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Kellyanne Conway to leave the White House at the end of the month, citing the need to focus on her family​

Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser to President Trump and one of his longest-serving aides, is leaving the White House at the end of the month.

Conway, whose title is counselor to the president, was Trump’s third campaign manager in 2016 and the first woman to successfully manage a presidential campaign to victory. She joined the White House at the start of Trump’s term and has been one of his most visible and vocal defenders.

Conway informed Trump of her decision Sunday night in the Oval Office.

Her husband George T. Conway III, a conservative lawyer and outspoken critic of the president, is also stepping back from his role on the Lincoln Project, an outside group of Republicans devoted to defeating Trump in November. He will also take a hiatus from Twitter, the venue he has often used to attack the president.

In a statement, Conway called her time in the Trump administration “heady” and “humbling,” and said she and George were making the decision based on what they think is best for their four children.

“We disagree about plenty,” she wrote of her and her husband, “but we are united on what matters most: the kids. Our four children are teens and ‘tweens starting a new academic year in the middle school and high school that will be conducted remotely from home for a least a few months. As millions of parents nationwide know, kids ‘doing school from home’ requires a level of attention and vigilance that is as unusual as these times.”

Conway continued: “This is completely my choice and my voice. In time, I will announce future plans. For now, and for my beloved children, it will be less drama, more mama.”

Conway’s high school aged daughter had drawn attention for tweets about her parents and politics.

On Sunday, however, she also tweeted that social media was “becoming way too much” so she had decided to take “a mental health break.”

“See y’all soon,” she wrote. “Thank you for the love and support. No hate to my parents please.”
 
Sounds like she and George have finally reached an impasse politically. Glad they seem to be prioritizing their family, if my suspicions are correct.
 
Probably to do with daughter Claudia (15) stating she was going to seek emancipation from her family in weekend tweets.
 
Sounds like her husband is also stepping away from the Lincoln Project. I wonder what family dinners had been l im ke in their house. Did they talk politics at Thanksgiving?

Stepping away may be the pathway to a better life within their home.

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I feel for the children.

The family home is in New Jersey.

Kellyanne in Washington.

Being a parent is a hard job. But I think even harder if you need to be in two places at the same time.

I don’t think Claudia’s social media accounts should be open to strangers.
 
Claudia has made an accusation of abuse. It does not have to be physical. It can be mental.

Somebody in all likelihood already has dropped a dime to Child Protective Services and CPS in all likelihood made a visit to the house within hours after the twitter post.
 
Somebody in all likelihood already has dropped a dime to Child Protective Services and CPS in all likelihood made a visit to the house within hours after the twitter post.
My wife and I talked about that. We assumed they lived in the MD suburbs but someone upthread said they lived in NJ. So I don’t see how the New Jersey Department of Children and Families can ignore. Do they need a complaint first?
 
No, all they need is an accusation in most states.
Claudia put in writing.

My son’s ex-girl complained about being abused by her husband on facebook.
Somebody dropped a dime.
Within hours Adult Protective Services was knocking on her door.
 
My son’s ex-girl complained about being abused by her husband on facebook.
Somebody dropped a dime.
Within hours Adult Protective Services was knocking on her door.
I have a relative with a son. He forgot his homework at home and used some form of the idiom on making one’s self deceased in response (I can’t use the actual phrase here, as the Discuss software auto-flags posts that have the word for “to make deceased” that starts with a K in close proximity to the word “myself”). DFCS was out for a visit the same day to do an investigation. At the termination of the investigation, it was concluded he was using a figure of speech.

His mother and grandmother had already warned him not to use such expressions knowing that such things trigger mandatory responses.
 
I am glad both parents are bowing out of their work-related activities. It shows this is a priority for both, regardless of which of the two you like better publicly. I hope they disappear and do not become tabloid fodder for attacks for a long time
 
I am wondering if there was abuse in that household? I mean real abuse, not just “I didn’t get my way” as an excuse to claim abuse.

Surely, there had to be tensions between Kellyanne and her husband, who really didn’t want her working for Mr. Trump, thus disrespecting both the president’s choice and hers. I wonder to what extent those disagreements escalated?

Claudia may have had good reason for wanting to be emancipated. If there was a fear factor involved, she may have seen that as the only way out.

We don’t know how toxic that household really was – or wasn’t.
 
given her “alternative facts” comment (which reminded me of 1984) had the gut feeling she was true believer BUT given her husband wasn’t a TRUMP fan was actually surprised that Conway stayed on as long as she did

actually wonder what kind of drama there was over various POTUS tweets, pretty sure it took some kind of mental toll on the Conway family,… how could it not???

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My understanding is that Claudia was sexually assaulted, told Kelly Anne, and Kelly Anne, took her abuser’s side. That relationship is toxic! No 15 year old needs to be emancipated; however, this is going to take years to sort out. I wish them well!
 
I really don’t think we as Catholics should be gossiping about possible situations going on with children in some celebrity family. I know at least one adult who was emancipated as a minor and it doesn’t necessarily mean they hate their family, the person I know is actually really close to their parents but there were problems in the home due in part to mental/ emotional disturbance of the emancipated person.

Regarding the political differences between family members, it’s not uncommon for political people in DC to be married to people with divergent political views. They may even enjoy discussing and debating with someone of a different viewpoint. Politics inside the Beltway is a business. People are much more able to leave it at the door, or consider other viewpoints in a calm manner, because somebody who’s super-polarized and emotional about their politics is going to be less able to negotiate and form alliances and get stuff done.
 
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