Nailed it

George Conway correctly predicted Trump couldn't keep up the post-shooting unity shtick for 24 hours

August 6, 2019

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President Trump proclaimed in a speech Monday that after back-to-back mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, "we must honor the sacred memory of those we have lost by acting as one people" and "seek real, bipartisan solutions that will truly make America safer and better for all." Less than 24 hours later he was live-tweeting Fox & Friends slamming former President Barack Obama, apparently for saying Monday that America must "reject language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments," as well as "leaders who demonize those who don't look like us."

Matthew Gertz, a Media Matters fellow who frequently matches Trump's tweets with what was on TV at the time, explained Trump's morning tweetstorm this way:

We've moved into the "watches Fox News, stews, tweets grievances" stage of the cycle, which, as always, exposes the people who bought the "reads speech on Teleprompter" stage.
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) August 6, 2019

Do you know who wasn't surprised? George Conway, conservative lawyer, #NeverTrump stalwart, and husband to Trump's senior adviser Kellyanne Conway.

The dam is bursting, right on schedule. https://t.co/A3csk3BuVk
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) August 6, 2019

This is what Conway had predicted Sunday night:

2. But the problem will be that it was given by Trump, who’s incapable of sincere empathy. So it’ll be hard to believe that he believes the words he said. And his speech won’t address his own hateful, racist rhetoric.
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) August 4, 2019

So Conway took his bow, but he also downplayed his predictive prowess, claiming no special clairvoyance. As he tweeted Sunday night: "We've seen this movie before how many times?"