White House counselor Kellyanne Conway responds to a question from the news media outside the West Wing of the White House last month. In remarks at the White House, he called Rep. Frederica S. Wilson (D-Fla.) an “empty barrel” and accused her of grandstanding at a public event in Florida by taking credit for securing federal funding for a new building. That tweet appeared to be very much on Conway’s mind during an appearance on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom with Bill Hemmer.”Asked about the timing of President Trump’s pick of a successor to Kelly, Conway said she first wanted to defend Kelly. Critics have pounced on several misstatements by Ocasio-Cortez amid the media attention she has garnered since upsetting long-serving Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.) in a Democratic primary in June. “He’s done a magnificent job for this country for almost 50 years, and that includes here at the White House as our chief of staff for about a year and a half.”Speaking later to reporters at the White House, Conway dubbed Ocasio-Cortez “one of your new favorite flavors in Congress.”

Source: Washington Post December 11, 2018 15:19 UTC