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While most people couldn’t get enough of Anderson Cooper’s epic eye roll during a Tuesday interview with Kellyanne Conway, the White House counselor is insisting that it wasn’t just rude — it was sexist.
Naturally, Conway couldn’t help but mention Hillary Clinton and her recent remarks about misogyny’s role in the 2016 election.
“Hillary Clinton is in search of sexism as a lame excuse for why her disastrous candidacy and campaign lost six months ago,” Conway said in a Thursday Fox & Friends segment. “I face sexism a lot of times when I show up for interviews like that.”
She continued, “Could you imagine… having a male anchor on the network roll eyes at Hillary Clinton, at somebody — a female representative spokeswoman for President Obama or President Bill Clinton? I think not.”
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Conway’s suggestion that she was a victim of gender bias is particularly interesting given her vehement insistence that she’s not a feminist.
In January, Conway told the Washington Post she identifies as a “postfeminist” because she considers herself “one of those women who is a product of her choices, not a victim of her circumstances.”
But for what it’s worth, it sure seems convenient that Conway wants to talk about sexism now — and avoided the topic at all costs when her own candidate had been accused of it.
“I don’t consider myself a feminist,” Conway told the Washington Post. “I think my generation isn’t a big fan of labels. My favorite label is mommy.”
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