Kellyanne Conway says she’s “pushed back” at former President Donald Trump regarding his increasingly cozy relationship with far-right demagogue Laura Loomer.
During The Atlantic Festival in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Conway said she’s talked to Trump multiple times regarding her concerns about Loomer and said she has “liked” what she’s heard.
When journalist Tim Alberta asked if Conway, a former senior counselor in the Trump administration, would have let Loomer join Trump on his flight to last week’s presidential debate, she offered a definitive no.
“I don’t know her, I don’t know that I’ve ever been in the same room with her. People have shown me what she has said,” Conway said, adding that she’s not “a big fan of Twitter,” where Loomer is notorious for spewing bigoted and conspiratorial rhetoric.
“I didn’t know this person, so when I learned more about her and what she was saying, including to my 19-year-old daughter — it’s unacceptable,” Conway said, referring to the …