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The hosts of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" said on Monday that the White House counselor Kellyanne Conway complained extensively about President Trump in private conversations with them before he was elected.

Mika Brzezinski said during Monday's broadcast that she heard Ms. Conway denounce the candidate in private after promoting him on television.

"She would get off the air, the camera would be turned off, the microphone would be taken off, and she would say ‘Blech, I need to take a shower,' because she disliked her candidate so much," Ms. Brzezinski said of Ms. Conway.

Joe Scarborough, Ms. Brzezinski's co-host and fiancé, echoed the statements, saying that Ms. Conway said after being interviewed that she had only taken the job for money and that she would soon be done defending Mr. Trump.

" ‘But first I have to take a shower, because it feels so dirty to be saying what I'm saying,' " Ms. Brzezinski added, mocking what the hosts said was Ms. Conway's attitude at the time. "I guess she's just used to it now."

A White House spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Ms. Conway began the 2016 election working for a super PAC that supported Senator Ted Cruz's presidential campaign, but she joined the Trump campaign after Mr. Cruz dropped out of the race. She became Mr. Trump's campaign manager in August, appearing frequently on television in support of him.

Ms. Brzezinski said in February that she would no longer book Ms. Conway on the show, because she and Mr. Scarborough had come to believe that the White House counselor was prone to spreading falsehoods. On the air last week, she renewed that criticism, calling Ms. Conway "not credible" and chiding CNN for featuring Ms. Conway.

"Your hosts look pained when they interview her because they know they're just doing politics porn," Ms. Brzezinski said, addressing the rival network.

Ms. Conway has been a frequent target of media critics since she justified the White House's reports about the size of Mr. Trump's inauguration crowd by calling them "alternative facts" in January. A clip of Anderson Cooper, the CNN anchor, rolling his eyes at her during an interview drew attention last week, and Ms. Conway later called the reaction "possibly sexist," and saying that it was typical of an anti-Trump bias in the media.

The hosts of "Morning Joe," fixtures of the same Washington punditry scene that Ms. Conway has frequented since the 1990s, have in the past enjoyed a congenial relationship with Mr. Trump, who reportedly offered to officiate their wedding. But they have criticized him more harshly in recent months, and Mr. Trump has said in interviews that he has stopped watching the network.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/...-conway.html&eventName=Watching-article-click

Wowza.

 

[studyguy]

Must be some crazy water bill then.

All this amounts to nothing if you follow through with pushing the narrative or legislation in the end by the way. It's a systemic problem for the GOP atm.

 

[Duane Cunningham]

I assume Pence and half the GOP feels that way, too. At least I hope they do.

 

[Razorback]

Why does she do it then? Money? Fame? I don't understand how these people sleep at night.

 

[benicillin]

lol Trump isn't going to like reading about this. Expect some kind of loyalty test soon.

 

[ColdPizza]

The money must have been good, and honestly, I can't blame her.

 

[Tagg9]

Wow. No way she survives after Trump reads this.

 

[FTF]

lol well I guess she's def out now.

 

[Sephzilla]

saying that Ms. Conway said after being interviewed that she had only taken the job for money

Everybody's got a price!

 

[psynergylover]

how did she not melt?

 

[SocksAndShoes]

Money > dignity, respect, etc.

If you play with pigs, you're gonna get some mud on you.

 

[Common Knowledge]

It's not like she's been held a gunpoint to do this job. I don't feel bad for her or any other Trump spokesperson who hates doing it.

 

[Afrodium]

Boo hoo. She could have quit if she felt so terrible peddling bullshit, but she chose a paycheck instead. No sympathy.

 

[smokeymicpot]

Why does she do it then? Money? Fame? I don't understand how these people sleep at night.

Shit load of money. Heck if I got paid that much I would do it.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Same!

Same thing I said when watching Kellyanne Conway speak

 

[BitStyle]

So who's gonna slip Trump this article?

 

[DrForester]

Ms. Conway said after being interviewed that she had only taken the job for money

So...

We can objectively call her a whore now?


Yeah, that went too far. My bad.

 

[rtcn63]

 

[SSPssp]

No tapes = fake news? I wonder if Trump will believe them.

 

[PandaPandaPanda]

Wowza.

So she took the job for money. If/when she loses her position then what? She's pretty much destroyed any credibility she had by looking at the camera and straight up lied multiple times

 

[MIMIC]

LOL, not surprised. She was staunchly opposed to him during the campaign before the joined him.

 

[Lo-Volt]

So who's gonna slip Trump this article?

I believe he's a Times subscriber, or was before the election. I vaguely recall that his habits were discussed in some feature articles.

 

[Duane Cunningham]

Well, if she's willing to do that for money, someone needs to offer her twice as much to spill everything.

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

Why does she do it then? Money? Fame? I don't understand how these people sleep at night.

The money must have been good, and honestly, I can't blame her.

Money > dignity, respect, etc.

If you play with pigs, you're gonna get some mud on you.

Shit load of money. Heck if I got paid that much I would do it.

Y'all, Kellyanne Conway and her husband have a net worth of around $40 million. She doesn't need the money.

Citation: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/01/what-trumps-top-white-house-employees-are-worth.html

 

[commedieu]

Must be some crazy water bill then.

All this amounts to nothing if you follow through with pushing the narrative or legislation in the end by the way. It's a systemic problem for the GOP atm.

Oh. That image is fucking perfect.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

The money must have been good, and honestly, I can't blame her.

Shit load of money. Heck if I got paid that much I would do it.

Her efforts helped Trump get elected, which puts millions of people in harm's way.

You'd do the same for money? Really?

Y'all, Kellyanne Conway and her husband have a net worth of around $40 million. She doesn't need the money.

Sadly, being filthy rich has never stopped people from being greedy assholes. I don't find it hard to believe she just did it for the money.

Wouldn't call her a whore though. It's an insult to sex workers.

 

[theechrisfox]

Being complicit to something makes you that something.

 

[BadWolf]

So...

We can objectively call her a whore now?

No?

 

[Volimar]

As much as I dislike Kellyanne, I'm not a fan of this trend of spreading off the record information about someone.

 

[the_firewithin]

Hope that blood money was worth it to be looked at like she will be for a long long time

 

[SocksAndShoes]

Y'all, Kellyanne Conway and her husband have a net worth of around $40 million. She doesn't need the money.

Citation: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/01/what-trumps-top-white-house-employees-are-worth.html

You know what rich people love more than money? More money.

 

[MMarston]

Y'all, Kellyanne Conway and her husband have a net worth of around $40 million. She doesn't need the money.

Citation: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/01/what-trumps-top-white-house-employees-are-worth.html

Of course not.

She wants it.

 

[ColdPizza]

Y'all, Kellyanne Conway and her husband have a net worth of around $40 million. She doesn't need the money.

Citation: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/01/what-trumps-top-white-house-employees-are-worth.html

That doesn't stop rich people from doing things to make more money. It sort of becomes an addiction I presume.

 

[NYR]

Not shocked, she's really good at her job, but she realizes she is being paid in blood money. Never made any sense for someone who was so for Ted Cruz to jump to Trump, she was never super crazy on Bill Maher over the years.

She must hate that he won, she was going to make a fortune in the private sector and now is stuck in a gov't job she hates.

 

[Brashnir]

how did she not melt?

underrated post .

 

[War Peaceman]

This changes nothing. She is a shit.

 

[Afrodium]

People in this thread would really sell their soul and trash their public image for the money? Conway probably can't go out in public without being harassed.

 

[johnsmith]

This article doesn't include the other part of the quote

“Also said, it was very interesting, also said that, this is just like my summer in Europe, I’m just doing this for the money, I’ll be off this soon—I don’t know that she ever said I’m doing this for the money, but she said this is my summer vacation, my summer in Europe, and basically, I’m gonna get through this,” Scarborough added.

http://theslot.jezebel.com/morning-joe-hosts-claim-kellyanne-conway-hates-donald-t-1795221268

 

[Deleted member 10571]

So is she still a horrible monster person or is she somewhat humanized with this?

 

[KarmaCow]

So she's not a disgusting amoral shell of a human being, she is just one for money.

Okay.

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

Sadly, being filthy rich has never stopped people from being greedy assholes. I don't find it hard to believe she just did it for the money.

Wouldn't call her a whore though. It's an insult to sex workers.

You know what rich people love more than money? More money.

Of course not.

She wants it.

That doesn't stop rich people from doing things to make more money. It sort of becomes an addiction I presume.

She makes around $179,700 a year for her work in Trump's White House. This ain't about money.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/ar...ays_top_west_wing_advisers_180000_133048.html

 

[NYR]

Y'all, Kellyanne Conway and her husband have a net worth of around $40 million. She doesn't need the money.

Citation: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/01/what-trumps-top-white-house-employees-are-worth.html

Rich people have no off switch. They just keep going because they can.

Only a small few will "have a number", per say, to just quit. Look at Ivanka, she would have inherited hundreds of millions but is still hustling her garbage jewelry and clothing line.

 

[NullPointer]

Not shocked, she's really good at her job, but she realizes she is being paid in blood money. Never made any sense for someone who was so for Ted Cruz to jump to Trump, she was never super crazy on Bill Maher over the years.

She must hate that he won, she was going to make a fortune in the private sector and now is stuck in a gov't job she hates.

If she was good the whole world wouldn't know she was so entirely full of shit.

She has zero credibility.

 

[Sephzilla]

She makes around $179,700 a year for her work in Trump's White House. This ain't about money.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/ar...ays_top_west_wing_advisers_180000_133048.html

As NYR said, rich people don't have an off switch sometimes

 

[ChemicalCutthroat]

I feel like they could just do these sorts of stories for everyone around Drumpf.

The fallout would be him shitcanning everyone around him. Every news story that drops saying 'So and So Secretly Hates Drumpf'' would cause him to go on a rampage.

It would just be the Toddler-In-Chief and the secret service in the White House... and that guy who brings the Coke's when you press the button. Until you find out that he also secretly hates Drumpf.

 

[Volimar]

People in this thread would really sell their soul and trash their public image for the money? Conway probably can't go out in public without being harassed.

I don't think she expected it to end up like this.

 

[Alex_Mexico]

This changes nothing. She is a shit.

In fact it does. Now I can imagine her job being miserable and unfulfilling to her which does fill me with certain joy.

 

[Felix Lighter]

There has to be a tipping point when so many in the GOP despise the man on such a personal level. I feel when it happens, it will be an avalanche.

 

[Zophar]

So...

We can objectively call her a whore now?

the fuck?

 

[SteveMeister]

"Would you sleep with me for one million dollars?"
"Why, yes!"
"How about for $10?"
"What kind of person do you think I am?"
"We've already established that. Now we're just haggling over the price."