Ivanka Trump told Kellyanne Conway to keep her name and brand out of her mouth

[kpete]

Beyond the ethics furor over her using public office to boost Ivanka’s private interest, Conway's credibility in under constant attack.

In her attempt to do Trump's bidding, she may have crossed one of the people closer to Trump than herself — Ivanka Trump. A source close to Trump said that his daughter scolded Conway for dragging her brand into an ethics mess and told her not to mention it again on TV. This was a continuation of a conversation that Ivanka Trump had with her father weeks earlier about leaving her business out of the politics, that Conway wasn't aware of.

Trump, for his part, thought that the word "counseled" used by Spicer at the press briefing was "terrible," and said that her statement was just a continuation of his own sentiments, according to someone in the room.

"Why would you use that word? Who's idea was that?" Trump asked Spicer after the press briefing, the source said.

more:
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/kellyanne-conways-dangerous-game-234935

[Kath2]

1. This administration is already a train wreck.

Childish, hateful and ignorant, all of them.

[democratisphere]

2. Sean Spicer is going to be a scapegoat for drumpf family and administration wrath.

[smirkymonkey]

5. I'm actually beginning to fell sorry for the poor bastard.

Imagine that?

[NNadir]

10. I don't. Anyone who is a Goebbels wannabe gets no sympathy from me. n/t

[appleannie1943]

14. He's a big boy. He knows how to say "I quit".

[CanonRay]

19. As my momma would have said, he made his own bed...

[samnsara]

29. once in awhile i do too....

....but it quickly passes as soon as he opens his hateful mouth and evil spews out all over the world.

[Alice11111]

33. No sympathy for him from me. He is mean and slimy

I feel more sympathy for Ivanka than the others. At least, she reigned Papa Orange in, in spite of Bannon and Gulianni, on LGBTQ and women's issues. Now, she is taking the heat directed at him. I'm glad Nordstroms canceled her too. It is a symbol of rejection of all things Trump. Spicer has no backbone or principles. He is an outrageous liar. I love how Melissa McCarthy plays him.

[moonscape]

35. I feel zero sympathy for the opportunistic Ivanka, who

along with her hubs is trying to gain all the benefits while eschewing the muck. Sorry.

Along with her brothers, she's an apple at the base of the tree. She treated her female employees horribly. I thought she was the brightest bulb of the sorry lot, but she's completely tone-deaf and only cares when it might personally hurt her.

She's a let-them-eat cake kinda woman.

[yardwork]

3. I wonder if any of this is true.

[Snarkoleptic]

4. It's the best best brand, that I can tell you, the best.

[kpete]

6. tee hee

[tavernier]

21. Right next to the gallon bottles of aftershave,

President Porky's signature brand.

[TheOther95Percent]

24. This is what I've been saying about Ivanka's brand.

It's not the name. It's the ugly and impractical. That sweater, my dear, would be a contender for a wearable to any "Ugliest Sweater" contest. You can pair that treasure with these WTF shoes and skirt:

Great Grandma of the Bride shoes
http://www.dsw.com/shoe/ivanka+trump+katie-2+pump?prodId=390799&cm_mmc=CSE-_-GPS-_-G_Shopping_Pumps-_-New_Pumps&cadevice=c

Horizontal stripes skirt (Because horizontal stripes are so flattering...)

http://www.lordandtaylor.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/en/lord-and-taylor/ribbed-flared-skirt-0510-i57ss351--1?site_refer=CSE_GGLPLA&gclid=CJL0i5P8itICFd6Kswod6JIJRg&gclsrc=aw.ds

[groundloop]

25. All That plus "MADE IN CHINA"

Why the hell doesn't she find a high quality manufacturer in the USA to make her stuff?

[samnsara]

30. arent those the shoes...

...worn in the SNL skit last night?

[JI7]

7. this is either a lie to make ivanka look good

As we have seen with some other stories.

Or ivanka doesn't think kellyanne is good enough to rep her brand.

But i totally agree that kellyanne did it in the first place to make trump happy. The snl skit was correct about her.

[underpants]

13. Would you want that to be your spokesperson?

Good point yesterday about the Bush daughters.

[TrekLuver]

8. And did she yell at her Daddy too...since he's the piece of trash that started the ball rolling.

[duncang]

9. First season of the new Drumph reality show.

Four seasons of stupid reality live tv.

[whathehell]

12. No, I think it will be 'cancelled' before then..

[oberliner]

11. Fake news?

Made up leak from made up source?

[adigal]

15. I have no sympathy for Ivanka at all...she is trying to make $$ from this debacle as well

She is the pretty face on the fascists. And her business sucks anyway.
:large

[StarryNite]

27. Agreed!

In fact, the whole tRump clan is using the presidency to cash in on as many $$$$ as they can before he's tossed into the trash where he belongs.

[Progressive dog]

16. That sounds like an attempt to

protect Ivanka and her business while the psychopath in chief continues his attack on everything that stands in the way of his control of everything.

[bucolic_frolic]

17. Donald

should ditch the tweets and ditch the spokesmen

and do the press conferences himself twice a day

It would be fertile grounds

[lark]

18. Of course drumpf didn't counsel her not to do this.

If she were counseled about this, it would be to push harder, show Ivanka's wares and push them personally. That's what drumpf would do.

[eppur_se_muova]

20. "Who's idea was that?" -- ah, whose to blame indeed. nt

[NickB79]

22. Circular firing squad.

Ready. Aim. FIRE!

[keithbvadu2]

23. Pretty good meme.... Promote Kellyanne as Ivanka brand spokesperson/model.

Pretty good meme.... Promote Kellyanne as Ivanka brand spokesperson/model.

Folks should be able to do some 'great' photoshopping with it.

[Solly Mack]

26. The story about IT claiming to (want to) leave her business out of politics

made the news months ago, so to claim Conway was unaware of it is yet another lie.

[StarryNite]

28. The question is

Will their business dealings take their politics down or will their politics take their businesses down?

[anarch]

31. I am skeptical of this story, but also wouldn't be shocked if she just drops the surname

eventually, because it will be poison. Anathema. A trope for all things wrong and repugnant.

Well, probably not, since she seems to be fully entrenched in the family business...but I think, for humanity's sake, we all need to work to expunge that surname from history, except in the context of "America's worst, most regrettable mistake, which was quickly overcome by the righteous indignation and swift corrective action of the people."

[question everything]

32. You mean, there is someone in this family with a slight sense of dignity? (nt)

[Ilsa]

36. Ivanka seems to be the thoughtful one.

And I mean "thoughtful" as in "well-considered" and "deliberate." Conjob was trying to get in good with her boss. Ivanka is trying to salvage her own brand because she knows "trump" won't be worth crap.

I hope part of her response to Conjob was out of personal pride. Daddy's interference makes Ivanka look weak as a businesswoman, IMO.

[Crunchy Frog]

34. This is like a really bad soap opera. n/t

[RobinA]

37. Is Anybody Else

getting a bit uncomfortable with the ongoing Ivanka pile on? I mean, what has this woman actually done that is so heinous that she has become a laughing stock whom it is OK to trash?

And I'm not suggesting that she isn't fair game if she actually did something inappropriate, but to my knowledge she hasn't.

[Dave Starsky]

38. Ha ha. No.

She actively campaigned for her horrible father and is helping him out by advising him and regularly sitting in on his meetings. No one "elected" her to anything. Which makes it particularly galling that she is trying to use her imagined office to hawk her worthless shit.

She's every bit the grifter that her dad is, which is probably why he's so obviously turned on by her.

She richly deserves every little bit of our derision.