It’s been a banner week in legal news for the Washington Post’s Style section. After an eyeroll-inducing account of Tiffany Trump’s law school career that managed to miss every mark, the Post brings this tour de force piece on Kellyanne Conway’s home life that just underscores again how Wachtell’s George Conway is morphing into one of the most fun personalities in all of Biglaw.

Kellyanne invited me [to their $8 million, 15,000-square-foot mansion] because she thought it would be a good symbol for her commitment to, and the enduring strength of, the Trump presidency. The White House may be shedding staff at record speed, but this new home is a sign that Kellyanne isn’t going anywhere; that she is, in fact, flourishing.

So we learn right away that Kellyanne certainly expects this to be a gauzy portrayal of a senior aide’s heroic balance of home and unswerving loyalty to America’s rapid decline. What she didn’t count on was her husband’s Eeyore impersonation floating just to the side of the entire interview:

It’s a picture he took on election night 2016: Donald Trump is reaching for the first draft of his acceptance speech, just as victory seemed imminent. Back then, George was such an ardent supporter of the president, and so proud of his wife for her historic role as campaign manager, that he wept for joy. “That photo was from before you cried,” Kellyanne says. “Now I cry for other reasons,” George mutters. Kellyanne pretends to ignore that comment, something she’s been doing a lot of lately.

If you haven’t been following George Conway’s Twitter feed, it’s consistently one of the wittiest assaults on Trump’s presidency. His contempt for the buffoonery that defines this administration shines through every joint interaction in this article:

She picked this spot [for their Jersey Shore beach house] because it felt like home; her mother had been employed at a casino nearby for more than 20 years and still lives in the house where she raised Kellyanne less than an hour away. The beach house also happens to be right down the road from Trump’s old Taj Mahal resort and casino. “It was wildly popular,” says Kellyanne. “It went bankrupt twice,” says George.

Devastating.

Taking a break from George’s snide remarks, can someone tell me what to make of this exchange?

George, a stocky man with a mop of dark hair (“He looks Hawaiian,” as Kellyanne puts it), retires to his office.

I… I… She knows he’s half-Filipino, right? I mean, I’d assume so, but I’m legitimately not sure at this point. Perhaps, with the administration’s cheerleaders starting to set their sights on uprooting legal immigrants, Kellyanne wants to lay the groundwork to protect her husband from her boss’s next wave of deportations. Whatever it is, it’s weird.

Anyway, back to George’s pointed criticism of the president. Kellyanne has this to say:

“I think it’s disrespectful,” she says. “I think it disrespects his wife.”

Does it, though? This gets to the core problem with the conservative brand of feminism. Right after an extended celebration of her independence from her husband and the fact that she can live a life without being identified by him, she complains that he needs to keep his mouth shut and do what his spouse says. It’s a version of feminism that thinks the problem with family gender roles is that females should occupy the “masculine” position rather than the existence of gender roles in the first place.

“Nobody knows who I am because of my husband,” she says. “People know of my husband because of me.”

Exactly.

But there is nothing, absolutely nothing more jarring about this piece than Kellyanne’s attempt to clarify her thoughts on George’s comments:

Me: You told me you found [George’s tweets] disrespectful. Kellyanne: It is disrespectful, it’s a violation of basic decency, certainly, if not marital vows . . . as “a person familiar with their relationship.”

Yes, Kellyanne Conway just tried to convince the Washington Post to write that her husband is disrespecting their wedding vows and violating basic decency on background. She wanted the Washington Post to publish her attack on her husband anonymously. Kellyanne had best bring home a dozen roses tonight.

She works for Trump. He can’t stand him. This is life with Kellyanne and George Conway. [Washington Post]

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