Posted on 03/02/2017 6:26:30 PM PST by drewh
Kellyanne Conway believes the news media would be more outraged about a Democratic congressman’s crude joke that the White House staffer looks “familiar” with being on her knees if she were a pro-abortion woman, she told The Daily Caller, adding that she believed the joke was sexist.
Asked over text if she thought there would be more media outrage about the comment if she were a liberal woman, Conway told The Daily Caller, “Yes.” She added: “And it is not just if I were a liberal woman, but if I were a pro-abortion one.”
“I really just want to know what was going on there, because, you know, I won’t tell anybody. And you can just explain to me that circumstance, because she really looked kind of familiar in that position there. But, don’t answer, and I don’t want you to refer back to the 1990s,” Democratic Louisiana Rep. Cedric Richmond said at a Washington Press Club Foundation Dinner on Wednesday.
“Since some people have interpreted my joke to mean something that it didn’t I think it is important to clarify what I meant. Last night was a night of levity. Where I grew up saying that someone is looking or acting ‘familiar’ simply means that they are behaving too comfortably,” Richmond told TheDC in a statement.
Conway said Richmond has not apologized to her for the crude comment. “I notice he did not apologize, he tried to clarify,” Conway said of Richmond’s claim that the joke wasn’t meant to be sexual.
GOP Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel also fired back at Richmond, calling the remark “disgusting and offensive.”
“A snarky joke for you is just a reminder of the demeaning comments women hear every single day. And trust me, it happens to all women,” McDaniel said, adding: “I’d suggest using Women’s History Month to lift us up instead of knocking us down.”
Conway also pushed back against the idea that there was anything disrespectful about the photo of her kneeling on the couch while taking a picture of President Trump with the presidents of historically black colleges.
“I helped usher in those 60+ HBCU Presidents after speaking with them in The Roosevelt room. I was taking pics and texting the pics to [the college presidents],” Conway told TheDC. “MANY of them have defended me on radio and social media.”
Conway also pointed to a Washington Post article where Trump aide Omarosa Manigault spoke up on behalf of Conway.
“I saw her taking pictures — it was a very sweet moment, to be honest,” Manigault said to the Post. “She looked down at the picture after she got it, and I looked at her and said, ‘Kellyanne, did you get a good shot?’ Because I wanted one for my own records.”
“I literally looked at her and said, ‘Kellyanne, can you try to get a good shot?’ . . . She tried again; she positioned herself to get a better picture. It really was at my encouragement for her to try to capture such an important, historic moment.”
Johnny Taylor, president of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, spoke highly of the meeting with Trump afterwards, calling it “a significant and a positive first step in what we hope to be a productive working relationship” with the Trump administration.
Conway left open the possibility that she “may issue a statement” on Richmond’s joke.
Keep you shoes off the furniture and don’t give me that look.
That actually sounds like a Clinton reference.
The proper political move here would be for a Republican congresswoman to introduce a censure resolution for Richmond’s words. If this becomes a women’s issue, the Democrats have to join in.
Democrats are disgusting pieces of filth and the only thing that matters to them is that women can legally murder their unborn children.
The thought of blacks and whites not haring each other must scare the shiute out of Democrats so, of course, they look for ways to foment hatred.
well, that's all fine and dandy, Richy, but you added the 'and don't refer back to the 1990's' which contradicts what you just said in your non-apology. You made these comments in an official capacity at a public setting, so you can't even say it was 'lockerooom talk' or even 'backyard bbq talk'. Resign.
The Cedric pos is lying. I know what he meant and so does he.
Lying sack of liberal crap!
For me the Only Question is, why hasn’t Speaker Ryan taken Formal Action in the House for this Abhorrent behavior exhibited by the Congress person.???
Stripped of ALL Committee Assignments
120 day Suspension of ALL Privileges
We were at one time supposed to be a Party of Standards and Principles.
This! And open up a lawsuit for sexual harassment!
Did it remind Cedric of what his momma looked like when one of the boyfriends visited?
ps
Donald J Trump would have FIRED HIM!
so true, but to add they are ignorant too.Every Dem voter I habve met whether I was working up in Boston for some time or anywhere in the country I have found they have no idea about facts. they read the Huff post, they watch CNN, and then think they know everything.
When you remain calm and point out the facts in detail , they resort to name calling or walking off.
He is rightfully getting hammered on it too.
Some people, such as the Congressman, seem to be unable to climb out of the gutter or even get their mind out of the gutter. Consider the source and chalk it up to experience.
I guess it was much better when Obama used the WH desk as a foot rest...........
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