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As the husband of White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway, Republican lawyer George Conway is no stranger to facing backlash for his taunts and criticisms of President Donald Trump.
Conway—a founder of the anti-Trump Republican PAC The Lincoln Project—proved that again today when he and conservative leaning radio host Geraldo Rivera exchanged barbs on Twitter.
Like many of Trump's critics, Conway highlighted the President's handling of the virus as an example of his failure to keep the American people safe.
Conway pointed out the stratospheric number of cases and deaths compared to the rest of the world, despite assurances from Trump early in the outbreak that the cases would soon go down to zero.

It's been 118 days since @realDonaldTrump said covid-19 cases “would go down to zero," 61 days since he suggested doctors inject household cleaning solutions into people, 3 days since he said he slowed down testing, and 6 hours since he said he wasn't kidding about that. https://t.co/QTPlD1qNyu
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 23, 2020 
Conway highlighted the President's musing that ingesting bleach could potentially cure the virus, as well as recent claims he made at his that he urged his officials to slow down testing of the virus because it made him look bad.
For whatever reason, Rivera saw this as rooting for the virus rather than holding the President accountable for his statements and actions.
He let Conway know how he felt in a profane tweet.
Conway didn't hesitate to return the insults.
Geraldo fired back.
This is my 50th year on television hacking. You're still a punk
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) June 24, 2020 
As did Conway...

Don't we all wish we could be as clever, articulate, and thoughtful as @GeraldoRivera? So impressive! https://t.co/wOvHBxpfJA
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 24, 2020 
Rivera seems to have relented for now, but Twitter is taking Conway's side.


And you've been embarrassing yourself the whole time, but never as much as in the last three years.

What are you going to do when all the criminals are in jail? Who will you be irrationally defending then?

Seriously, if you ever hoped for anything approaching respect, give up.
— Khashoggi's Ghost (@UROCKlive1) June 24, 2020 

this is my 50th year on television and i'm still so insecure about my intellect i call george conway a punk on twitter
— Bill Packets (@BillPackets) June 24, 2020 

Yes, so many journalistic achievements in his 50 year career. However, none stands out more than saying Trayvon Martin's hoodie was partially to blame for his death. Television hack is pretty much the right way to describe him.
— Holly Kluck (@HollyKluck) June 24, 2020 

In all fairness Geraldo did not say it has been good television. In fact ALL of it has been a total joke.
— PeteY (@ironmanpetey) June 24, 2020 

Yes, Geraldo - you've been hacking on tv for 50 years.
— Kris Cooney (@krisDcooney) June 24, 2020 
Geraldo famously hosted a live television special in the 1980s called The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults, in which the host hyped a finale of opening a long-sealed Capone vault, with the possibility of uncovering Capone's spoils or one of his victims.
In the end, Rivera discovered that the vault only held a few empty bottles.
People couldn't help reminding him of that during his exchange with Conway.
I thought he was still out looking for Capone's vault.
— Mary A Maslar Durkin (@a_maslar) June 24, 2020 

One could say he's an empty vault.
— WRoper (@Wroper49) June 24, 2020 

When's he doing another vault opening? I miss that hard hitting journalism.
— Boyd Rogers (@BoydLRogers) June 24, 2020 

I will never forgive him for the Al Capone vault nonsense.
— Public opinion (@dntfolome) June 24, 2020 
It appears the pair's exchange is over for now.
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As the husband of White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway, Republican lawyer George Conway is no stranger to facing backlash for his taunts and criticisms of President Donald Trump.

Conway—a founder of the anti-Trump Republican PAC The Lincoln Project—proved that again today when he and conservative leaning radio host Geraldo Rivera exchanged barbs on Twitter.

Like many of Trump's critics, Conway highlighted the President's handling of the virus as an example of his failure to keep the American people safe.

Conway pointed out the stratospheric number of cases and deaths compared to the rest of the world, despite assurances from Trump early in the outbreak that the cases would soon go down to zero.

It's been 118 days since @realDonaldTrump said covid-19 cases “would go down to zero," 61 days since he suggested doctors inject household cleaning solutions into people, 3 days since he said he slowed down testing, and 6 hours since he said he wasn't kidding about that. https://t.co/QTPlD1qNyu
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 23, 2020

Conway highlighted the President's musing that ingesting bleach could potentially cure the virus, as well as recent claims he made at his that he urged his officials to slow down testing of the virus because it made him look bad.

For whatever reason, Rivera saw this as rooting for the virus rather than holding the President accountable for his statements and actions.

He let Conway know how he felt in a profane tweet.

Conway didn't hesitate to return the insults.

Geraldo fired back.

This is my 50th year on television hacking. You're still a punk
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) June 24, 2020

As did Conway...

Don't we all wish we could be as clever, articulate, and thoughtful as @GeraldoRivera? So impressive! https://t.co/wOvHBxpfJA
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 24, 2020

Rivera seems to have relented for now, but Twitter is taking Conway's side.

And you've been embarrassing yourself the whole time, but never as much as in the last three years.

What are you going to do when all the criminals are in jail? Who will you be irrationally defending then?

Seriously, if you ever hoped for anything approaching respect, give up.
— Khashoggi's Ghost (@UROCKlive1) June 24, 2020

this is my 50th year on television and i'm still so insecure about my intellect i call george conway a punk on twitter
— Bill Packets (@BillPackets) June 24, 2020

Yes, so many journalistic achievements in his 50 year career. However, none stands out more than saying Trayvon Martin's hoodie was partially to blame for his death. Television hack is pretty much the right way to describe him.
— Holly Kluck (@HollyKluck) June 24, 2020

In all fairness Geraldo did not say it has been good television. In fact ALL of it has been a total joke.
— PeteY (@ironmanpetey) June 24, 2020

Yes, Geraldo - you've been hacking on tv for 50 years.
— Kris Cooney (@krisDcooney) June 24, 2020

Geraldo famously hosted a live television special in the 1980s called The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults, in which the host hyped a finale of opening a long-sealed Capone vault, with the possibility of uncovering Capone's spoils or one of his victims.

In the end, Rivera discovered that the vault only held a few empty bottles.

People couldn't help reminding him of that during his exchange with Conway.

I thought he was still out looking for Capone's vault.
— Mary A Maslar Durkin (@a_maslar) June 24, 2020

One could say he's an empty vault.
— WRoper (@Wroper49) June 24, 2020

When's he doing another vault opening? I miss that hard hitting journalism.
— Boyd Rogers (@BoydLRogers) June 24, 2020

I will never forgive him for the Al Capone vault nonsense.
— Public opinion (@dntfolome) June 24, 2020

It appears the pair's exchange is over for now.

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