Social media scolded Kellyanne Conway, advisor to President Donald Trump, after she was photographed kneeling on a couch in the Oval Office, looking at her phone as a large group of leaders of historically black colleges and universities came to meet with the president.
Conway, who had actually assumed her couch pose while positioning herself to take a photo of the group and Trump with her phone, quickly became meme fodder. Still, many pointed out that President Barack Obama had put his feet up on the president’s Resolute Desk, and panned the fuss over Conway’s sitting style, especially given another photo that showed her craning to take the group photo.
The former Trump campaign manager, who grew up in Atco and has a home in Alpine, inspired the hashtag #couchgate and got the Oval Office trending for her feet-on-couch pose. Conway last became a lightning rod when she talked the so-called “Bowling Green massacre,” a Kentucky terror attack that never happened. She also drew criticism after she promoted Ivanka Trump’s product line during a TV interview. Before that, her red, white and blue coat at the presidential inauguration became its own meme.
Here’s are some various takes on Conway’s couch moment in the Oval Office.
[<a href=”//storify.com/NJentertainment/kellyanne-conway-criticized-for-couch-pose-in-whit” target=”_blank”>View the story “Kellyanne Conway criticized for couch pose in White House ” on Storify</a>]<h1>Kellyanne Conway criticized for couch pose in White House </h1><h2>Tweets scolded the counselor to the president for sitting with her feet up on the Oval Office couch</h2><p>Storified by <a HACKED_LINKs://storify.com/NJentertainment”>NJ.com</a>· Tue, Feb 28 2017 18:52:35 </p><div>Me at Kellyanne Conway’s house. https://t.co/nNL91E9VtGFil Rouge</div><div>HA! Conservative artist Matt Dawson creates HILARIOUS memes of Kellyanne Conway ‘sitting on the couch’ https://t.co/UAJySvxqYRTheRoadbeerReturned</div><div>If you thought social media freaked out over pic of Kellyanne Conway sitting on Oval Office couch, just wait. OH THE HUMANITY! #couchgate https://t.co/mp3U3LS8S1Maul Of America</div><div>No Kellyanne! https://t.co/v3BHLsZNnTMatt Dawson</div><div>This photo of Kellyanne Conway seems very disrespectful https://t.co/Pupa8KxHqjEric Allen Hatch</div><div>But yes, the kneel was for a photo. </div><div>Why Kellyanne Conway was on the couch and oh lord this is so dumb https://t.co/r1IZamvzjR https://t.co/C0tcQU8Y2JVictor Ramon Vargas</div><div>Oh, she was just angling for her pokeball. </div><div>omfg charmander in the oval office #Pokemongogen2 @nycsouthpaw https://t.co/bnRnMLkQZudarth</div><div>Look at that headline. https://t.co/i40JFz2itY https://t.co/WNJleV36LByoumatter</div><div>Wow if you rearrange Kellyanne Conway, it spells Kneel Con Lyn’ AwayDavid Rutz</div><div>On the White House Senior advisor Kellyanne Conway couch questions: it’s all about context & a photo caption never hurts too. #Facts https://t.co/zvg95bYK4YNicki Mayo</div><div>Kellyanne Conway to Trump: https://t.co/RFact66dWRMichael Tiberi</div><div>@kellyanne conway couch https://t.co/VLR0wkkzfKPLATNUM STATUS</div><div>If Kellyanne Conway put her shoes on my mom’s couch https://t.co/q3AVY7IColVanessa Nogueira</div><div>Hold the hell on — KellyAnne Conway put her feet on the oval office couch???? https://t.co/JbJ3lZ670STodd Ks Herman</div><div>Can’t believe Kellyanne Conway sat like this when health insurance CEOs visited https://t.co/LeEpfwMydzBabak</div><div>This shouldn’t be controversial because of Kellyanne Conway, but because all these HBCU leaders became photo props. https://t.co/dSaXpl7i9UPatrick J Salem</div><div>No, that Kellyanne Conway photo is not worth freaking out about. No, this wasn’t worth freaking out about either. (Headline from Sept. 2013) https://t.co/TvBmAhftrhJosh Greenman</div><div>#Kellyanne_Conway #feetonthecouch https://t.co/X4n9A12RTwMake it so, Ensign</div> Amy Kuperinsky may be reached at akuperinsky@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @AmyKup or on Facebook.
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