Obviously, the crisis next door, the opioid epidemic... didn't start on the first day President Trump got here or even last year or last decade, it has been increasing for quite a while and we are fully aware that these numbers could get worse before they get better.

Kellyanne Conway

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My children are 12, 12, 8, and 7, which is bad idea, bad idea, bad idea, bad idea, for mom going inside.

Kellyanne Conway

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I believe that Donald Trump is someone who is not fully understood for how compassionate and what a great boss he is to women.

Kellyanne Conway

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I went out on my own, years ago, to try to create some additional choices in a parallel universe.

Kellyanne Conway

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We know there are lots of leaks everywhere. There's nothing we can do about that, except not leak ourselves.

Kellyanne Conway

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I never knew I was so stupid or so ugly until there was social media.

Kellyanne Conway

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Donald Trump just has always elevated women to the highest echelons.

Kellyanne Conway

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I just can't believe it's always somebody else's fault. Sometimes you just have to take a look in the mirror and reflect on what went wrong.

Kellyanne Conway

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Russians absolutely not trying to meddle with the election of Donald Trump. I discussed that with the president-elect. Those conversations never happened. I hear people saying it like it's a fact on television. That is just not only inaccurate and false, but it's dangerous and it does undermine our democracy.

Kellyanne Conway

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Mothers and unmarried women and married women, they're all welcomed in the Trump White House, and he's made that very clear to me.

Kellyanne Conway

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I don't think that we need to see [Donald Trump] tax returns to verify his financial acumen. I walk into the Trump Tower every day and I'm like, this guy did pretty well for himself before I got here.

Kellyanne Conway

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I think when somebody seeks mercy and forgiveness and means it, and I was with [Donald Trump] the entire time, including when he learned about this, people ought to think about that. They ought to think about when somebody asks you for forgiveness contrite and for mercy - are you willing to give it?

Kellyanne Conway

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Hold us accountable. There's no accountability in Washington. Drain the swamp.

Kellyanne Conway

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Do you think I ran a campaign where white supremacists had a platform? Are you gonna look me in the face and tell me that?

Kellyanne Conway

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I want to talk about things that are quantifiable, not a bunch of metro riders and crowd sizes.

Kellyanne Conway

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Donald Trump is going to work on infrastructure, building the wall. He's going to farm leaders.

Kellyanne Conway

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People already think the entire system is rigged against Donald Trump, and they're right, meaning, the corrupt, rigged system. The elections every four years are just part of that to them. They feel like they can't get a fair shake. It is the essence of the Donald Trump candidacy.

Kellyanne Conway

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When I was discussing my role with other senior campaign folks, they would say, "I know you have four kids, but..." I said, "There's nothing that comes after the 'but' that makes any sense to me, so don't even try." Like, what is the "but"? But they'll eat Cheerios for the rest of life? Like, nobody will brush their teeth again until I get home? I mean, it just - what is the "but"? And I do politely mention to them that the question isn't, would you take the job? The male sitting across from me who's going to take a big job in the White House.

Kellyanne Conway

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We unified, we looked past and we're impervious to the constant criticism of naysayer.

Kellyanne Conway

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President Trump and his family are complying with all the ethical rules, everything they need to do to step away from his businesses and be a full-time president.

Kellyanne Conway

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When I see Twitter feeds, when I see words that are people are using to describe Donald Trump, it is incredibly disrespectful to the office.

Kellyanne Conway

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