Get the latest BPR news delivered free to your inbox daily. SIGN UP HERE.
Kellyanne Conway torched the Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler after his condescending message to her about the declassified “unmasking list” related to Gen. Michael Flynn.
The White House counselor to President Donald Trump schooled Kessler, the writer of the Post’s Fact Checker after his dismissive tweet about the declassified list of Obama-era intelligence officials who were involved in “unmasking” Trump campaign associates like Flynn.
Conway initially tweeted about the list sent to Congress by acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell this week, calling out the “unbelievable and disappointing” behavior of “sore losers” from former President Obama’s administration.
This is unbelievable and disappointing from high-ranking officials & sore losers. Many of the two-faced unmaskers repeatedly lied on TV & elsewhere, while stating under oath the truth of “no evidence of collusion/conspiracy”. @RichardGrenell, brave and patriotic. https://t.co/oYZoZFxB5D
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) May 13, 2020
Kessler joined the meltdown by the mainstream media in the wake of the damning revelation, and tweeted a response to Conway, telling her to “read the fine print.”
Read the fine print, @KellyannePolls:
“While the principals are identified below, we cannot confirm they saw the unmasked information.” https://t.co/nk7JhxHZTP— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) May 13, 2020
Conway wasted no time putting the “fact-checker” in his place, telling him he should actually read “the BIG print” in his own newspaper and “at least wince or blush.”
“If you can’t apologize, at least get a grip,” she wrote.
“Your paper incessantly accused a campaign I managed of colluding with Russia to win. Time to ‘fact-check’ the Obama-Biden crew,” Conway added.
Read the BIG print in @washingtonpost for the past 3 years @GlennKesslerWP & at least wince or blush. If you can’t apologize, at least get a grip. Your paper incessantly accused a campaign I managed of colluding with Russia to win. Time to “fact-check” the Obama-Biden crew. https://t.co/syPQMC9lN0
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) May 13, 2020
Kessler did not appear to have a rebuttal but continued to prove his biased “fact-checker” credentials in additional tweets and retweets pushing the narrative that downplayed the story.
Actually, the most interesting document would be the transcripts of Flynn’s calls with the Russian ambassador, so we can see for ourselves how he framed his request. https://t.co/zWtfTitngc
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) May 13, 2020
He retweeted a Mother Jones reporter’s take:
He also shared a tweet from a New York Times legal reporter who claimed that “unmasking an American’s identity in a report derived from foreign-intelligence surveillance is routine when necessary.”
Kessler highlighted others who apparently agreed with his view.
Once again, @emptywheel answers a question I was wondering: given the dates, most of these names are irrelevant to the Flynn calls. https://t.co/Tty6TtSwDz
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) May 13, 2020
Kessler may have avoided directly responding to Conway’s scathing takedown, but plenty of Twitter users were happy to add to the pile-on.
Thank you Kellyanne, you’re the best!!!!
— Leo Wicks (@LeoWicks1434) May 13, 2020
The WashPost has no credibility anyway, don’t even bother with it. Same with NYT. FAKE NEWS. Puppets of the Dark. People with no conscience will never change, it’s not in their programming. Laughing at Kessler trying to make his lame point.
— Janet Knight (@PlanetKnight) May 13, 2020
Read the fine print @GlennKesslerWP …the proof is in the pudding. What will you say when all complicity is proven … very soon! (That was not a question btw).
— Rose-Marie (@thegramsRoMi) May 13, 2020
You tell ‘em Kellyanne!
— Sean O’Casey (@SeanOCasey1) May 13, 2020
— Kelli (@Kj2012Hull) May 13, 2020
And @GlennKesslerWP and crew have the nerve to release a book next month chronicling @realDonaldTrump “mistruths” next month. I hope someone fact-checks the fact-checkers. Oh wait, https://t.co/xlnlwQrRfb and…
— Joel Goldenberg (@JoelGoldenberg1) May 13, 2020
DONATE TO BIZPAC REVIEW
Please help us! If you are fed up with letting radical big tech execs, phony fact-checkers, tyrannical liberals and a lying mainstream media have unprecedented power over your news please consider making a donation to BPR to help us fight them. Now is the time. Truth has never been more critical!
[email protected]
Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida where she has been writing for the BizPacReview team since 2015.
- WATCH: Pro-Palestine NYU protester does not know why she’s protesting – friend equally clueless - April 24, 2024
- Rubio: ‘Foreign aid’ bill provides over $3.5B to help bring migrants from the Middle East to US - April 24, 2024
- Jesse Watters: Biden forgives violinist’s screeching $250k student loan debt - April 24, 2024
Comment
We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If a comment is spam, instead of replying to it please click the ∨ icon below and to the right of that comment. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.
BPR INSIDER COMMENTS
Scroll down for non-member comments or join our insider conversations by becoming a member. We'd love to have you!
