Kellyanne Conway, the manager of President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign, visited both of the Washington transition headquarters Tuesday afternoon with a direct message that the new administration “will deliver change for the people.”
Speaking at the provisional transition headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue and also the HQ set up by the General Services Administration, Conway first thanked transition aides and Trump organizers in Washington.
“It was almost like a pep talk,” said one insider of her address at the provisional HQ. “She thanked all of us for all our work.”
Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said a Labor Day visit to an Ohio fair cemented her view that they would win.
But Conway, dressed in trademark red and mobbed by friends and allies, quickly turned to her message of what the Trump administration would be focused on.
“It’s great to win. But we look forward to delivering on the commitment Mr. Trump made to the American people,” she said, according to an participant.
“This is about the people. This never was about us. People around the country wanted change and we all together are going to deliver the change,” she added.
Conway also said that Trump is working overtime to fill out his top staff and Cabinet. “His hobby is work, his work is work. He knows that you are working hard, but he is working even harder,” said Conway in a 10 minute talk.
The longtime pollster also revealed that she became convinced that Trump would win when she and the businessman visited the Canfield Fair in Ohio’s Mahoning Valley on Labor Day. She said that the crowd was so big at 85,000 that initially she Secret Service advised the entourage not to get out. But they did and the crowd welcomed Trump warmly.
“It was 86 degrees, and people had waited a long time. No question they were going to vote,” she said, despite news reports that the crowd was smaller and lackluster.
And she called on the transition team members to view the new Trump supporters and those new to voting for Republicans as more than Trump voters. “They are not just permanent voters. We need to make them feel that they are part of us, part of our team, part of our party,” she urged, according to an other participant.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected]
