Conway defends Trump's 'Hamilton' twitter scrap: 'Why do you care'

[spanone]

(CNN)Former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway on Monday defended President-elect Donald Trump's Twitter vendetta against the Broadway musical "Hamilton," arguing that social media use is "a great way" to "cut through the noise or silence" and that Trump has the right to offer his criticism.

"Why do you care?" Conway said when asked by "New Day" host Chris Cuomo about Trump's "Hamilton" feud. "Who is to say that he can't do that, make a comment, spend five minutes on a tweet and making a comment and still be president-elect?"

Conway, a senior adviser to Trump, criticized media coverage of the social media controversy, saying that Trump is "just trying to cut through the nonsense of people telling Americans what is important to them, which we saw through the elections wasn't true. People constantly being told this issue, this statement, this past transgression is important to you -- and Americans said, 'No, it's not. What's important to me is this 100-day plan.'"

"That's not what he's tweeting about," Cuomo said. "He said that 'Hamilton' is overrated."

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/21/politics/conway-interview-trump-twitter/index.html

[MADem]

1. We care because the behavior of the POTUS-elect is scrutinized all over the world.

We have a "thin-skinned bully" in charge--and that is terrifying.

[spanone]

2. one of the dumbest questions asked so far in this crazy ass election...

'why do you care' what the president-elect does.

[bettyellen]

6. It resonates with his base as an easy answer to everything and it does....

Because it goes to the heart of what separates us- they don't care about anyone else but themselves and think public service is bullshit, liberals are all "bleeding hearts" and the corrupt are okay as long as they cut them in on it.

[Initech]

3. We care because Trump takes time to trash musicals and sketch comedy actors.

Yet has done absolutely nothing to denounce the swastika graffiti at Adam Yauch Park, or what's going on in South Dakota. That's why we care. If Trump wants to prove he's presidential material, he would denounce the terrorism being enacted in his name. Until then he's just another Twitter troll.

[spanone]

7. shouldn't the question be 'why does he care'?

[CurtEastPoint]

4. DT was roundly mocked on Graham Norton's monologue the other night. The Brits are appalled.

[MFM008]

5. Drop dead

.............

[WinkyDink]

9. To whom is this addressed?

[NastyRiffraff]

8. Kellyanne is going to spend a LOT of time

trying and failing to defend Trump's childish reactions to satire. He thinks the Hamilton thing is as bad as it gets? he should ask Obama, or any former president, how bad it can get. His thin skin is going to be strange and weird to watch.