Getty Kellyanne Conway causes controversy ... again

BUZZ -- CONWAY CAUSING CONTROVERSY… AGAIN -- Kellyanne Conway received the American Association of Political Consultants MVP award earlier this month, but the award led to a major controversy among both GOP and Democratic members of the organization. Several operatives have voiced concerns that Conway got the prize despite the Trump campaign violating the AAPC’s code of ethics, which members sign. The AAPC code http://bit.ly/2nyiTvo

One longtime Democratic consultant and AAPC member told us members were upset over everything from whether she is a current member of the group (but still got the prize) to “questioning her ability and how much say she had in the campaign as well as the ethics of her participation in the campaign.” Another Democratic consultant member said “people were angry. It blew up on Facebook” during the conference. “There were people questioning ... whether to go to [AAPC] events in the future.” Conway didn’t attend the conference but instead sent in a video accepting the award.


Giving the award to Conway was a matter of intense debate among AAPC’s board but they determined that it was unlikely that the Trump campaign would have been successful without Conway and found no evidence she lied in a substantial way to the press during the campaign or committed other violations. AAPC declined to comment. The White House did not provide comment in time for publication.

