Kellyanne Conway suggests she'll turn down White House job because she's a mother

Kellyanne Conway talks motherhood and the West Wing
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At a "Women Rule" forum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Kellyanne Conway said that she "will do whatever the president-elect and vice president-elect... believe is my best and highest use for them," but it probably won't involve a full-time job in the White House. She suggested she will play a "Kellyanne role" in Donald Trump's administration, but noted "my children are 12, 12, 8, and 7, which is bad idea, bad idea, bad idea, bad idea for mom going inside [the White House]." Her kids "have to come first, and those are very fraught ages," Conway said, but turning down a White House job "would be my personal choice and not a demand on me."

Conway was Trump's campaign manager for the last stretch of his campaign, and when discussing what role she could play after the election, senior campaign officials would begin the discussion, "I know you have four kids, but...." she told the audience. "I said there's nothing that comes after the 'but' that makes any sense to me, so don't even try. Like what is the 'but'?" she asked. "But they'll eat Cheerios for the rest of the day? Nobody will brush their teeth again until I get home?"

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.