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Claudia Conway broke from her mother, Kellyanne Conway, over her support for former President Donald Trump's running mate, Senator JD Vance.
Trump, who will be officially nominated as the Republican presidential candidate at the Republican National Convention (RNC) this week, announced on Monday that Vance, who has represented Ohio in the Senate since 2023, will join him on the Republican ticket as his vice presidential pick. The announcement sparked cheers from Trump's supporters, who have embraced Vance's staunchly conservative record in the Senate.
Kellyanne Conway, who served as an adviser to Trump during his first term in office, praised the pick in a post to X, formerly Twitter: "Senator @JDVance1 represents a new generation of America First warriors. His life experiences and vision equip him to fight for the forgotten men, women and children alongside President Trump. Let's win in 2024!"
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Claudia Conway, who has been supportive of more progressive policies, responded to the post: "Thought he called Trump 'Hitler'? He did. Thought he said he opposes marriage equality and abortions for r*pe and incest? ..Oh right he did."
In another post, Claudia Conway responded to a clip of Vance discussing women leaving "violent" or "unhappy" marriages, writing "Major yikes."
In 2016, Vance told an associate on Facebook that he was going "back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical a**hole like Nixon who wouldn't be that bad (and might even prove useful) or that he's America's Hitler," according to Reuters.
However, Vance has said he changed his opinion about Trump after meeting him in 2021. As a senator, he has consistently shown support for the former president, though his past remarks have been a sticking point for some of Trump supporters.
He has also embraced right-wing views on issues like abortion. In 2021, when asked about whether he supports exceptions for rape and incest in laws banning abortion, Vance said, "two wrongs don't make a right."
Democrats are already calling attention to his past remarks about abortion, which is likely to be a key policy in the November election. Republicans faced backlash at the polls following the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 reversal of Roe v. Wade, facing defeats in key races in the midterms that year, despite President Joe Biden's unpopularity at the time.
Claudia Conway has garnered attention over her political views. She has been willing to publicly disagree with her mother. In May, she responded to a post by Kellyanne supporting Trump by pointing out that he is a "felon" following a guilty verdict in his hush money case.
Claudia Conway also added: "P.S., I love my mom, but I can have an opinion too. Everyone deserves to have a say, you know?"
Newsweek reached out to Kellyanne Conway via her online contact form and Claudia Conway via Instagram for comment.
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