• Kellyanne Conway's full interview with Jake Tapper on CNN: A Must Watch
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[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flyW41U7XPw[/media] The entire thing is worth watching, but here are some moments [URL="http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/04/politics/donald-trump-vladimir-putin/"]On Trump saying "There are a lot of killers. You think our country's so innocent?" in response to criticism of Putin[/URL] [quote]JAKE TAPPER: IS PRESIDENT TRUMP EQUATING THE WAR IN IRAQ WITH WHAT VLADIMIR PUTIN DOES? KELLYANNE CONWAY: NO. HE'S JUST ANSWERING THE QUESTION AS ASKED. AND I THINK A LOT OF THIS STEMS FROM THE FACT THAT THERE'S -- JUST SEEMS TO BE CHARGE AND ACCUSATION AFTER CHARGE AND ACCUSATION THAT SOMEHOW PRESIDENT TRUMP AND VLADIMIR PUTIN ARE BFFs. THAT IS NOT TRUE. HE MADE VERY CLEAR, I THINK MOST RECENTLY AND MOST VIVIDLY AT HIS JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE U.K. THERESA MAY, [B]THAT HE, PRESIDENT TRUMP, HARDLY KNOWS VLADIMIR PUTIN AND HE SAID THAT DAY, JAKE, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD ALL REFER TO HERE[/B], HE SAID THAT DAY THAT PERHAPS HE'LL HAVE A POSITIVE -- IT'S POSSIBLE HE'LL HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT HE WON'T. BUT IF WE CAN COME TOGETHER ON BIG ISSUES VEXING THIS WORLD LIKE DEFEATING RADICAL TERRORISM AND PUSHING ISIS WHICH IS ON THE ADVANCE, HE WILL JOIN WITH OTHER COUNTRIES THAT WISH TO DO THAT INCLUDING PRESIDENT PUTIN.[/quote] [quote]JAKE TAPPER: BUT IN THAT INTERVIEW HE SEEMED TO BE EQUATING MORAL EQUIVALENCE WITH PUTIN'S RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES. KELLYANNE CONWAY: [B]I DON'T THINK IT'S A MORAL EQUIVALENCE, JAKE. WHAT IT IS IS STATING TWO DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON TWO DIFFERENT MATTERS.[/B][/quote] [quote]JAKE TAPPER: I WANT TO PLAY THAT CLIP AGAIN IN WHICH PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS TALKING ABOUT MEDIA COVERAGE OF TERRORIST ATTACKS. LET'S ROLL THE TAPE. (CLIP) TRUMP: YOU'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENED IN PARIS AND NICE. ALL OVER EUROPE IT'S HAPPENING. IT'S GOTTEN TO A POINT WHERE IT'S NOT EVEN BEING REPORTED. AND IN MANY CASES THE VERY, VERY DISHONEST PRESS DOESN'T WANT TO REPORT IT. THEY HAVE THEIR REASONS AND YOU UNDERSTAND THAT. JAKE TAPPER: AFTER HE SAID THAT, THE WHITE HOUSE RELEASED A LIST OF THE ATTACKS THAT HE WAS SUPPOSEDLY REFERRING TO AS IN HIS WORDS, NOT EVEN BEING REPORTED. I WANT TO PUT UP SOME FOOTAGE OF CNN REPORTERS COVERING THE ATTACKS ON THAT LIST. SPENT TWO WEEKS IN PARIS IN 2015 REPORTING ON THE ATTACKS. WE ALSO SEE ON THE SCREEN DOZENS OF MY COLLEAGUES, Alisyn Camerota COVERING THE BOMBINGS IN BRUSSELS. CHRIS CUOMO AND ANDERSON COOPER COVERING THE ATTACK IN PARIS. VICTOR BLACKWELL REPORTING ON THE SHOOTINGS IN SAN BERNARDINO. KELLYANNE, CNN AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS COVER TERRORISM ALL THE TIME. SAYING WE DON'T COVER TERRORISM, THAT'S JUST FALSE. KELLYANNE CONWAY: WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING IS THERE ARE OTHER ATTACKS THAT DON'T GET COVERAGE. THE SAD INCIDENTS YOU RELATED WERE FRANKLY CNN DID AMAZING COVERAGE FOR WEEKENDS AT A TIME. I SAW YOU ALL THERE ON THE GROUND DOING THAT AND TELLING HUMAN INTEREST STORIES AND THE TRAGIC STORIES. FRANKLY THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE TERRORISTS. THERE'S BRUTAL ATTACKS, THOSE GET COVERAGE. THE OTHER ONES ON THE LIST NOT SO MUCH. JAKE TAPPER: THOSE ONES WERE ON THE LIST. THE ONES I JUST RECITED FOR YOU WERE ON THE LIST. KELLYANNE CONWAY: ABSOLUTELY. I'M SAYING THE ONES THAT HAVE HIGH CASUALTIES LIKE NICE AND BRUSSELS, CERTAINLY PARIS AND THE LIKE, THOSE ARE COVERED. KELLYANNE CONWAY: HE'S MAKING TWO POINTS. ONE IS WE JUST CAN'T ALLOW OURSELVES TO BECOME INURED TO SEE TERROR ATTACKS AS THE NEW NORMAL. IF WE'RE NOT COVERING ALL THE MANY ATTACKS, THEY'RE ALL ISIL INSPIRED ATTACKS, THE ONES HE WAS REFERRING TO AND THE LIST WAS GENERATED, JAKE, WE WANT PEOPLE TO REALIZE THAT THAT'S WHAT LEADS HIM TO WANT EXTREME VETTING FROM SEVEN NARROWLY PRESCRIBED COUNTRIES IN A VERY TEMPORARY WAY. KELLYANNE CONWAY: NUMBER TWO, THE POINT HE IS MAKING IS ACCORDING TO THE tyndall REPORT AND OTHER SOURCES, WE HAVE INORDINATE COVERAGE ON PRESIDENT -- EXCUSE ME, CANDIDATE TRUMP DURING THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, 333 MINUTES ON HIM, AND REALLY, I MEAN, FIVE TIMES AS MUCH COVERAGE ON HIM AS THESE TERROR ATTACKS. FRANKLY MORE COVERAGE BY THE MAJOR NETWORKS AT THE VERY LEAST ON PRINCE'S DEATH, THE ARTIST NAME PRINCE. JAKE TAPPER: tyndall COVERS THE BROADCAST. THAT IS NOT REFLECTIVE OF THE ENTIRE MEDIA. KELLYANNE CONWAY: I UNDERSTAND. I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU WHY -- JAKE TAPPER: [B]YOU'RE SPINNING ABOUT THE IDEA WE DON'T WANT TO BE ANURRED TO THAT. THAT'S A LOVELY SPIN. HE WAS SAYING THE MEDIA DOES NOT COVER THESE STORIES BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO COVER THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME SORT OF AGENDA. THAT'S WHAT HE WAS SUGGESTING AND IT'S OFFENSIVE GIVEN THE FACT THAT CNN AND OTHER MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS HAVE REPORTERS IN DANGER RIGHT NOW IN WAR ZONES COVERING ISIS. AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE PRESIDENT CAN MAKE AN ATTACK LIKE THAT.[/B][/quote] Yes, Kellyanne just complained that Prince's death had more coverage than these smaller terrorist attacks, and took one media channel and applied entirety of the media. [URL="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/02/06/here-are-the-78-terrorist-attacks-the-white-house-says-were-largely-under-reported"]Here's an article about that whole coverage bullshit.[/URL] Kellyanne conway is complaining about the fact that most media outlets didn't cover these type of stories. Trump supporters are interpreting Trump's statements as "WOW THEY'RE NOT COVERING LARGE SCALE TERRORIST ATTACKS WTF MEDIA". God there is just so much. [quote]KELLYANNE CONWAY: AND FRANKLY, JAKE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE POLLS INCLUDING CNN'S POLLS, NATIONAL SECURITY AND TERRORISM WERE IMPORTANT ISSUES TO MANY AMERICANS. HE MADE IT A POINT TO SHOW REAL DISTINCTION THERE AND HE WANTS TO SHOW A POINT AS PRESIDENT IN THE REAL DISTINCTION BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME COVERAGE THESE DAYS, MABL NOT HERE, BUT DEFINITELY ELSEWHERE THAT SOMEHOW TERRORISM IS NOT A BIG PROBLEM, OR SOMEHOW NATIONAL SECURITY IS ALL TAKEN CARE OF AND THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE. I THINK WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EXTREME VETTING, HE IS MAKING THE POINT THAT THAT IS IN RESPONSE TO THE THREAT OF TERRORISM GLOBALLY. JAKE TAPPER: I DON'T KNOW WHO IS MAKING THE CASE THAT TERRORISM IS NOT A SERIOUS PROBLEM, THOUGH I DO APPRECIATE YOUR CITING A CNN POLL.[/quote] [quote]JAKE TAPPER: BUT WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT OF NOT ADDRESSING A TERRORIST ATTACK, I WANT TO ASK YOU,[B] IN QUEBEC CITY LAST WEEK, A WHITE RIGHT WING TERRORIST OPENED FIRE ON A MOSQUE FILLED WITH MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN. PRESIDENT TRUMP HASN'T TWEETED ONE THING ABOUT THIS. WHY HASN'T HE OFFERED SYMPATHY TO THE NEIGHBORS IN THE NORTH?[/B] KELLYANNE CONWAY: he's VERY SYMPATHETIC TO ANY LOSS OF LIFE. IT IS COMPLETELY SENSELESS AND IT NEEDS TO STOP REGARDLESS OF WHO IS LODGING THE ATTACK. WE, OF COURSE, ARE VERY SAD ABOUT LOSS OF LIFE HERE. AND HE IS TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO STOP TERRORISM AND PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO HARM TO THIS COUNTRY. I'M SURE IN THE CASE OF OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH, I'M GLAD THAT THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA IS COMING HERE NEXT YEAR -- NEXT WEEK. EXCUSE ME. I'M SURE THEY'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IF HE'S COMING SOON, AS I UNDERSTAND. THE FACT IS HE -- I WILL ASK HIM, [highlight]HE DOESN'T TWEET ABOUT EVERYTHING.[/highlight][/quote] [quote]JAKE TAPPER: [B]HE TWEETED WHEN THERE WAS AN ATTACK AT THE LOUVRE MUSEUM WHEN NOBODY WAS KILLED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE WOULDN'T TWEET WHEN SIX CANADIAN CITIZENS WERE MURDERED EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THE UNDER COVER DOCUMENT THAT THE WHITE HOUSE DISTRIBUTED THE OTHER DAY -- LAST NIGHT, RATHER, ALSO DID NOT MENTION ANY ATTACKS OTHER THAN THOSE COMMITTED BY MUSLIM TERRORISTS AND OBVIOUSLY RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM IS A BIG PROBLEM, BUT THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF KINDS OF HORRIFIC TERRORISM THAT TAKE PLACE.[/B] WE SAW SOME OF THAT IN SOUTH CAROLINA RECENTLY, AND I GUESS THE QUESTION IS ARE THESE VICTIMS ANY LESS DEAD THAN THE ONES KILLED BY ISLAMIC RADICAL TERRORISTS? KELLYANNE CONWAY: NO, NOT AT ALL. AND, OF COURSE, JAKE, YOU'RE RIGHT. IF YOU LOOK BACK AT ORLANDO OMAR MATEEN WAS BORN IN THIS COUNTRY AND THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE UNSPEAKABLE TRAGEDY. 49 INNOCENT LIVES TAKEN AT THE PULSE NIGHT CLUB. I'M GLAD WE'RE ALL AT LEAST IN AGREEMENT IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WILL CONTINUE, THAT THIS PRESIDENT SAYS AND WHETHER IT'S THE LAWSUITS CURRENTLY PENDING, THE HEARING TONIGHT OR REALLY LITIGATION ON THE MERITS ULTIMATELY, THAT HE BELIEVES HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER IS NOT JUST WITHIN HIS AUTHORITY, BUT ALSO HIS DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO DO WHAT HE SEES BEST TO TRY TO PROTECT THE LIVES AND THE SAFETY OF AMERICANS.[/quote] [quote]JAKE TAPPER: [B]I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT HERE IS THERE IS A LARGER CAMPAIGN BEING WAGED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND BY THE WHITE HOUSE TO UNDERMINE THE CREDIBILITY OF EVERYBODY IN THE NEWS MEDIA EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN SUPPORTIVE OUTLETS. FOR INSTANCE, EARLIER TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE A QUOTE ABOUT THE MURDER RATE BEING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL IT'S EVER BEEN IN 47 YEARS. HE SAID THAT AND HE SAID, NOBODY IN THE MEDIA REPORTS ON THAT. THERE IS A REASON THAT NOBODY IN THE MEDIA REPORTS ON THAT. IT'S NOT TRUE. THE MURDER RATE IS NOT AT THE HIGHEST RATE IT'S BEEN IN 47 YEARS. IT SPIKED A LITTLE, IT WENT UP A LITTLE BUT IT'S STILL MUCH, MUCH LOWER. IT'S A 4.9 PEOPLE PER 100,000. THAT'S DWARFED BY THE MURDER RATES IN THE 1990s AND BEFORE THAT, THE 1980s. FACTS ARE STUBBORN THINGS, AND TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT REPORTING SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS NOT TO BE TRUE, THEREFORE WE'RE NOT TO BE TRUSTED, THAT'S A PROBLEM.[/B] KELLYANNE CONWAY: WELL, JAKE, IF I CAN TAKE THE BROADER ISSUE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MEDIA, I MEAN, I'M AMONG IF NOT THE MOST OPEN PRESS PERSON IN THE WHITE HOUSE. I'M NOW BEING ATTACKED BY THE MEDIA INCLUDING NETWORKS THAT ARE FAMILIAR TO YOU. AND I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP SOLDIERING ON. I CAME TO THIS WHITE HOUSE TO SERVE THIS PRESIDENT WHO IS SERVING PEOPLE. I HAVE IN MY PORTFOLIO HERE VETERANS, I HAVE WOMEN AND CHILDREN, I HAVE OPIATE USE AND WE'RE WORKING ON ALL OF THAT. I SAT IN ON THE SHERIFF'S ROUND TABLE, VETERANS AFFAIRS.[/quote] Bonus: [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7KnAd9AM1o[/media]
I wanted to watch the interview. I really did. However this woman is insufferable I just can't do it. Her existence is frustrating. Thanks for the text
Oh yeah text is caps lock because I directly copy and pasted from the youtube transcript (which was copy and pasted by the subtitles they provided)
God the way she prattles from one sentence into another without punctuation is like listening to a teen's dramatic school day.
I like the part where Tapper compliments a reporter doing his job for reaching out to Kellyanne about a fake tweet before not publishing an article on it.
I find it consistently unbelievable that the two main spokespeople for the white house can't put out a couple sentences without stuttering and getting sidetracked At least Sean Spicer doesn't look like he stretches a fresh new layer of skin over his face before giving an interview
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