Kellyanne Conway’s Off-The-Rails Voting Comments Take The Cake For Twitter Users
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway took the cake for many Twitter users on Wednesday with her off-the-rails attack on mail-in ballot voting.
“People are very proud to show up and go to the polls,” Conway told reporters. “They really are. I mean, they wait in line for a Georgetown Cupcake for an hour, to get a cupcake. So, I think they can probably wait in line to do something as consequential and critical and constitutionally significant as cast their ballot.”
Check out Conway’s comments here:
Conway also suggested “mail-in balloting as the main way to vote would be very concerning” because “people want this country to open up” after stay-at-home orders that aimed to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Hundreds of public health experts, however, have called for a vast expansion of voting by mail as the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 100,000 people nationwide, continues.
President Donald Trump has in recent weeks repeatedly railed against mail-in voting, baselessly suggesting it could lead to increased voter fraud. In March, he voted by mail in Florida’s GOP primary.
Conway’s comments attracted fierce criticism online:
To be clear, Georgetown Cupcakes in D.C. right now is delivery only.
So if that's your arbitrary standard Kellyanne, I think it's time that our country has national vote-by-mail. https://t.co/AyNttIxJTC— Rep. Mark Pocan (@repmarkpocan) May 27, 2020
No Kellyanne- it doesn’t work that way, cupcake. Voting is a right- by mail or in person. Get over it #snowflakehttps://t.co/CRV532RzyP
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) May 27, 2020
If you can mail people checks you can mail people ballots.
Is she living in a fantasy world where criminals don't want to steal checks but really want to vote?— JRehling (@JRehling) May 27, 2020
Guess what, @KellyannePolls? You have the option to order cupcakes by mail. https://t.co/9q1mstYTkDhttps://t.co/b0ebADf0Rk
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 27, 2020