FOOTLOOSE MOMENTS THAT TRIPPED TWITTER
US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser Kellyanne Conway has come under Twitter fire after a picture of her casually kneeling on a couch in the Oval Office was shared on social media as Trump met leaders of historically black universities and colleges. Twitterati was quick to highlight the photos as evidence of a lack of respect for the office from Conway. But her supporters have come up with numerous photos of former president Barack Obama resting his feet on the office’s famed Resolute desk at various times during his eight years in office. —
washington — US President Donald Trump’s senior advisor Kellyanne Conway sparked social media fury late on Monday after kneeling on a White House sofa with her shoes on.
In an image captured by an AFP photographer, Conway appears casually kneeling on the couch as Trump poses for a photo with leaders of historically black colleges and universities. Twitter users were quick to berate Conway, with many calling her body language a sign of “disrespect.”
“Conway with her shoes on the couch in Oval Office — consistent with general level of disrespect Trump team has shown,” tweeted one user.
“The new stock photo for ‘white privilege,’” wrote another Twitter user of the image, which shows her surrounded by a large number of black people who are standing. “The country’s most esteemed African American educators have gathered together at the White House, and Kellyanne Conway cannot be bothered to acknowledge them with the respect of formal courtesy,” wrote one commentator on the women’s interests website Jezebel.
“To hell with shoes on the couch — crude incivility is the worst look of all.” By early Tuesday, the AFP tweet of the photo had been retweeted more than 1,700 times, drawing some 1,600 likes and 1,400 replies.
The photo also triggered a tide of memes: “The ancestors put plastic on the furniture just for women like Kellyanne Conway,” read one post, with the AFP image juxtaposed against sofas cloaked in plastic furniture covers. —