Kellyanne Conway's critics say TV networks should stop booking her for on-air appearances because she peddles falsehoods and only leaves viewers more confused. She's made up terror attacks, coined the term "alternative facts," and most recently blamed former President Barack Obama for the Las Vegas shooting. Conway's defenders say she's simply doing her job and doing it well. She's selling Trump's agenda to America and communicating the message he wants to get out. What do you think? 📺
In a recent CNN appearance, Counselor to the President Conway blamed former President Obama for failing to regulate bump fire stocks like the ones used in the Las Vegas shooting.
"It was President Obama's ATF, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, in 2010 that decided not to regulate this device...That should be part of the conversation and part of the facts that you put before your viewers."
Conway went on to criticized Democrats, including Clinton and Sanders, for politicizing the issue of gun control in the wake of a mass shooting. Conway also blamed CNN and the mainstream media for their Russia obsessions, which she attempted to tie into the Las Vegas massacre.
Watch the exchange here:
But defenders of Conway say she is criticized so fiercely because she is good at her job. Jonah Goldberg argues in the National Review that Conway is treated unfairly by the mainstream media, and she is not the first communications official to lie on behalf of a politician.
Here’s a news flash for the news industry: Birds are gonna fly, fish are gonna swim, and politicians are gonna lie. The assumption that Conway is uniquely dishonest strikes me as not only preposterous but irrelevant. If she’s that dishonest, a good interviewer will make that clear to the viewer. Personally, I think Jake Tapper is more than capable of holding anyone’s feet to the fire.
And Conway has repeatedly defended herself and her duty to serve President Trump and get his message out into the world.
I serve at the pleasure of @POTUS. His message is my message. His goals are my goals. Uninformed chatter doesn't matter.
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) February 14, 2017
