White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Thursday defended the administration's handling of the firing of FBI Director James Comey, which has roiled Washington and dominated headlines for two days.

“No, we didn’t lose the messaging war,” Conway said on “Fox & Friends.”

“The president has full authority and control over his decisions here, and he made the right one,” she added.

President Trump said he decided to fire Comey upon the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsTrump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status White House officials voted by show of hands on 2018 family separations: report MORE and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who questioned his judgment and how he handled the investigation into Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Virginia Democrat blasts Trump's 'appalling' remark about COVID-19 deaths in 'blue states' The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden asks if public can trust vaccine from Trump ahead of Election Day | Oklahoma health officials raised red flags before Trump rally MORE’s use of a private email server while secretary of State.

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Critics say Trump is attempting to thwart the FBI-led investigation into Russia and whether Trump campaign aides colluded with Kremlin officials, while many Republicans have praised him for his decision and welcomed the opportunity for a fresh face to lead the agency.

Sessions has also come under fire for offering his recommendation to fire Comey after announcing earlier this year that he would recuse himself from the Russian investigation.

Conway defended the president’s decision.

She maintained that the administration’s message is intact and accused the mainstream media of deliberately providing negative coverage of their decision.

“You had people using words to describe the actions of the president himself that are just incomprehensible and presumptive, of course, with all the presumptive negativity,” she added.

Conway slammed television news networks for hosting “laughable” six-person panels decrying Trump's decision, adding that journalists were part of the problem.