fully behind women’s needs.
.@POTUS continues his practice of elevating and empowering women to top positions.
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) October 12, 2017
Congratulations, Kirstjen! https://t.co/A9Ijp968a9
Suffice to say, Twitter wasn’t having it. Users quickly responded to Conway’s tweet, pointing out that the president admitted to sexual assault in a B-roll Access Hollywood video leak.
POTUS is an admitted perpetrator of sexual violence. You’re a blight on the landscape Conway and a discredit to all women. Shame. Shame.
— Lie Detector Model 45DJT 🌹🗽 (@Lie45djt) October 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/Ballsdino/status/918576754104692739
https://twitter.com/beauryan/status/918575899569659904
Others suggested Trump uses women for political gain, adding the occasional female cabinet member while largely staffing the White House with straight white men. It doesn’t hurt, either, that the administration’s policies largely target federal programs that help women in need.
https://twitter.com/NoteFromSELF/status/918577044245577728
Kellyanne, isn’t the Trump cabinet about 90% white male? #SomeEmpowering
— Sarah (not real) Palin (@SarahPalinUSA_) October 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/NickHax/status/918576218458353664
https://twitter.com/Summerweber16/status/918576648785670144
And others think the tweet is a calculated response, holding President Trump as a pro-woman figure amid the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment scandal plaguing Hollywood.
https://twitter.com/bizadamz/status/918577022703755264
Also, you don’t get to yell about Harvey Weinstein when your boss has sexually assaulted at least 11 women (that we know of).
— Nicole Antoun (@NicoleECA) October 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/Liberalyogi/status/918790555768848384
Conway remains a notoriously controversial figure in Washington. She was accused of leaking White House information at a party, granted an ethics waiver along with several other Trump White House members, and she was called out by the mainstream media for putting her feet on Oval Office furniture, which may be one of her least egregious missteps.
