Claudia Conway talking to her mother about the Trump-incited lawlessness via TikTok

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Claudia Conway goes after her mom for response to Capitol attack

Hypocrisy was the word of the day.

 

Audra Schroeder

Internet Culture

Posted on Jan 7, 2021   Updated on Jan 7, 2021, 11:54 am CST

Wednesday’s pro-Trump attack on the U.S. Capitol was destructive and deadly, though it didn’t actually stop Congress from certifying votes for President-elect Joe Biden. It was, as some have noted, a failed coup perhaps more concerned with creating content for social media.

While Twitter documented one angle, things were a little different on TikTok. Claudia Conway, the 16-year-old daughter of Kellyanne Conway, responded to her mother’s tweet during the attack urging “Law and Order. Safety for All” with a “cartoon eye-blinking sound,” silently calling out her hypocrisy after amplifying Trump’s lies for the past four years.

She followed up with a video asking her mother how she felt about the rioters at the Capitol. (Claudia got flak for protesting last summer in D.C. )

@claudiamconway

this video is for kelly and if you aren’t kelly keep scrolling

♬ original sound – claudia conway

Others highlighted the hypocrisy of Black Lives Matter protestors getting tear-gassed and beaten last summer, while these rioters easily entered the Capitol and took selfies.

https://www.tiktok.com/@dna.d4na/video/6914785620900449542
https://www.tiktok.com/@victoriaashane/video/6914801531724385542

Others pointed out the missed opportunity, especially after it became a meme, to smack Mitch McConnell with a Twisted Tea.

And while Republicans and right-wing media predictably attempted to blame antifa for something Trump very publicly advocated and incited, there were receipts.

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*First Published: Jan 7, 2021, 11:53 am CST