Kellyanne Conway rips into Washington Examiner reporter in phone rant

Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway berated a journalist for writing about her husband’s clashes with the president, slamming her in a tense seven-minute phone call saying ‘nobody read your story’ while boasting she’s a ‘powerful woman’.

The 52-year-old political consultant unleashed a disparaging rant against Washington Examiner reporter Cailtin Yilek for writing a recent article mentioning her husband George Conway’s bitter relationship with the Donald Trump, despite his wife’s proximity to the president.

The recording of the call was released Thursday afternoon as the Examiner’s Editor in Chief Hugo Gurdon defended his writer and accused Conway of ‘abusing, bullying, and threatening’ the reporter.

Conway thought that conversation was off-the-record.

Kellyanne Conway ripped into Washington Examiner reporter Cailtin Yilek in a seven-minute phone rant that was released Thursday, attacking her for writing about her husband George Conway’s strained relationship with Donald Trump 

The phone call recording was released Thursday. The Examiner’s Editor in Chief Hugo Gurdon defended his writer and accused Conway of ‘abusing, bullying, and threatening’ the reporter

The article in question was about a Bloomberg report that suggested Trump was considering making Conway his White House Chief of Staff. In the story Yilek mentioned that George Conway has repeatedly criticized Trump and the president has attacked him in turn.

Trump disputed this claim that he was making Kellyanne Chief of Staff.

‘I just am wondering why in God’s earth you would need to mention anything about George Conway’s tweets in an article that talks about me as possibly being chief of staff,’ Kellyanne Conway said in the call.

‘Other than it looks to me like there’s no original reporting here, you just read Twitter and other people’s stuff, which I guess is why you don’t pick up the phone when people call from the White House because if it’s not on Twitter or it’s not on cable TV, it’s not real,’ she added.

However, Yilek defended her story arguing that mentioning George was relevant to the story.  

‘In terms of mentioning George Conway, it’s relevant context,’ Yilek said. 

‘I know it’s just for clicks, but you’re going to have to give me, like, a journalistic reason here, especially if you admit that you just are repeating what another news source said and the president disputed that anyway. So, it’s sort of, like, doubly embarrassing. There’s no original reporting,’ Conway fired back. 

‘If you’re going to call yourself a reporter, let’s see some reporting. There’s no original reporting, and then, it’s just lazy,’ she continued.   

The article in question was about a Bloomberg report that suggested Trump was considering making Conway his White House Chief of Staff. In the story Yilek mentioned that George Conway has repeatedly criticized Trump and the president has attacked him in turn

George tweets after the storm: An hour after that audio was released, George Conway tweeted ‘I’ve learned a lot about narcissism over the past couple of years that I didn’t know previously. In fact, I didn’t know it had a label, although I had seen it without knowing it’

‘Do you talk about other people’s spouses in your pieces. I’m looking around and I haven’t learned a single thing from any one of your pieces,’ Conway charged, leading Yilek to reply, ‘Yes, my editor requires us to put in context about people’s spouse and families when relevant.’

‘You’re really going places. Let me tell you from something, from a powerful woman. Don’t pull the crap where you’re trying to undercut another woman based on who she’s married to. He gets his power through me, if you haven’t noticed. Not the other way around,’ Conway said. 

‘And if these are the quote standards unquote at the Washington Examiner, then yes I’d be happy to talk to your editor. But I’ve known your editor since before you were born,’ she added. 

Then she accused Yilek of replying on men and one again boasted she was wields the power in her marriage. 

In August 2018 Kellyanne told the Post that, ‘I feel there’s a part of [George Conway] that thinks I chose Donald Trump over him. Which is ridiculous. One is my work and one is my marriage.’

‘You can answer that question without your editors. You don’t have to rely upon the men in your life and pretend somehow by way of reporting that I rely on the men in my life, which clearly isn’t the case,’ she said. 

Less than an hour after the audio was released, George Conway tweeted, ‘I’ve learned a lot about narcissism over the past couple of years that I didn’t know previously. In fact, I didn’t know it had a label, although I had seen it without knowing it.’

In August 2018 Kellyanne told the Post that, ‘I feel there’s a part of him that thinks I chose Donald Trump over him. Which is ridiculous. One is my work and one is my marriage.’

Kellyanne Conway is yet to reply to DailyMail.com’s request for comment on the tense phone call.