White House counselor Kellyanne Conway's husband lambasted President Trump's tweets about his revised travel ban, writing Monday that it would do him no favors at the Supreme Court level.
George Conway's tweet came after his wife made multiple television appearances Monday morning on behalf of Trump, coincidentally chastising the media for being too obsessed with Trump's Twitter habits.
"These tweets may make some ppl feel better, but they certainly won't help OSG [Office of the Solicitor General] get 5 votes in SCOTUS, which is what actually matters. Sad," he tweeted, according to the Hill.
George Conway, who works as an attorney at the New York law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, withdrew his name from consideration last week to become the Justice Department's civil division chief.
These tweets may make some ppl feel better, but they certainly won't help OSG get 5 votes in SCOTUS, which is what actually matters. Sad. https://t.co/zVhcyfm8Hr
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 5, 2017
Washington Post reporter Matt Zapotosky confirmed the author was the same George Conway.
George Conway, who recently took himself out of the running to lead Justice Dept. Civil Division, on president's travel ban Tweets. https://t.co/OQCSdzDD2t
— Matt Zapotosky (@mattzap) June 5, 2017
Yes. I asked him via his firm email address.
— Matt Zapotosky (@mattzap) June 5, 2017
Trump criticized his own Justice Department on Monday for submitting a "watered down" version of his original executive order for review by the Supreme Court, although Trump signed the revised travel ban as well. Both orders have been blocked by the courts.
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Conway clarified that he remains a stronger supporter of Trump following reports on his original tweet. He stressed that tweets on legal matters "seriously undermine Admin agenda and POTUS" and his supporters need to not "be shy" about saying so.
1) Just to be clear, and in response to inquiries, I still VERY, VERY STRONGLY support POTUS, his Admin, policies, the executive order ...
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 5, 2017
2) ... and of course, my wonderful wife. Which is why I said what I said this morning. Every sensible lawyer in WHCO and every political ...
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 5, 2017
3) ... appointee at DOJ wd agree with me (as some have already told me). The pt cannot be stressed enough that tweets on legal matters ...
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 5, 2017
4) ... seriously undermine Admin agenda and POTUS--and those who support him, as I do, need to reinforce that pt and not be shy about it.
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 5, 2017
UPDATED 1:30 P.M.: This story was updated to include George Conway's later tweets reiterating his support for President Trump.