Fox News’ liberal-leaning political analyst Juan Williams on Tuesday called out former Trump White House counselor Kellyanne Conway — to her face, live on the air — for her spin on what was purportedly Donald Trump’s speech on what he plans to do with the economy if he wins the 2024 election.
Conway claimed the former president “got very granular” with his lengthy address in Georgia and argued it was “a challenge” to Democratic nominee Kamala Harris to “stop talking in generics and be more granular.”
Williams, though, wasn’t having it.
“You know, Kellyanne said he got granular. I’m still waiting for the grain here, the granular pieces, because, to me, this was a speech in which he’s trying to set out a new policy, I guess […] but all I heard from him was attacks on Harris, ‘Comrade Kamala.’ For an hour and a half, ‘Kamala is a communist.’”
Conway, who during Trump’s presidency displayed her penchant for “alternative facts,” pushed back, saying: “Come on, Juan. You have the text in front of you. Don’t say that.”
Williams was undeterred.
“This was pretty much just an ad hominem personal attack,” he said. “It made for like a rally-like atmosphere. It was a brash promise he’s making to make everything better, he says, ‘It’ll be so easy.’ But the reality is, even as he attacks Harris, he ignores the fact the U.S. economy right now is growing even after COVID. It’s the best on the globe. Manufacturing fell to its lowest under Trump.”
Williams said he didn’t hear any new policies from Trump, and that it was just the same old schtick from the ex-POTUS.
Conway told Williams, “I just can’t sit here and abide these lies.”
To which Williams fired back, “It’s not a lie. It’s the absolute truth.”
Watch the exchange here:
