OOn the evening of January 7, a full day after an army of Trump fans – under the orders of the president – stormed the United States Capitol with the mission of overthrowing the government, threatening congressmen and killing a police officer during the process, Kellyanne Conway issued a rambling statement on Twitter. In it, one of Trump’s most loyal and semi-trusted advisers condemned the events as “outrageous and inexcusable,” followed by the comic lie that his former boss had “denounced the violence, acknowledged certified election results, and committed to a ‘peaceful transfer of power’ to the Biden-Harris Administration ”.
The falsely false statement was met with an almost universal raised eyebrow, including Kellyanne’s own teenage daughter, who said to her mother (via TikTok), “How do you feel about your army becoming rioters? “
Well, Kellyanne, who invented a terrorist attack on the “Green Bowling Massacre,” visited Real time with Bill Maher Friday night for his 19th seasonal premiere. Kellyanne and Maher have a friendship story that goes back to their ABC show Politically incorrect, and, perhaps because it can no longer be of any use, the comedian finally conducted a challenging interview (sorta) with the professional obfuscator and the liar (between smiles and yuk-yuks, of course).
After joking about his inaugural attire, Kellyanne confessed that he had tried to send a message to Trump on Jan. 6, as his followers (again, at his instigation) stormed the U.S. Capitol while he he did absolutely nothing.
“I wish the president had talked to people before to get them out of hell,” Conway offered, adding, “I got to him. I had told the person next to him, ‘Yes please add my name to the hearts of people who just say: you have to tell them to come out. I don’t know what they do, why they’re there, but tell them to come out“.
Then Maher replied, “You have to admit that the reason they were there is that he never granted the election.”
“Well, I did it a long time ago,” Conway replied with quite a blank. “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 dedicated to talking about successes, reviewing successes. It built the biggest economy we had. ”
“Well, now they are no better! Many of them are dead.”
“Did you build it? It was almost a lot built“Maher fired, not to mention that when Trump leaves office, there are 10.7 million unemployed people, a number that remained unchanged from December to January, as Trump has apparently spent all his time. time watching cable news, complaining about the election, and yes, encouraging a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol and Congress, including Vice President Mike Pence.
Kellyanne offered less convincing defenses of Trump’s presidency, including the fact that he “rebuilt the army” (he was never in terrible straits) and moved the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, an empty gesture if there was never one.
Then he handed the kicker, “I mean, there’s no denying that a lot of people are better.”
“Well, they’re no better now!” Maher exclaimed. “It simply came to our notice then death“.
Yes, even if Kellyanne wished the last two months of Trump’s election were spent admiring his (sparse) list of so-called hits, he would have spent much better time trying to stem a deadly pandemic than Trump and his henchmen they helped go wild in their inaction – one that has caused nearly 400,000 lives and led millions more into poverty.
Shameful, really.