White House Advisor’s Husband Criticizes Trump’s Tweets

The husband of  Kellyanne Conway, current counselor to Donald Trump, recently criticized the U.S. President’s controversial tweets regarding the administration’s temporary travel ban. This Monday, George Conway, claimed that the tweets were undercutting the Justice Department’s ability to defend his policies.

Conway said on Twitter that while the messages might “make some feel better”, they will not help the current administration achieve its objective of getting the Supreme Court to rule in his favor.

George Conway, an American attorney who was almost appointed for the United States Solicitor General in 2017, withdrew from contention for a senior Justice Department post last week. His wife, Kellyanne Conway, was Trump’s campaign manager prior to joining him in the White House as his senior advisor.

However, in later tweets, George Conway emphasizes that he still, “very very strongly” supports President Donald Trump, as well as his executive order but, he urges that his tweets, “seriously undermine” the administration’s goals. Conway also claims that other “sensible” lawyers in the Justice Department and the rest of the White House agree with his position on the matter.

Conway argues that Trump may have potentially hurt his administration’s legal case, as it is in the midst of seeking to have the Supreme Court overturn the rulings’ of the lower courts, which would then allow the travel ban to go into effect. Trump assailed the Supreme Court for a revised version of the matter, one he referred to as “watered down” and “politically correct.”

The White House, however, did not respond to a request to comment on Conway’s recent tweets.

Trump has said that the travel ban is aimed at preventing future terrorist attacks in the United States. The ban attempts to prevent entry into the United States for 90 days of people from several predominantly Muslim countries. The ban will also bar refugees for four months. Many critics of the band have called it severely discriminatory.

George Conway was in contention to lead the civil division of the Justice Department. This would give him responsibility for defending the ban in court. He said however that it was not the proper time for him to leave the private sector.

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