George Conway on Trump: 'So dumb that he doesn’t know how to spell outrageous'

William Cummings | USA TODAY

WASHINGTON – Conservative attorney George Conway questioned President Donald Trump's intelligence on Sunday night in a biting tweet after the president again misspelled the word outrageous as "outrages."

"It’s outrageous that the United States has a president who is so dumb that he doesn’t know how to spell 'outrageous," Conway tweeted. He pointed out that this "isn’t the first time he’s made this specific mistake, so you can’t chalk it up to the slip of a finger."

Conway's tweet was in response to one from Trump in which the president quoted Fox News host Sean Hannity as saying the impeachment process against Trump "is outrages lying, corruption and propaganda. Should never be allowed to happen."

It’s outrageous that the United States has a president who is so dumb that he doesn’t know how to spell “outrageous.” (This isn’t the first time he’s made this specific mistake, so you can’t chalk it up to the slip of a finger. ) https://t.co/pcRlBDeB9V — George Conway (@gtconway3d) December 16, 2019

Trump made the same misspelling in a Sept. 21 tweet referring to an unspecified New York Times article. The tweet tagged Ed Rollins, an adviser to former President Ronald Reagan, and Fox Business host Lou Dobbs and included a quote that was apparently from one of those men.

"'When someone gets nominated overwhelmingly, and then wins the Election, as he did, then he gets to set the National Agenda. The press is just outrages. This @nytimes story is the most irresponsible thing I’ve ever seen.' @EdRollins @LouDobbs I agree, They also lose too much!" Trump tweeted.

“When someone gets nominated overwhelmingly, and then wins the Election, as he did, then he gets to set the National Agenda. The press is just outrages. This @nytimes story is the most irresponsible thing I’ve ever seen.” @EdRollins @LouDobbs I agree. They also lose too much! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2019

And in an Oct. 4 tweet quoting Rollins, Trump wrote, "'I think it's outrages that a Whistleblower is a CIA Agent.'"

“I think it’s outrages that a Whistleblower is a CIA Agent.” Ed Rollins @FoxNews — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 4, 2019

Trump has correctly spelled "outrageous" in far more tweets, however, so it was unclear what caused the recent typos. In April, Trump railed against the "outrageous" court decisions on his immigration policies.

Even the Democrats now say that our Southern Border is a Crisis and a National Emergency. Hopefully, we will not be getting any more BAD (outrageous) court decisions! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 12, 2019

Conway is married to White House counselor Kellyanne Conway. Though he initially supported Trump, he has become one of the president's fiercest critics and has questioned Trump's mental health.

In response to another Trump tweet on Sunday denouncing the impeachment, Conway wrote, "You need to have the Secret Service take you back to the hospital, this time to the psych ward."

You need to have the Secret Service take you back to the hospital, this time to the psych ward. https://t.co/bhB4FmYGMO https://t.co/uCsrLkLFEu pic.twitter.com/4qOrD4KNyY — George Conway (@gtconway3d) December 16, 2019

On Sunday Conway also tweeted that Trump's post implying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., wore dentures was "cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs."

A prolific Twitter user, Trump has often drawn mockery for typos or misspellings in his posts. At times he has corrected them, while others – such as the "outrages" tweets – are still available, uncorrected. In the case of an inexplicable tweet about "covfefe," Trump implied the apparent error may have been intentional.