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| Kellyanne Conway to leave Trump White House at end of month | Kellyanne Conway to leave Trump White House at end of month |
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| President’s adviser cites the need to focus on her family as her husband George also steps back from his role at the Lincoln Project | President’s adviser cites the need to focus on her family as her husband George also steps back from his role at the Lincoln Project |
| The White House adviser Kellyanne Conway has announced she will be leaving Donald Trump’s administration at the end of August, citing the need to focus on her family. | |
| Conway, Trump’s campaign manager during the 2016 presidential race, was the first woman to successfully steer a White House bid, then became a senior counsellor to the US president. She informed Trump of her decision in the Oval Office on Sunday. | |
| “I will be transitioning from the White House at the end of this month,” she said in a statement posted on social media. | “I will be transitioning from the White House at the end of this month,” she said in a statement posted on social media. |
| “Our four children are teens and tweens starting a new academic year, in middle school and high school, remotely from home for at least a few months,” she said. | “Our four children are teens and tweens starting a new academic year, in middle school and high school, remotely from home for at least a few months,” she said. |
| “As millions of parents nationwide know, kids ‘doing school from home’ requires a level of attention and vigilance that is as unusual as these times. | “As millions of parents nationwide know, kids ‘doing school from home’ requires a level of attention and vigilance that is as unusual as these times. |
| “This is completely my choice and my voice. In time, I will announce future plans. For now, and for my beloved children, it will be less drama, more mama.” | “This is completely my choice and my voice. In time, I will announce future plans. For now, and for my beloved children, it will be less drama, more mama.” |
| Conway described her time in the administration and previously with the 2016 campaign as “heady” and “humbling”. | Conway described her time in the administration and previously with the 2016 campaign as “heady” and “humbling”. |
| She worked for years as a Republican pollster and operative and originally supported Senator Ted Cruz in the 2016 Republican primary. | She worked for years as a Republican pollster and operative and originally supported Senator Ted Cruz in the 2016 Republican primary. |
| She moved over to the Trump campaign and that August became campaign manager as Steve Bannon became campaign chairman; Bannon was indicted two days ago for fraud. | She moved over to the Trump campaign and that August became campaign manager as Steve Bannon became campaign chairman; Bannon was indicted two days ago for fraud. |
| Her husband, George Conway, has also announced he is stepping down from his role at the Lincoln Project, which is working to defeat Trump in November. | Her husband, George Conway, has also announced he is stepping down from his role at the Lincoln Project, which is working to defeat Trump in November. |
| George Conway has been a vocal critic of the US president. In a public feud last year, Trump called him a “wack job” and a “husband from hell”, prompting George Conway to say Trump was mentally unfit for his office. | |
| The decisions by the Conways come a day after their 15-year-old daughter, Claudia, said on Twitter that she was seeking “emancipation”. Claudia has previously been outspoken on social media against her parents’ views. | |
| On Sunday, Kellyanne Conway described her time in the administration, and previously with the 2016 campaign, as “heady” and “humbling”. | |
| She had survived several rounds of staff turnovers in an often chaotic and drama-ridden White House. |