Senior adviser to US President Donald Trump, Kellyanne Conway has announced that she is resigning from her post.
In a statement on Sunday, Conway, 53, said she would be stepping down at the end of August to focus on her children, giving them “less drama, more mama”.
Kellyanne Conway is one of President Trump‘s most ardent supporters, but has long been a controversial figure. She has become well known for sparring with journalists in defence of the president
She added that her decision is “completely my choice”, and that she would announce future plans “in time”.
The announcement came hours after one of Conway’s daughters, Claudia, 15, tweeted that her mother’s job had “ruined her life”
y’all love to twist everything 😭😭 i’m not getting emancipated because of my mom’s job.. it is because of years of childhood trauma and abuse
— CLAUDIA CONWAY (@claudiamconwayy) August 23, 2020
Her husband, George, an outspoken critic of the US president, will also be stepping back from political activism.
Conway, who is still scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, informed Trump of her decision on Sunday night.
A Republican strategist and veteran pollster, she was the first woman to manage a successful US presidential campaign, spearheading Trump’s effort in 2016.
As senior counsellor at the White House, Conway acted as political adviser to President Trump and maintained a highly influential position in the administration.
While she made a name for herself as one of Trump’s sharpest defenders, her husband, prominent Washington lawyer George Conway, is a strident critic of the president, repeatedly and loudly questioning his mental fitness for office.
George is a co-founder of The Lincoln Project – a Republican political action committee working to prevent the re-election of President Trump in 2020.
She said in a statement;
The past four years have allowed me blessings beyond compare. [George and I] disagree about plenty but we are united on what matters most: the kids. Our four children are teens and tweens starting a new academic year, in middle school and high school, remotely from home for at 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.
Claudia Conway’s tweet about her mother went viral over the weekend. She later tweeted that she was taking a “mental health break” from social media, saying “this is becoming way too much”.
this is becoming way too much so i am taking a mental health break from social media. see y’all soon. thank you for the love and support. no hate to my parents please. ❤️
— CLAUDIA CONWAY (@claudiamconwayy) August 23, 2020
