OOn the evening of Jan. 7, a full day after an army of Trump fanatics – on the orders of the president – stormed the Capitol on a mission to overthrow the government, threatening congressmen and killing a police officer, Kellyanne Conway admitted a creeping statement on Twitter. In it, one of Trump’s most loyal and semi-trusted advisers condemned the events as “ scandalous and unforgivable, ” followed by the comical lie that her former boss “ denounced violence, acknowledged the certified election results, and committed to a ‘peaceful transmission’. of power ‘to the Biden-Harris Administration. “
The hugely false claim was answered with an almost universally raised eyebrow, including by Kellyanne’s own teenage daughter, who said to her mother (via TikTok), “How do you think your army will become rioters?”
Well, Kellyanne – who once invented a terrorist attack in the “Bowling Green Massacre” – visited Realtime with Bill Maher on Friday nights for his 19th season premiere. Kellyanne and Maher have a history of chumminess dating back to his ABC show Politically incorrect, and, perhaps because she can no longer be of any use, the comedian ended up conducting a (more or less) challenging interview with the professional eclipse and lie counter (in between smiles and yuk-yuks, of course).
After joking about her inaugural dress, Kellyanne confessed to trying to send a message to Trump on January 6 because his followers (again, at his instigation) stormed the Capitol while he was doing absolutely nothing.
“I wish the president had talked to the people earlier to get them out of there,” Conway offered, adding, “I got through to him. I said to the person standing next to them, ‘Please add my name to the chorus of people who just say: you have to tell them to get out. I don’t know what they’re doing, why they’re there, but tell them to get out. “
Then Maher countered, “You have to admit the reason they were there is that he never admitted the election.”
“Well, I did that a long time ago,” Conway replied, rather hollow. “I think the real disappointment for people like me is that the last two months, let’s say from November 6 to January 6, were not mainly spent talking about the performance, watching the performance. He built the best economy we had. ”
“Well, they are no better off now! Many of them are dead.“
‘Did he build it? It was pretty much builtMaher shot back, neglecting to mention that when Trump leaves office, there will be 10.7 million people out of work – a number that remained unchanged from December to January, as Trump has seemingly spent all of his time watching cable news and lamenting the election, and yes, encouraging a violent attack on the US Capitol and Congress, including its Vice President Mike Pence.
Kellyanne offered more inconclusive defense of Trump’s presidency, including that he “rebuilt the military” (it was never in trouble) and moved the US embassy to Jerusalem, an empty gesture if there ever was one.
Then she gave the kicker, “I mean, you can’t deny that a lot of people are better off.”
“Well they are no better off now!” Maher exclaimed. “A lot of them are death. “
Yes, even though Kellyanne would like the last two months of Trump’s election to have been spent admiring his (meager) list of so-called accomplishments, the time would have been much better to try and curb a deadly pandemic affecting Trump and his followers. helped run wild because of their inaction – one that has claimed nearly 400,000 lives and driven millions more into poverty.
Really embarrassing.