Kellyanne lands White House gig
Key posts filled as Don builds team
President-elect Donald Trump made major White House appointments Thursday — tapping campaign manager Kellyanne Conway as counselor to the president and selecting his communications team.
He named Republican National Committee communications director Sean Spicer as press secretary, Hope Hicks as director of strategic communications, Jason Miller as communications director and Dan Scavino as director of social media.
“Thank you @realDonaldTrump for this amazing honor,” Spicer tweeted minutes after the announcement.
Conway, a mom of four, says there’s no need to worry about being able to juggle her domestic duties, because she lacks the distractions of some men.
“I would say that I don’t play golf and I don’t have a mistress. So I have a lot of time that a lot of these other men don’t,” Conway told Maria Bartiromo Thursday on Fox Business Network.
Conway, a former pollster who became Trump’s third and final campaign manager and helped propel him to the White House, said her kids are job No. 1.
“I see people on the weekend spending an awful lot of time on their golf games, and that’s their right.
“But the kids will be with me. We live in the same house and they come first,” she said on “Mornings with Maria.”
Trump praised his future counselor, saying in a statement, “Kellyanne Conway has been a trusted adviser and strategist who played a crucial role in my victory.
“She is a tireless and tenacious advocate of my agenda and has amazing insights on how to effectively communicate our message.