“I was also the only woman preparing for the debate most of the time,” said the president’s adviser, referring to his tenure with the 2016 Trump campaign. “And I would hope that even if I had to take a vacation, I would also be there, because it will be an unmissable television. ”
Trump named Conway, a Republican pollster and consultant, as his campaign manager in August 2016, replacing Paul Manafort. He took over the President’s White House initial offer at a dangerous time, taking the reins amid Trump’s enmity with a Gold Star family and reports of Manafort’s ties to Russian-backed Ukrainian politicians.
At the White House, the former campaign manager continued as one of the president’s most prominent public defenders, but he also assumed a political role, particularly on the issue of opioid abuse.
“I am here in the White House, where the president wants me to be,” said Conway. “I still believe that a president running for re-election, those fortunes rise and fall primarily in what you do where you are, in this building.”
Wednesday afternoon, Trump replaced Brad Parscale as campaign manager, promoting deputy campaign manager Bill Stepien to first place. Parscale will remain with the campaign, overseeing its digital operation as it did in 2016. A Trump campaign spokesman insisted Thursday that the restructuring did not amount to a downgrade for Parscale.
Trump has fallen far behind in public polls in recent weeks, following alleged Democratic candidate Joe Biden in both national polls and polls conducted in battlefield states. Conway suggested that the president could improve his number of polls by repeating his daily press conferences on coronavirus.
“The president’s numbers were much higher when he was there informing everyone day by day about the coronavirus. I just give people the information, ”Conway told Fox, adding that some in the administration disagree with her. “I think the president should be doing that.”
Frequent briefings on Trump’s coronavirus, which sometimes lasted two hours or more, were curtailed in late April following unfounded speculation by the President that injecting disinfectants it could drive the virus away.
