Kellyanne Conway just got a strong reminder why Republicans have a problem winning over young voters.
The former Donald Trump adviser went on Fox News on Monday night to discuss the GOP’s electoral chances, and she admitted to host Laura Ingraham that the party has “some work to do” with millennials and Gen Z.
But she suggested Democrats’ success with the demographic was due to messaging ― not policy.
Conway cited President Joe Biden’s plan to enlist social media influencers in his yet-to-be-announced reelection campaign, calling it a “smart strategy” and telling Ingraham she was “really concerned” about Democrats being a “turnout machine” for younger voters.
She’s right that Republicans have an uphill battle when it comes to getting new voters to their side.
A 2020 NBC exit poll revealed 65% of voters between the ages of 18 and 24 voted for Biden, his strongest age group by 11 points.
But the conservative pundit didn’t do much to woo young people herself, choosing instead to decry influencers’ “lemming-like effect” on young voters, who just “want to be part of the same crowd.”
Twitter users weren’t buying it, of course.
One young voter, 2020 Biden delegate Victor Shi, had some helpful suggestions.
“Hey Kellyanne Conway: instead of complaining how young people are voting for Democrats, maybe you & your party should actually do something to address our concerns,” the UCLA undergraduate tweeted. “Instead of taking away our rights & banning books & drag shows, listen to us & enact real policies. Just a thought.”
Other people wondered how Conway could speak to winning young voters when she has such a rocky relationship with 18-year-old daughter Claudia Conway.
“Kellyanne can’t even get her own teenage daughter to be on her side politically but sure, interview her for advice on how to turn out the youth vote,” read one post that was liked over 10,000 times.
The younger Conway is already a vocal critic of conservatives. She celebrated Trump’s indictment last Tuesday with a tweet saying she’d been “waiting” for his arrest since she “was 14.”
Check out more Twitter responses to Kellyanne Conway’s comments below:
It's actually a little alarming how few American celebs seem to be using their platform to express their anger, frustration, and disappointment in what's happening to their country. Claudia Conway seems to give zero fucks about any backlash she might receive for expressing her opinions, and I certainly hope she has an impact. Ultimately nothing is going to get fixed or changed or resolved if the younger generations don't get more involved, and I see Claudia as leading a charge for her generation, and doing it in a way that will speak to them. She's badass, brave, and, oh, a pottymouth (an actual journalist referred to her in that way, which is honestly so fucking embarrassing). She also put them in their place. Today's girlcrushart guardian is Claudia Conway.
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A Passion for Murder: A Detective Quaid Mystery (Detective Quaid Series Book 6)
book by Yolanda Renee
Another heinous crime occurs in Alaska, and with no time to heal from the last brutal case of The Snowman, and Stowy Jenkins, Detective Quaid returns to his job. PTSD and an odious villain test his mettle and his sanity.
Top Five Favorite Episodes of "BABYLON 5" (Season Three: "Point of No Return")
Below is a list of my top five (5) favorite episodes from Season Three (1995-1996) of "BABYLON 5". Created by J. Michael Straczynski, the series starred Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Jerry Doyle and Mira Furlan:
TOP FIVE FAVORITE EPISODES OF "BABYLON 5" (SEASON THREE: "POINT OF NO RETURN")
1. (3.10) "Severed Dreams" - In this outstanding episode, President Clark of Earth Alliance tries to seize control of Babylon 5 by force, forcing station commander Captain John J. Sheridan and the command crew to take arms against their own government and initiating the Earth Civil War. The episode won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation in 1997.
2. (3.15) "Interludes and Examinations" - Captain Sheridan struggles to gather a force against the Shadows, when the Shadow War begins in earnest. Ambassador Londo Mollari looks forward to a reunion with a past lover, and Dr. Franklin falls further into his stims addiction.
3. (3.09) "Point of No Return" - When President Clark declares martial law throughout Earth Alliance, the command crew tries to stop Nightwatch from taking control of the station. Meanwhile, Ambassador Londo Mollari receives a prophecy from Emperor Turhan's widow when she visits the station.
4. (3.16-3.17) "War Without End" - This is a two-part episode in which the station's former commander, Jeffrey Sinclair, returns to participate in a mission vital to the future survival of Babylon 5 - traveling back in time to steal Babylon 4 and send it to the past.
5. (3.05) "Voices of Authority" - Commander Susan Ivanova and Ranger Marcus Cole search for more of the First Ones with the help of Draal, while Sheridan comes under the scrutiny of the Nightwatch and Babylon 5's new "political officer".
Did you enjoy the newest Knives Out mystery, Glass Onion? Here are some read-alikes you may enjoy!
Secrets of the Nile by Tasha Alexander
Lord Bertram Deeley, a renowned amateur British collector of antiquities is entertaining his closest friends at a lavish cruise up the Nile to his home at Luxor when he suddenly collapses after offering a welcome toast, a victim of the lethal poison cyanide. Who amongst this group of his nearest and dearest would want to kill their generous host: an archeologist whose dig Deeley was funding until he suddenly withdrew support? A powerful politician whose career Deeley had secretly destroyed? A dyspeptic aristocratic English spinster whose hired travelling companion seems determined to protect her employer? Or even the formidable Mrs. Hargreaves, Lady Emily’s mother-in-law, who may have spurned the advances of Lord Deeley when they were both younger? A key clue may lie with several ancient ushabtis, exquisite three-thousand-year-old sculptures that played a role in yet another murder in Ancient Egypt, a crime with a very real link to Lord Deeley’s death. Lady Emily and Colin gather their suspects together to reveal the identity of a killer whose motive is as shocking as it is brilliant.
This is the 16th volume in the “Lady Emily Ashton Mysteries” series.
The Department of Sensitive Crimes by Alexander McCall Smith
In the Swedish criminal justice system, certain cases are considered especially strange and difficult - the dedicated detectives who investigate these crimes are members of an elite squad known as the Sensitive Crimes Division. These are their stories.
The first case: the small matter of a man stabbed in the back of the knee. Who would perpetrate such a crime and why? Next: a young woman's imaginary boyfriend goes missing. But how on earth do you search for someone who doesn't exist? And in the final investigation: eerie secrets that are revealed under a full moon may not seem so supernatural in the light of day. No case is too unusual, too complicated, or too, well insignificant for this squad to solve.
The team: Ulf “the Wolf” Varg, the top dog, thoughtful and diligent; Anna Bengsdotter, who's in love with Varg's car (and possibly Varg too); Carl Holgersson, who likes nothing more than filling out paperwork; and Erik Nykvist, who is deeply committed to fly fishing.
This is the first volume in the “Detective Varg” series.
The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray
The happily married Mr. Knightley and Emma are throwing a house party, bringing together distant relatives and new acquaintances - characters beloved by Jane Austen fans. Definitely not invited is Mr. Wickham, whose latest financial scheme has netted him an even broader array of enemies. As tempers flare and secrets are revealed, it’s clear that everyone would be happier if Mr. Wickham got his comeuppance. Yet they’re all shocked when Wickham turns up murdered - except, of course, for the killer hidden in their midst.
Nearly everyone at the house party is a suspect, so it falls to the party’s two youngest guests to solve the mystery: Juliet Tilney, the smart and resourceful daughter of Catherine and Henry, eager for adventure beyond Northanger Abbey; and Jonathan Darcy, the Darcys’ eldest son, whose adherence to propriety makes his father seem almost relaxed. The unlikely pair must put aside their own poor first impressions and uncover the guilty party - before an innocent person is sentenced to hang.
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Alan Conway is a bestselling crime writer. His editor, Susan Ryeland, has worked with him for years, and she's intimately familiar with his detective, Atticus Pünd, who solves mysteries disturbing sleepy English villages. Alan's traditional formula pays homage to queens of classic British crime such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers. It's proved hugely successful. So successful that Susan must continue to put up with his troubling behavior if she wants to keep her job.
When Susan receives Alan's latest manuscript, in which Atticus Pünd investigates a murder at Pye Hall, an English manor house, she has no reason to think it will be any different from the others. There will be dead bodies, a cast of intriguing suspects, and plenty of red herrings and clues. But the more Susan reads, the more she’s realizes that there's another story hidden in the pages of the manuscript - one of ambition, jealousy, and greed - and that soon it will lead to murder.
This is the first volume in the “Susan Ryeland” series.
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
During the languid days of the Christmas break, a group of thirtysomething friends from Oxford meet to welcome in the New Year together, a tradition they began as students ten years ago. For this vacation, they’ve chosen an idyllic and isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands - the perfect place to get away and unwind by themselves. They arrive on December 30th, just before a historic blizzard seals the lodge off from the outside world.
Two days later, on New Year’s Day, one of them is dead.
The trip began innocently enough: admiring the stunning if foreboding scenery, champagne in front of a crackling fire, and reminiscences about the past. But after a decade, the weight of secret resentments has grown too heavy for the group’s tenuous nostalgia to bear. Amid the boisterous revelry of New Year’s Eve, the cord holding them together snaps. Now one of them is dead... and another of them did it. Keep your friends close, the old adage goes. But just how close is too close?
Kellyanne Conway's daughter, Claudia, has not only come out as gay, but she also is protesting SCOTUS! Kellyanne must be having a fit! LOL Brava, Claudia!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Alright, it’s (no longer) that time of year again! Summary of all 2022 calendar year performances stats!!
- This was a CRAZY year full of cross-production covers + emergency cover chaos so very fun to write up. It also made it a bit of a challenge with organization. If an actor was primarily with one production but served as an emergency cover for another, I listed them with their primary or initial production.
- Yearly disclaimer that some errors and/or disparities could exist.
- And as always, if you repost/use these stats anywhere, please credit me @sixcostumerefs (or six.costume.refs on Insta)
And as always....a shoutout to Dionne Ward-Anderson, who featured in the largest number of performances this year, at a whopping 353 shows! Runner up is Andrea Macasaet at 327 shows, with Brittney Mack a very close third with 322! Most performing Aragon was Phoenix Jackson Mendoza (270), Seymour was Claudia Kariuki (293), Howard was Samantha Pauly (314.5), and Parr was Meesha Turner (267.5, but Alana Robinson was at 267).
2021-22 West End
Amy di Bartolomeo: 242 performances
Amanda Lindgren 255 performances
Tsemaye Bob-Egbe: 233 performances
Meesha Turner: 267.5 performances
Paisley Billings: 114.5 performances (55 A, 44.5 C, 14 P)
2022-23 West End
Rhianne-Louise McCaulsky: 81 performances
Baylie Carson: 78 performances
Koko Basigara: 65 performances
Monique Ashe-Palmer: 14 performances (7 A, 1 B, 6 C)
Leah Vassell: 40 performances (20 S, 1 C, 19 P)
2021-22 UK Tour
Lauren Drew: 71 performances
Maddison Bulleyment: 62 performances
Caitlin Tipping: 68 performances
Shekinah McFarlane: 60 performances
Vicki Manser: 63 performances
Elena Gyasi: 66 performances (61 regular prior to cast change + 5 emergency cover post-CC)
Cassy Lee: 22 performances (8 A, 14 C)
Cherelle Jay: 7 performances (1 B, 1 S, 2 C, 3 P)
2022-23 UK Tour
Chloe Hart: 269 performances
Casey Al-Shaqsy: 252 performances total (249 on UKT + 3 as E/C for WE)
Aiesha Pease: 7 performances
Jessica Niles: 237-245 performances total (19-27 performances with Breakaway 2.0, 218 performances with UKT)
Jaina Brock-Patel: 110 performances
Rebecca Wickes: 72 performances
Alana M Robinson: 267 performances
Harriet Caplan-Dean: 72 performances (10 A, 9 B, 13 S, 7 C, 18 H, 15 P)
Grace Melville: 153 performances total w/ 151 performances on UKT (55 A, 4 B, 91 C with 60 of those performances as T/R, 1 P) + 2 as E/C for WE (2 C)
Leesa Tulley: 186 performances (1 A, 35 B, 11 S, 137 H with 57 of those performances as T/R, 2 P)
2021-22 Broadway (+ Aug replacements)
Adrianna Hicks: 202 performances
Bre Jackson: 123 performances (two of these were half shows)
Andrea Macasaet: 327 performances
Abby Mueller: 117 performances
Keri Rene Fuller: 183 performances (59 as T/R, 1 as early debut, the rest as principal)
Brittney Mack: 322 performances
Samantha Pauly: 314.5 performances
Anna Uzele: 97 performances
Joy Woods: 146 performances
Brennyn Lark: 85 performances
Mallory Maedke: 67.5 performances (16.5 A, 47 S, 4 H)
Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert: 95 performances (39 A, 26 B, 30 C; two A were half-shows)
Courtney Mack: 99.5 performances (25 B, 57.5 H, 17 P)
Keirsten Hodgens: 107 performances total. 104 on Bway + 3 as emergency cover for Aragon Tour (Bway was 33 S, 25 C, 46 P; Tour was 3 C).
Ayla Ciccone-Burton: 20 performances total. 12 pre-CC + 8 post-CC (pre-CC was 2 B, 3 C, 7 P; post-CC was 2 B, 3 C, 3 P)
Holli’ Conway: 18 performances total. 9 pre-CC + 9 post-CC (pre-CC 3 C, 6 H; post-CC 5 A, 4 H)
Hana Stewart: 2 performances (1 A, 1 P)
2022-23 Broadway
Hailee Kaleem Wright: 27 performances
Leandra Ellis-Gaston: 30 performances
Bella Coppola: 30 performances
Nasia Thomas: 29 performances
Zoe Jensen: 19 performances
Taylor Iman Jones: 29 performances
Kristina Leopold: 2 performances (all as S)
Aubrey Matalon: 9 performances (all as H)
Aragon Tour
Khaila Wilcoxon: 258 performances
Storm Lever: 267 performances
Jasmine Forsberg: 267 performances
Olivia Donalson: 263 performances
Didi Romero: 261 performances
Gabriela Francesca Carrillo: 257 performances
Cassie Silva: 41 performances total. 4 with Broadway + 37 with Aragon Tour (Broadway 3 B, 1 H; Aragon Tour 10 B, 13 C, 14 H)
Kelly Denice Taylor: 29 performances total. 3 with Boy + 26 with Aragon Tour (Bway 3 S; Aragon Tour was 12 A, 7 S, 7 C)
Kelsey Kimmel: 43 performances (16 A, 12 S, 15 P)
Erin Ramirez: 34 performances (9 B, 11 H, 14 P)
Boleyn Tour
Gerianne Perez: 95 performances
Zan Berube: 96 performances
Amina Faye: 89 performances
Terica Marie: 93 performances
Aline Mayagoitia: 91 performances
Sydney Parra: 96 performances
Cecilia Snow: 18 performances (4 A, 11 S, 3 C)
Tay Pearlstein: 13 performances (5 B, 7 H, 1 P)
Jana Larell Glover: 20 performances (5 A, 8 C, 7 P)
Aryn Bohannon: 13 performances (3 B, 4 S, 6 H)
Australia Tour
Phoenix Jackson Mendoza: 270 performances
Kala Gare: 283 performances
Loren Hunter: 291 performances
Kiana Daniele: 269 performances
Chelsea Dawson: 267 performances
Video Makan: 254.5 performances
Karis Oka: 137 performances (13 A, 28 B, 1 S, 26 C, 38 H, 31 P)
Shannen Alyce Quan: 86 performances (9 A, 14 B, 30 S, 2 C, 6 H, 25 P)
Chiara Assetta: 93 performances (29.5 A, 3 B, 3 S, 32 C, 18 H, 6.5 P)
Cristina D’Agostino: 7 performances (all as P)
Madeline Fansler: performances (with Breakaway 3.0: . 16 with Aus Tour: 7 A, 4 S, 5 P)
Actors who primarily continued with their initial productions:
Claudia Kariuki: 293 performances
- 231 pre-CC
- 62 post-CC
Dionne Ward-Anderson: 353 performances
- 269 pre-CC
- 84 post-CC
Roxanne Couch: 178 performances
- Totalling 1 A, 5 B, 61 S, 13 H, 98 P
- 122 pre-CC (1 A, 5 B, 61 S, 13 H, 42 P; two of the P were half performances)
- 56 post-CC as principal Parr
Rachel Rawlinson: 166 performances
- Totalling 44 A, 13 B, 51 S, 29 C, 16 H, 13 P
- 142 pre-CC (40 A, 12 B, 37 S, 29 C, 13 H, 11 P; 1 C + 1 S were mid-show swing-ons)
- 24 post-CC (4 A, 1 B, 14 S, 3 H, 2 P)
Esme Rothero: 153 performances
- Totalling 19 A, 32 B, 19 S, 16 C, 27 H, 40 P
- 129 pre-CC (17 A, 31 B, 19 S, 16 C, 19 H, 27 P)
- 24 post-CC (2 A, 1 B, 8 H, 13 P)
Danielle Rose: 192 performances
- 152 pre-CC (6 A, 51 B, 4 S, 3 C, 87 H, 1 P)
- 40 post-CC (15 B, 21 H, 4 P)
Jennifer Caldwell: 289 performances total
- Totalling 296 as B, 11 H, 3 P
- 21 pre-CC as alt (7 B, 11 H, 3 P)
- 287 post-CC as principal Boleyn
- 2 as E/C Boleyn for West End
Natalie Pilkington: 142 performances total
- Totalling 8 A, 3 B, 65 S, 12 C, 2 H, 52 P
- 130 performances with 22-23 UKT (2 A, 3 B, 64 S, 12 C, 1 H, 48 P)
- 3 performances w 21-22 UKT (1 A, 1 H, 1 P)
- 9 performances as E/C for WE (5 A, 1 S, 3 P)
Standby swings:
Harriet Watson: 78 performances total
- Totalling 2 A, 19 B, 21 S, 14 C, 6 H, 14 P
- 42 performances as alt for the 21-22 UKT (10 B, 11 S, 4 C, 5 H, 12 P)
- 3 performances as E/C on the UKT (3 C)
- 17 performances as E/C for the WE (6 B, 6 S, 2 C, 1 P)
- 6 performances as standby swing for 21-22 WE (2 B, 3 S, 1 H)
- 10 performances as standby swing for 22-23 WE (2 A, 1 B, 1 S, 5 C, 1 P)
Marilyn Caserta: 5-7 performances total
- all as Aragon
- 2-4 Bliss 3.0 (all as A)
- 3 Bway (all E/C as A)
Emergency Covers
Courtney Bowman: 1 performance (WE)
Gonna take this rare burst of social media energy to talk more about my oc. That's right. It's Heartbeat backstory time!
Since it'll be ages before i ever get to any kind of big reveal in the fic, here's a little summary of who she is. Its really intended to be a mystery in the story until much later, but i seriously cant wait that long. Putting it under a cut in case you want to skip it.
So Heartbeat shows up with no memory of who she is, and Metron takes her in, promising to get to the bottom of it. She's obviously from Earth and besides her inexplicable connection to the Source and the Speed Force, nothing remarkable about her. Despite the amnesia, she still knows about stuff and is aware of what things are. Its like she just doesn't remember her own history. Think of it like not being able to remember what you ate for lunch a week ago.
Metron's like yeah, yeah I'll figure out who you are, and then he immediately proceeds to not do that bc in all honesty he doesn't really care. What he Actually wants is for her to cooperate and increase her powers so he can somehow make use of them. He has no doubt in his mind that he could find out who she is, like it'd be trivial to him, so he back-burner's it and will get to it later.
They go through the whole plot of this mini series, which ive laid out in a previous post, and at the end Heartbeat's Mother Box is able to tell her something. It's a name: Lorraine.
Heartbeat doesn't know who that is, but it incites her to refocus on her amnesia instead of her powers, especially since at this point she's already developed her powers a satisfactory amount. She starts putting the thumbscrews on Metron and he's like okay fine I'll look into it.
To himself he's thinking hmm that name's really familiar. And he thinks and thinks and finally realizes... It's Lorraine Hampton, the woman he was assigned to protect back in New Gods #13, which was the first of Gerry Conway's run after Jack Kirby's initial series was dropped.
Lorraine was a club singer in New Orleans. She was young and smoked cigarettes and lived the night life. She thought Metron was ...alright, which tbh is saying a lot given how he just randomly appeared in her apartment. And she was glad he was there to protect her. I mean, he did stop what's his face from kidnapping her, but later she got abducted anyway. So shrug.
Back to my story, it turns out Lorraine went on to have a child out of wedlock, which wasn't unheard of back then but also wasn't an easy life. She named her daughter Cadence Claudia Hampton. Claudia after Claudia Shane, who she was abducted alongside, and eventually became good friends with (again, this is me injecting my own story on top of canon, there's no indication they became friends in the comics, though they did get kidnapped together). And Cadence bc a cadence is a measured cycle that repeats, like the way music does. Or like a metronome. A METRONome. So yeah. She totally named her daughter after Metron. Look, the whole kidnapped by Darkseid's cronies thing and meeting gods and all that really left an impact on her okay?
She was always grateful that such powerful beings would try to protect her and other mortals from the evils of the universe, so even though Metron was certainly odd, she was thankful for him, and she never forgot him. She'd tell Cadence bedtime stories about a magical god who came to earth in his equally magical chair. Of course as Cadence grew up, that's all it became. A silly story of magic and whimsy.
Metron goes to look for Lorraine, but she has already passed away. Too young. Lung cancer. It ended her career early, and left Cadence alone in her late teens. Metron thinks it a shame. He knows he could use the Mobius chair to go back in time and listen to her sing again, hidden from view. But he decides not to, it wouldn't be right.
Cadence grew up, failed out of college, and tried to make it on her own as a musician. She made her way west to southern California, lugging a guitar or keyboard to whatever seedy bars would let her play. Not very glamorous. Eventually she'd settle for a day job at a cafe even though she hated coffee. The place had open mic nights and sometimes she'd go on if she could get on the list before it filled up. And so years passed, Cadence barely getting by. Mostly alone, mostly with very little.
By the time she was taken by force, she was 29. Ten years after Lorraine's death. Of course it was DeSaad who grabbed her, took her back to Apokolips, and though shrouded to Metron from that point on, he could imagine what she must have been put through. Clearly Darkseid had tried again with the Anti-Life Equation, this time going after the offspring of those he'd calculated possessed it in the past.
It still doesn't explain Heartbeat's connection to such mystical powers, but Metron had his answer to who she was. How funny that it's someone he shares a sort of connection with.
But then does he tell her? Idk yet. Maybe he keeps his cards close to his chest and strings her on for a while. I'd need to give him a good reason tho. And does she have part of the Anti-Life Equation? How did she lose her memories? Why does she have a connection to the Speed Force? And why the Source? Many things i haven't decided yet.
But i like that her name is Cadence. It's musical, a good choice coming from Lorraine. And not only is she named after Metron in a way, but as chance would have it, you could also think of her name as meaning a recurring pulse or beat. Like oh i dont know, maybe a heartbeat. ;)
I’m extremely concerned about the well-being of right wing politicians’ children. We saw insight into the abuse first with 17 year old Claudia Conway and now there’s reports of Caroline Cruz, only 14, having severely harmed herself.
In a political climate adamant that drag shows and queer teachers is abuse, where is the protection for these actually abused children?