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Trump Responds With Fire to News of Kellyanne Conway’s Divorce

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Former President Donald Trump did not waste any time in responding to the news of the impending divorce of his friend Kellyanne Conway from her husband, an avid anti-Trumper, George Conway.

The former president issued his response on his Truth Social platform after news broke that the couple, who was married for 22 years, was calling it quits.

“Congratulations to Kellyanne Conway on her DIVORCE from her wacko husband, Mr. Kellyanne Conway. Free at last, she has finally gotten rid of the disgusting albatross around her neck. She is a great person, and will now be free to lead the kind of life that she deserves…and it will be a great life without the extremely unattractive loser by her side!” the former president said.

George Conway was a frequent tormenter of the 45th president while he was in office, something that Kellyanne revealed in a book published last year was a huge strain on their marriage.

The Daily Mail noted further:

Kellyanne, 56, became a Trump advisor in 2016, serving as his campaign manager. While she endlessly worked for the president, her husband – who co-founded the Lincoln Project, which worked to prevent Trump’s reelection – blasted the president on social media. 

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It seems the divorce hasn’t slowed his criticism down any, as he was active on Twitter lambasting the former leader on Friday, including retweeting a post where the president’s sanity was questioned. 

The couple got married in 2001 and have four children together. However, their conflicting political views during the Trump presidency strained their relationship.

“We married more than two decades ago, cherish the many happy years (and four corgis) we’ve shared, and above all else, our four incredible children, who remain the heartbeat of our family and our top priority,” the pair said in a joint statement on Saturday.

But George Conway was not always against Trump. He said he cried “tears of joy” when he won the presidency in 2016.

“We appreciate the many family members, friends and colleagues who know us, care for us, and support us,” they said. “We remain united as parents to provide love, joy, comfort and protection to our beautiful children.”

CNN reported:

George Conway, a lawyer who had once been considered for multiple Justice Department positions in the Trump administration, was the one who had encouraged Kellyanne Conway to take the job managing Trump’s presidential campaign when Trump was a candidate in 2016, she told CNN in an interview last year.

She went on to become the first female campaign manager to win a presidential race.

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Kellyanne Conway said in the 2022 CNN interview that she and her husband had made the decision to move together with their four children to Washington to work for the Trump administration but once they got there, George Conway “changed his mind about Donald Trump somewhere along the way.”

George Conway later joined the Lincoln Project, a group founded by anti-Trump Republicans, and went on to become one of Trump’s harshest critics, which drove a very public wedge into the couple’s marriage.

In an interview last year with CNN, Kellyannee Conway said she believed that her husband broke his vows to her after he changed his mind on former President Trump.

“He can change his mind about Donald Trump. This is a free country. George owes no allegiance to a political party or a presidential candidate. But his vows to me, I feel, were broken because we were all in,” she said.

According to Kellyanne’s 2022 memoir, “Here’s the Deal,” she viewed George’s constant public criticism of the former president as a form of marital betrayal, dubbing it “cheating by tweeting.” She also revealed that Ivanka Trump had recommended they seek couples therapy.

In May 2022, Kellyanne discussed her separation from George with the New York Post, as well as the first time he took a swipe at Trump in a tweet:

What was shocking about that tweet looking back it came shortly after [George] took his name out of contention for Justice, Civil Division with a statement that read: “I called the President to take my name out. I sent him full support, it’s great working in the administration, and of course my wonderful wife.” And five days later, he tweeted it. So it was all very confusing. That’s why I said, “Well, he doesn’t tweet. And he wouldn’t say that.” He wasn’t being consistent with his own actions.

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