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Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 09:06 AM Apr 2018

Kellyanne Conway slams Comey: 'This guy swung an election'

Source: ABC

President Donald Trump's senior counselor, Kellyanne Conway, slammed former FBI Director James Comey, suggesting an announcement he made about Hillary Clinton's emails during the 2016 election may have been a deciding factor.

"This guy swung an election," Conway told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on "Good Morning America" today. “He thought the wrong person would win.”

Conway, who appeared on "GMA" in the wake of the airing of Comey's exclusive interview with Stephanopoulos on Sunday night, was apparently referring to Comey's comments about his decision to announce in a letter to Congress the reopening of the Clinton email probe on Oct. 28, 2016, 11 days before the Nov. 8 election.

"The president is very confounded the that this person is always able to divert the spotlight to him," Conway said. "He has a very deft way of making things about him."

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/kellyanne-conway-slams-comey-guy-swung-election/story?id=54496661

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Kellyanne Conway slams Comey: 'This guy swung an election' (Original Post) Mrs. Overall Apr 2018 OP
Then she is admitting that he favored Trump. padfun Apr 2018 #1
Ummm no Ms. Conway, the only person you have to thank for your job FakeNoose Apr 2018 #25
I sincerely wonder if it wasnt gonna matter, if the fix was in given Putin Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #26
Yup SoCalMusicLover Apr 2018 #27
Screw her. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2018 #2
She admits cheetolini shouldn't be in office. marble falls Apr 2018 #3
"This guy swung an election," BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #4
It was a typical repug response. IT made NO sense. nt Ferrets are Cool Apr 2018 #11
They only talk to drown out everyone else with their meaningless nonsense. BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #15
i took the statement "this guy swung an election" to be a freudian slip onetexan Apr 2018 #32
Yes because she is so used to being "anti-" that she effectively blew it. BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #33
How is there always a tweet? Cha Apr 2018 #34
Conway is like a broken clock. lark Apr 2018 #5
Yes, I agree. olegramps Apr 2018 #10
From what I've seen, Trump & his surrogates have hitherto been glossing over that inconvenient fact TubbersUK Apr 2018 #6
So she is admitting PatSeg Apr 2018 #7
Perhaps a Trump vendetta will smash through Hortensis Apr 2018 #8
lol I thought this was going to be an onion link! Mr. Sparkle Apr 2018 #9
What's difficult for DU members to realize bucolic_frolic Apr 2018 #12
Just curious...where does 35% figure come from? Thanks. NT SWBTATTReg Apr 2018 #22
When making estimates bucolic_frolic Apr 2018 #23
Thanks. Kind of a nifty theory. NT SWBTATTReg Apr 2018 #30
If Clinton were elected, would we have seen the ''drummer boy/ patriot outfit''? YOHABLO Apr 2018 #13
aka that means she admits that the orange asshole couldn't get elected on his own merit. LOL nt Javaman Apr 2018 #14
Oooooh, that's gonna piss off her boss. shanny Apr 2018 #16
Blow it out your ass, Kellyanne. Paladin Apr 2018 #17
You are SO CORRECT Paladin!!!! onecent Apr 2018 #18
True. To Donald Trump n/t Tom Rinaldo Apr 2018 #19
Nice drive Kellyanne. Drive that wedge. KPN Apr 2018 #20
Yep. He swung the election TO TRUMP. Without Comey's repeated interference Trump had no chance StevieM Apr 2018 #21
I wonder how Trump feels about Conway suggesting he would have lost without Comey's help... Nitram Apr 2018 #24
Den of hornets Chickensoup Apr 2018 #28
kiss enid602 Apr 2018 #29
Oh, that is really rich. Need to clean cofvefe off my screen now... Hekate Apr 2018 #31

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
26. I sincerely wonder if it wasnt gonna matter, if the fix was in given Putin
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 12:24 PM
Apr 2018

has hundreds of on the ground, deep cover KGB agents in this country who can fix elections easily.

 

SoCalMusicLover

(3,194 posts)
27. Yup
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 12:46 PM
Apr 2018

Comey's thing was just a good excuse. Perhaps it hurt her a tiny bit, but the FIX was already in, and nothing was going to stop him.

BumRushDaShow

(129,053 posts)
4. "This guy swung an election,"
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 09:17 AM
Apr 2018

And she is complaining because it benefited them when she was the campaign manager at the time?

They always want to be "opposite" even if doing so boomarangs right back upside their heads.

onetexan

(13,041 posts)
32. i took the statement "this guy swung an election" to be a freudian slip
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 04:50 PM
Apr 2018

hell yeah Comey swung the election, meaning trump should have never been president.

lark

(23,102 posts)
5. Conway is like a broken clock.
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 09:17 AM
Apr 2018

Right for 1 min.

I do think he was part of their stealing the election. I even think he might have done it on purpose since he didn't treat the real evidence about drumpf the same as he did the fake Clinton news. I will not buy his book, will not contribute to him., also will not bash him in public forums at all. He was not fired due to Clinton, the drumpf admin. folks celebrated his actions. He was truly fired due to Russia and is right in what he's saying about that. Humans are complex and just because he was wrong about reopening the email investigation, and he totally was, doesn't mean he's not right that drumpf is a total liar and unfit to be president.

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
10. Yes, I agree.
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 09:40 AM
Apr 2018

The major aspect of the relationship between Comey and Trump boils down to Trumps attempt to stop an investigation by getting Comey to swear allegiance to him and agree to stop abandon the investigation of General Flynn. Not accomplishing that when he continued to pursued the Russian investigation he fired him. As to the concern about his response to his opinion, and that is what it is, concerning the POSSIBILITY of Trump involvement with prostitutes I could not agree with his assessment more. Given Trumps history of inappropriate sexual behavior I believe it is very possibly true also given the fact of his glaring refusal to be critical of Putin.

TubbersUK

(1,439 posts)
6. From what I've seen, Trump & his surrogates have hitherto been glossing over that inconvenient fact
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 09:25 AM
Apr 2018

She may be in for a telling off.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
8. Perhaps a Trump vendetta will smash through
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 09:38 AM
Apr 2018

Comey's powerful protection. Hope so.

Odds are extremely strong he was cooperating with others to subvert our election, others who are still as powerful as ever, and no doubt as determined to get and keep power.

Mr. Sparkle

(2,933 posts)
9. lol I thought this was going to be an onion link!
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 09:39 AM
Apr 2018

veep may as well pack it in now, they have nothing on real life.

bucolic_frolic

(43,173 posts)
12. What's difficult for DU members to realize
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 09:56 AM
Apr 2018

is that maybe 35% of viewers who watched the Comey interview were shocked by the revelations because they were new to them; they hadn't heard them before or perhaps hadn't a clue. It will take time to open their minds, those whose minds can be opened.

Paladin

(28,262 posts)
17. Blow it out your ass, Kellyanne.
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 10:20 AM
Apr 2018

And don't even pretend you're displeased with Comey's effect on Hillary's campaign---we have daily, hourly, minute-by-minute proof that the wrong person DID "win" the election, and this country will be paying for that error for decades to come.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
21. Yep. He swung the election TO TRUMP. Without Comey's repeated interference Trump had no chance
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 10:38 AM
Apr 2018

of winning. He would have gotten blown out.

Chickensoup

(650 posts)
28. Den of hornets
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 12:54 PM
Apr 2018

The WH.is full of liars headed by
The Liar in Chief. I am sick of their
Lies. I hope this nightmare will
be over soon ... Please!!!

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