Conway Asked How To ‘Rationalize’ Working For Trump

Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, fired back at a 17-year-old student who asked how she could “rationalize” working for somebody who was caught on tape bragging about sexual assault.

During a forum at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, 17-year-old Maaike Laanstra-Corn asked Conway how she could “rationalize” working for a man who has been accused of sexual assault and was caught on tape bragging about sexually assaulting women. 

“Women are tired of the same argument and the same thing you are presenting to me right now,” Conway responded to the teen. “I’m glad that people looked at that and said, ‘You know what? That’s an argument that will not create a single job in my community, not bring back a single of the 70,000 factories that have been closed, will not deter one member of ISIS from doing their bloodletting here or anywhere else in the world.”

She continued, “As a woman, I’m very proud to belong to a party that respects the fact that my husband and I work hard,” adding “For you to use sexual assault to try to make news here I think is unfortunate, but it also doesn’t matter because Donald Trump promised he’ll be the president of all Americans.”

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In Conway’s response, she also criticized Hillary Clinton, pointing out that “She should have gotten 60 or 62 percent of the female vote.”

Donald Trump was caught on tape in 2005 during a taping of “Access Hollywood,” admitting and bragging about kissing and groping women without their consent. The recording emerged during Trump’s campaign. 

Following the release of the recording, dozens of women came forward and accused President-elect Trump of sexual assault or sexual misconduct. Trump denied all allegations against him, calling all of the women who came forward “liars.”

Sources: The Hill, Newsiosity, YouTube / Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr