About

Claudia Conway is a social media influencer and the daughter of former adviser to President Donald Trump and Never Trump Republican George Conway. Known for her political TikTok videos, Claudia Conway went viral on the platform several times with critiques of President Trump, Republican leaders and American policy.

History

Though her early TikTok videos are no longer available, Claudia Conway began using the app in 2015 when it was called Musical.ly. ^[1]

On June 20th, 2020, Conway posted her earliest available Tiktok video. The clip features support for Black Lives Matter, the protests for racial justice and ACAB. The post received more than 89,000 views and 5,800 reactions.

Days later, Conway went viral on TikTok with a series of videos and jokes that featured the Save Barron Trump meme. She later removed the videos. On June 29th, New York Times reporter Taylor Lorenz posted the videos on Twitter. The first video received more than 9,000 like and 1,200 retweets

Kellyanne Conway’s daughter posting “save Barron 2020” content on TikTok https://t.co/3J5TVieIrp pic.twitter.com/z42ylMmIh8

— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) June 30, 2020

Kellyanne Conway’s daughter is an outspoken leftist TikToker. “Believe it or not, you can have your own opinions simply by educating yourself,” she says in one video https://t.co/BLKEWuj1S2 pic.twitter.com/J807CAE95x

— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) June 30, 2020

On June 30th, 2020, Insider^[3] 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."

On July 3rd, her father George Conway^[4] 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."^[5]

Claudia Conway Arrest Allegations

Claudia Conway Arrest Allegations refers to a series of TikTok videos posted by the 15-year-old daughter of Kellyanne Conway, Claudia Conway, in which she accuses her mother of getting her arrested in the past following her public political statements made on the platform in June 2020. The videos and online discussion of the accusations went viral on Twitter in early August 2020.

On August 6th, Claudia Conway began posting TikTok videos which many interpreted was suggesting her mother had her arrested (shown below). The initial video suggesting that her mother lied to the authorities to get her arrested gained over 689,400 likes in three days.

That day Conway went on TikTok Live which was unrecorded. Twitter user @juliananannana^[2] tweeted, "claudia conway just went live on tiktok and talked about how her mother has physically and emotionally abused her for years and had her arrested for fake assault charges a few weeks ago…….someone get this girl emancipated STAT" (shown below). The tweet was liked by Claudia Conway and garnered over 6,200 likes and 800 retweets in three days.

Trump COVID Diagnosis Controversy

On October 3rd, 2020, Claudia posted a video saying that her mother was "coughing all around the house after Trump tested positive for covid." The post received more than 753,000 likes and 2,100 comments in less than one week (shown below, left).

On October 5th, Twitter^[6] user @SailorZZtar tweeted a series of comments made by Conway on TikTok. In these comments, Conway claims that President Trump is doing badly, following his treatment for the coronavirus (shown below, right).

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6879126968495820037

Criticsm

Some have criticized the reception to Conway's TikTok videos. Mel Magazine^[7] published, "DON’T FORCE CLAUDIA CONWAY TO BE YOUR HERO." In the article, they write:

Claudia, as she’s often said, finds herself in a traumatic, impossible situation. She’s a left-leaning teen in a GOP household -- which, in itself, is nothing out of the ordinary. But unlike other kids using social media to praise Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and rip on the president, her voice carries as that of an insurgent deep behind enemy lines, since her mom and dad have come to prominently symbolize the current split in the conservative psyche: decided loyalty to a corrupt demagogue or a “principles over party” approach that begs for a return to Reaganite norms.

[…]

Claudia Conway now has the duty of convincing people to vote against Trump when she’s not old enough to punch a ballot herself. Like the previous savior-teens, she is asking if the grown-ups -- her parents obviously included -- can exercise their current power to address the crisis of the moment, not just fight inane culture wars. If George and Kellyanne stand for anything, it is politics as theater, or a game of appearances. To paint Claudia as an avenging champion of liberalism feeds into that mindset. It makes her less a hero than a pawn.

Reputation

Many online regard her TikTok videos as a source of insider information into the Trump White House. This perception reached a new height during the coronavirus videos. On October 6th, 2020, Twitter user @mattwest929 tweeted, "I can’t take it 🤣🤣 Claudia Conway is the supreme whistleblower of our time." The video received more than 2 million views, 8,600 likes and 1,500 retweets in less than two days (shown below).

I can’t take it 🤣🤣 Claudia Conway is the supreme whistleblower of our time. pic.twitter.com/1yWtHYl8Iz

— Matty P (@mattwest929) October 6, 2020

That day, Conway posted a written statement on TikTok. It says, "It has come to my attention that my recent TikToks and comments have sparked intense controversy and uproar. Tis was not my intent. I am appaled at the mainstreatm media's efforts to exploit a teenage girl, which is negatively affecting my mental health. I am not the 'whistleblower' of our time. I am simply a fifteen year-old with a following and bad luck when it comes to media coverage." The post received more than 771,000 views, 45,000 reactions and 2,200 comments (shown below).

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