Claudia Conway Social Media Feud

Overview

Claudia Conway Social Media Feud refers to Kellyanne Conway, Special Counselor to Donald Trump and George Conway's teenage daughter's presence on social media, most notably TikTok in June 2020. Online, Claudia Conway began speaking about her leftist political views and openly opposing Donald Trump until her parents began setting her accounts to private and taking away her phone live on TikTok in early July.

Background

In June 2020, Claudia Conway began posting political videos to TikTok and went viral in late June. On June 29th, Twitter user @TaylorLorenz tweeted the first viral thread regarding Conway's social media presence and shared a collection of her videos saying, "Kellyanne Conway’s daughter is an outspoken leftist TikToker" (shown below). The tweet which includes a video of Conway speaking out against Trump supporters gained over 823,900 views and 12,600 likes in a week.

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On June 30th, 2020, Insider^[1] published an interview with Claudia Conway who stated,"We do get into arguments a lot -- I'm not going to lie. My mom is my best friend but we do fight all the time over politics, and I'm always shut down by my entire family." That day, Twitter user and journalist @TaylorLorenz continued in her thread to say, "To ppl being like “NYT journalist trying to expose her.” Claudia and I are mutuals and I literally talked to her. Also she’s been posting vids shouting out her fam on TikTok w/ tens of thousands of views, she wants followers/views and is outspoken abt her own beliefs. Don’t hate!" (shown below).

On July 3rd, her father George Conway^[2] tweeted, "To journalists: @kellyannepolls and I do not consent to any communications between you and any of our minor children, including our daughter Claudia. So desist" (shown below, left). The tweet accumulated over 107,300 likes and 11,00 retweets in three days. Claudia Conway responded in a since-deleted reply saying, "you're just mad because I'm finally getting my voice heard. Sorry your marriage failed." That same day, Twitter user @canyamanbae^[3] shared a screenshot of Claudia's reply and said, "As much as I love Claudia Conway going off and think it's hilarious, it's sad at the same time. The damage that Kellyanne and George have done to their children is awful" (shown below, right).

On July 3rd, Claudia Conway went live on TikTok and showed her mother taking away her phone. That day, Twitter user @SamZComedy reposted a clip of the TikTok live and said, "Good for Claudia Conway for standing up for herself. But don’t go too far to get written out of the will. Here is Kellyanne snatching her phone away" (shown below). The post garnered over 350 likes and 130 retweets in three days. The Daily Dot,^[4] New York Post^[5] and Deadline^[6] reported on Claudia Conway's social media presence. As of July 6th, Claudia Conway has over 110,300 followers on Twitter,^[8] 168,700 followers on TikTok^[9] and 29,000 followers on Instagram^[7] and all of her social media accounts have been set to private.

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