Kellyanne and George Hit the Airwaves With Vastly Different Narratives – Opinion

Kellyanne Conway, a former senior adviser to President Trump and George Never Trump took to the airwaves of rival networks over the past two days and had a completely different outlook about the country.

Conservative attorney and former member of the disgraced Lincoln Project George Conway struck first, appearing with Jake Tapper on CNN Sunday to rant about Trump’s “multi-faceted conspiracy” to shut down an election and overthrow democracy on January 6, 2020:

The fact of the matter is … this was an attempted coup; this was an attempt to overthrow democracy.  It was an attempt to stop, dead in its tracks, on Jan. 6, the peaceful transition of power — and that’s a coup..

It was a multi-faceted criminal conspiracy led by the president of the United States to stop — by whatever means necessary — the proper counting of electoral votes under the 12th Amendment.

Despite his histrionics, George went on to explain that no new “bombshells” would be required to prove the conspiracy. All lawmakers need to do is “lay out the things that what we have seen come out over the last 17 months and lay it out in an orderly and compelling fashion.”

His wife Kellyanne took to Fox News’s The Faulkner Focus the next day to emphasize her disdain for the performance of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris:

They seem so distant from American citizens. They don’t even show up at a small business. They don’t give a speech. He actually goes to the beaches. Vice President Harris is nowhere on the weekends….

Look at her public schedule, America, you pay for her, and she’s really nowhere on the weekends in terms of her official duties.

You heard me tell you Saturday how Biden has been the most vaunted president in American presidential history. What was Biden doing last weekend? There was a beach.

Kellyanne wasn’t done, though, teeing off on Joe’s handling of the economy:

But it’s only about 56% of Democrats saying they approve of his handling of inflation, 51% on gas prices. Even members of Joe Biden’s own party say, “Wake up Joe!” Tell us what’s happening. All these reports now, he’s upset that there aren’t enough people on TV talking on his behalf, that they’re costing him.

It’s not a messaging problem, folks. It’s a fact problem.

Kellyanne is coming off the release of her new book, Here’s the Deal, in which she rips Tony Fauci, Jared Kushner, and husband George, but praises Trump. She was not extended the same kindness by Trump.

The dueling Conways are quite the spectacle, but it’s hard to imagine how their marriage survives. Already they’ve stopped wearing their wedding rings. She writes in her book:

George and me had finally gotten serious. This was the first time I’d ever considered the possibility that George, the man I loved so much might one day be able to stab my back.

Imagine that feeling about someone you share a bed with. She goes on to describe how she felt like George was having an affair—but with Twitter, not with another woman. George has been tweeting obsessively about the January 6, Committee, as usual.

It would be a Playbill for each of the following two weeks if there was one.

You can print it out and bind it. https://t.co/OLxpF8f5Zq

— George Conway🇺🇦 (@gtconway3d) June 6, 2022

This makes it hard to miss Mary Matalin, James Carville and other political opponents who were strong but managed not hate one another.

Carville and Matalin managed to resolve their differences and are now married and have two children. They were even so funny that Hollywood produced a romance comedy, Speechless.

It’s difficult to imagine anyone ever making a comedy about George and Kellyanne. While it’s hard to stop watching the spectacle, like a slow-motion train wreck, it’s also a little sad.