It’s been a while since we’ve heard from White House counselor Kellyanne Conway. We had almost forgotten how truly deplorable she is. Almost.
Then this morning she went on national television to defend Donald Trump‘s repeated use of the racist term “kung flu” when talking about coronavirus.
When asked for her reaction to Trump using the racist nickname twice in just four days–first in Oklahoma and then again in Arizona–Conway replied, “My reaction is that the president has made very clear that he wants everybody to understand, and I think many Americans do understand, that the virus originated in China.”
She added, “And had China been more transparent and honest with the United States and the world, we wouldn’t have all the death and destruction that unfortunately we’ve suffered.”
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This is the exact opposite reaction Conway had back in March when it was first reported that an “unnamed White House official” (read: Donald Trump) had used the racist phrase behind closed doors. At the time, Conway called the phrase “wrong” and “highly offensive.”
When Chinese-American reporter Weijia Jiang informed Conway today that “kung flu” doesn’t explicitly refer to China, Conway dug her heels in further.
“How do you know, excuse me, how do you know the way people, how do you know that people aren’t anticipating that or are not connecting that?” she scolded. “You don’t know that!”
When Jiang then asked Conway to “walk her through” Trump’s logic of calling it the “kung flu” virus, Conway quipped, “You can ask him, how is that?” Then she accused Jiang of “stoking” the issue.
“I’m here to solve things not stoke them,” she said. “You did the opposite on this issue.”
Watch Conway defend Trump’s racism below. Or don’t.
Cam
She said the term was not acceptable 3 months ago.
https ://www .independent.co . uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-kellyanne-conway-kung-flu-racist-tulsa-rally-a9580206.html
Also, she is a known liar. Any media that has her on is telling their audience that they don’t respect them and have no problem passing lies onto them.
As for her being “Refreshed”. The eyes look tight, and she is wearing really really REALLY heavy makeup.
WSnyder
I thought she would’ve gone with the ‘it’s just a JOKE’ or ‘he said it tongue-in-cheek’ or ‘you guys don’t have a sense of humor, of course he was just jesting’.
Oh wait, are they not using those excuses now because Trump just did a double-down ‘I don’t Jest’ and make his aides look like complete asses? It’s so hard to keep up with the WH and their spin tactics. They literally have to keep their playbooks with ‘Don’t Reuse Until MM/DD/YY’ labels because the Cheeto-in-Chief keeps pulling the rug out from underneath them and they need to change up their lies.
Suggestion: Start saving now because once the Trump Admin is kicked to the curb there will be a Yuge amount of ‘Tell All’ books coming out from ex-Staffers with their own juicy stories on the Moron in the Oval Office [and non-Disclosure Agreements be damned].
radiooutmike
No, just get them by other means.
Goforit
What the bigots, racists, Republicans never seem to understand is that they don’t get to decide what is offensive. The people, groups, races, religions that are being denigrated get to decide what offends them.
Prax07
The virus did originate in China right? It’s a Chinese virus. How’s it racist to call it what it is?
radiooutmike
Viruses don’t have nationalities.
Previously, up until a few years ago, we named organisms from where they were first noted or possibly who got them. Think Ebola or Legionnaires Disease. But, the WHO changed that because it connotates racism. That a specific people are the problem, not the organism itself.
Why not go back to calling AIDS, the gay plague then?
Or rename the Spanish flu, the Kansas flu?
Redpine
The virus originated in China, but the inept U.S. response leading to hundreds of thousands of American dead is the #trumplague.
Aires the Ram
Or perhaps it was the f-ing FACT that China keep allowing international flights out of Wuhan AFTER shutting down all domestic flights out of Wuhan, for several days. It’s funny how people who want to push a false narrative, scream bloody murder when presented with the facts. How about the fact that the Trump administration shut down flights from Asia and Europe, ahead of the curve of everyone else? Isn’t it strange how facts make your narrative look more and more like leftist propaganda?
Cam
@Aires the Ram
So let’s see, you’re complaining about China’s response to the virus, but you’re defending Trump’s response even though China now has far far fewer cases than we do, as do other countries that were also infected such as EU countries etc..
We get it, you’re here to ALWAYS defend anti-LGBT Republicans.
Aires the Ram
@Cam: Yes, I, any many others worldwide, have been complaining about China’s ‘response’ to the virus that they created. So you actually believe they have fewer cases than elsewhere? What is your source for this information. Could it be the propaganda arm of the Chinese Communist Party? And what the hell does this have to do with ‘anti-lgbt republicans’ anyway? Nice try, but as always, you fell short.
Cam
@Aires the Ram
Sweetie, it’s so cute how you pretend to respond to me, but leave out the part where I point out that we have more people with the virus now than China because of Trump’s inept response.
So you keep on crying about China, yet other countries that don’t have Trump as a leader were able to keep this under control, such as South Korea, many countries in Europe. Yet here in the U.S. with the inept Trump we are far worse off than China now. But you don’t care about America, you’re just here to support Trump.
Twinbrother417
I am so sick of Kellyanne and Kayleigh poluting the airways with their lies and asskissing ways. If they are not smart enough to realize that Trump has never cared for anyone but himself or perhaps worse yet, do realize that but won’t stand up for truth all for an enormous paycheck, they should be thrown off the bus.
ThinkPlease
China seems to have controlled it, we’re now where it’s coming from. Let’s rebrand it as the Freedom Flu, a Trump (TM) Property. Now Even Deadlier!
okiloki
I think even Kelly Ann cannot believe how she can say the most insane things and Trump’s base still laps it up. It is weird talking with those White Evangelicals who believe that they can say terrible things, be selfish, believe and support inequalities, yet still be good people.
Max
she’s part of the overall Trump-supporting disease. they all have problems sticking to their stories, and they all don’t care about anything except for their party dominance.
Topazme
somebody need to throw shit at her in response to all the shit that she says all the time
Tombear
Hey man I love this krunt
@dusyk
It’s Kelly Anne Kuntway! Gurrrrl that hair!
Invader7
@dusyk : LOVE that name you just gave Kelly Anne Kuntway !! That’s worthy of 100 gold stars. She’s earned them : being a West Wing WHORE is hard work !! Especially servicing the Orange Menace aka Herr Twitterler !!
Doug
She’s bringing up statistics that the number of Americans feeling China is an “adversary” has risen due to the coronavirus, and she obviously thinks that’s perfectly okay.
I don’t care what she did to “refresh,” she still looks haggy to me.
Kevan1
B_tch needs to get off her knees in front of Trump and get some makeup lessons.
toddlicious
Trump Virus
ScottOnEarth
Even with five gallons of filler in that frightening face, she’s still hideous – inside and out.
Terrycloth
What she needs more than a new face , she needs a functional. Brain