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There’s Sisyphus and his rock, Tantalus and his grapes, and NBC’s Chuck Todd attempting to get a straight answer out of Kellyanne Conway. The Meet the Press host invited Donald Trump’s counselor on his show to ask her about yesterday’s bizarre press conference, in which White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer berated the press for accurately reporting on the size of Trump’s inauguration crowd. He had one question for her: why did Trump’s administration feel the need to dispatch Spicer to tell the press lies about Trump’s crowd size that were easily proven false? His question never got answered.
“Chuck, the President did many things yesterday and the day before that are meaningful to America,” Conway began, before pivoting to speak at length about repealing “Obamacare and all its problems.” When she finally got to Spicer’s incorrect (and easily debunked) statement about the number of attendees at Trump’s inauguration Friday, it was only to remind Todd about all of the counties and votes that Trump won on Election Night.
“I’m about things that are quantifiable and important,” she said as she sidestepped a question about something quantifiable and important.
When Todd once again reiterated his original question, she said that Spicer had provided “alternative facts,” as opposed to just plain facts.
“Four of the five facts he uttered were just not true,” Todd replied. “‘Alternative facts’ are not facts.”
When Todd called Spicer’s lies “ridiculous,” Conway ominously intimated that if news outlets continue to ask these kinds of questions and behave in this way, the Trump administration would have to “rethink our relationship” with the press. Earlier this month, Trump refused to answer a question from CNN’s Jim Acosta, shouting over him and labeling the reporter “fake news.”
On ABC’s This Week, Conway also said Sunday that we’re never going to see those tax returns, The Hill reports.
“We litigated this all through the election,” she said. “People didn’t care. They voted for him, and let me make this very clear: most Americans are—are very focused on what their tax returns will look like while President Trump is in office, not what his look like.” There is a petition for the president to release his returns that currently has twice as many signatories as it needs to get to the White House.
“Chuck, the President did many things yesterday and the day before that are meaningful to America,” Conway began, before pivoting to speak at length about repealing “Obamacare and all its problems.” When she finally got to Spicer’s incorrect (and easily debunked) statement about the number of attendees at Trump’s inauguration Friday, it was only to remind Todd about all of the counties and votes that Trump won on Election Night.
“I’m about things that are quantifiable and important,” she said as she sidestepped a question about something quantifiable and important.
When Todd once again reiterated his original question, she said that Spicer had provided “alternative facts,” as opposed to just plain facts.
“Four of the five facts he uttered were just not true,” Todd replied. “‘Alternative facts’ are not facts.”
When Todd called Spicer’s lies “ridiculous,” Conway ominously intimated that if news outlets continue to ask these kinds of questions and behave in this way, the Trump administration would have to “rethink our relationship” with the press. Earlier this month, Trump refused to answer a question from CNN’s Jim Acosta, shouting over him and labeling the reporter “fake news.”
On ABC’s This Week, Conway also said Sunday that we’re never going to see those tax returns, The Hill reports.
“We litigated this all through the election,” she said. “People didn’t care. They voted for him, and let me make this very clear: most Americans are—are very focused on what their tax returns will look like while President Trump is in office, not what his look like.” There is a petition for the president to release his returns that currently has twice as many signatories as it needs to get to the White House.