On Friday, George Conway, a vocal critic of former President Donald Trump, responded to allegations made by E. Jean Carroll’s lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, claiming that Trump had used a cryptic reference to a derogatory term towards her following the Carroll defamation trial. Kaplan alleged that Trump told her, “I’ll see you next Tuesday,” a phrase sometimes used as a more subtle way to reference a derogatory term.
Conway, reacting to Kaplan’s claim, referred to Trump as “a pig” and expressed his dismay over the former president’s behavior. Conway criticized Trump’s misogynistic language, deeming it disgraceful and highlighting the indecent conduct exhibited by someone in a position of authority.
During the interview, Conway recalled a similar controversy in 2019 when Trump congratulated female astronauts on their spacewalk and mistakenly claimed it was the first time a woman had been outside the space shuttle. When corrected by one of the astronauts, Trump’s response, involving the use of his middle finger, led to a public controversy.
Conway concluded that, given Trump’s past conduct, he finds it challenging to give him the benefit of the doubt in such situations. The remarks by Conway reflect his ongoing criticism of Trump and his disapproval of the former president’s behavior.
It’s just appalling. I mean, he’s a pig, and the fact that he was president of the United States makes it all the more distressing. I mean, it was misogynistic. I mean, to call a woman that to her face and trying to be cute about it. I mean, it was just disgraceful and the kind of indecent conduct that you wouldn’t expect in any adult. I mean it was just– I wouldn’t even say it was teenage boy-level conduct. It was just utterly, utterly childish, and you know, it’s not that surprising that Trump does this. I mean, we know– we’ve seen him do all sorts of crude things over time.
He said, “Oh, this is the first time a woman’s ever been outside the space shuttle.” And then the astronaut, the female astronaut gently corrected him, and he clearly was taken aback. It was a very gentle, very respectful correction, and he starts to touch his forehead as if to scratch an itch, but he used his middle finger, and there was this huge controversy: “Was he really giving the finger to these astronauts?”
