Kellyanne Conway, current campaign manager for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, has put out some very interesting tweets recently. Is this the beginning of the end?
Trump’s Campaign Manager Retweets a Clinton Barb
At Thursday night’s Al Smith charity dinner, Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton were in the same room for the first time since the final debate. Though they were cordial to one another, Trump drew boos from the crowd (and the ire of Twitter) when he began to “roast” Clinton, calling her “corrupt” and reportedly making the whole room uncomfortable.
Clinton, to her credit, got in her own barbs at The Donald, and one of them happened to call out Trump’s campaign manager by name. Trump has come under fire over the years for stiffing contractors. At the dinner, Clinton said:
“… I have deep respect for people like Kellyanne Conway. She’s working day and night for Donald and because she’s a contractor, he’s probably not even going to pay her.”
Not the kind of thing anyone on the Trump campaign would want to repeat, right?
Well …
A shout out from @HillaryClinton at #AlSmithDinner … https://t.co/DgHcT5kkFG
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) October 21, 2016
I wouldn’t quite call that a “shout out,” Ms. Conway. More like a “your boss doesn’t like to pay people what he owes” jab.
Is Conway Preparing For Life After Trump?
This isn’t the first time Conway has retweeted something that seemed odd for a campaign manager. After all, her job is to manage the campaign (and, more often in her history, the candidate) and to help stabilize things when they go awry.
And Trump’s campaign has most definitely gone awry.
Twitter was beside itself with Conway’s latest retweet, suggesting that she may be on her way out the door before the last ballot is counted.
.@HillaryClinton @KellyannePolls is just trolling @realDonaldTrump at this point.
— Renegade Superwoman (@momUNblogger) October 21, 2016
My god, woman, it's as if copies of your resume are already spitting from the campaign office xerox machine. https://t.co/vCU5iZ86pF
— David Simon (@AoDespair) October 21, 2016
Kellyanne, blink twice if you need help. https://t.co/HjnCzo5LuI
— ?spooky anxiety and scary ratchet-ness? (@PolitikMasFina) October 21, 2016
Kellyanne Conway may have managed campaigns for some of the most deplorable men to ever run for office, but she’s not an idiot. She knows that Trump’s chances of winning stand at less than 10 percent at this point. And she needs to think of her career after this shitshow of an election is over.
She may very well be subtly trying to distance herself from the poison pill that is Donald Trump.
Or, as HuffingtonPost political writer Christina Wilkie put it:
Translation: “I’m still respected across the aisle, and Donald Trump had better pay me what he owes me." https://t.co/i72poEd6H0
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) October 21, 2016
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