--- title: Kellyanne Conway Discusses Being Trump's Campaign Manager description: Conway, who juggles being a mother of four, the election, and damage control, opened up in a recent interview with CNN about being Donald Trump's campaign manager. canonical: https://time.com/4544340/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-campaign-manager/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-25T16:56:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:03:41.002Z og:title: Kellyanne Conway Compared Republican Politics to a 'Bachelor Party' og:description: Donald Trump's campaign manager opens up about her job og:url: https://time.com/4544340/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-campaign-manager/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt22771a7b7320cc19/6988ab74656a3f5864bcd97b/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-campaign-manager.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Candidates Tim Kaine And Mike Pence Hold The Vice Presidential Debate og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kellyanne Conway Compared Republican Politics to a 'Bachelor Party' twitter:description: Donald Trump's campaign manager opens up about her job twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt22771a7b7320cc19/6988ab74656a3f5864bcd97b/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-campaign-manager.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kellyanne Conway Compared Republican Politics to a 'Bachelor Party' by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Oct 25, 2016 4:56 PM UTC  Kellyanne Conway, campaign manager for 2016 Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump, speaks to the media following the vice presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016\. Indiana Governor Mike Pence and Virginia Senator Tim Kaine arrive at tonight's debate with three main assignments: defend their bosses from attack, try to land a few blows, and avoid any mistakes showing them unfit to be president. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images Kellyanne Conway, campaign manager for 2016 Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump, speaks to the media following the vice presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016\. Indiana Governor Mike Pence and Virginia Senator Tim Kaine arrive at tonight's debate with three main assignments: defend their bosses from attack, try to land a few blows, and avoid any mistakes showing them unfit to be president. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Imagesaniel Acker/—Bloomberg /Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Oct 25, 2016 4:56 PM UTC Being Donald Trump’s [campaign manager](http://motto.time.com/4524857/donald-trump-consent-definition/) is no easy feat. Just ask [Kellyanne Conway](http://time.com/4541959/donald-trump-kellyanne-conway-polls/), who is the third person to attempt this position in the GOP’s presidential run. Conway, who juggles being a mother of four, the election, and damage control, opened up in a [recent interview](http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/24/politics/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-campaign-manager/index.html) with CNN about her experience not only as Trump’s right hand, but also as a powerful woman in the Republican party. The [first woman](http://time.com/4462283/donald-trump-kellyanne-conway-campaign-manager/) in this role for a Republican nominee, [Conway explained](http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/24/politics/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-campaign-manager/index.html) to CNN that she “wasn’t hired” because she’s a woman. “I want to do right, apart from my gender — I want to do right as a campaign manager.” After Trump’s [Gettysburg speech](http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/23/opinions/trump-gettysburg-speech-message-zelizer/), where he went off script, Conway revealed she was harsh with the candidate and bluntly told him, “You and I are in a fight for the next 17 days.” [_Follow Motto on Facebook_](https://www.facebook.com/mottoworkplaylive/)_._ But even as more and more women come forward and accuse Trump of [sexual misconduct](http://time.com/4541780/donald-trump-threatens-lawsuit-against-accusers/), Conway remains loyal to Trump, and is steadfast in her belief that the allegations against her boss are “[lies](http://time.com/4530588/donald-trump-sexual-allegations-transcripts/) and fabrications.” She also believes the first-time politician still has a chance at winning. Conway, however, has experienced her fair share of sexism as a Republican pollster who happens to be a woman. The New Jersey-native, who was raised by a single mother, admitted, “Republican politics can sometimes feel like you’re walking into, you know, an Elks Club or bachelor party.” Conway even pushed back against a potential client who had questions about whether or not she could balance work with her home life. She [told](http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/24/politics/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-campaign-manager/index.html) CNN, “It’s like, ‘I just hope you ask all the male consultants. Are you going to give up your weekly golf game and your mistresses?’ Because they seem really, really busy too.” \[[CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/24/politics/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-campaign-manager/index.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4544340/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-campaign-manager/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4544340/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-campaign-manager/"},"headline":"Kellyanne Conway Compared Republican Politics to a 'Bachelor Party'","datePublished":"2016-10-25T16:56:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:03:41.002Z","description":"Donald Trump's campaign manager opens up about her job","url":"https://time.com/4544340/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-campaign-manager/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt22771a7b7320cc19/6988ab74656a3f5864bcd97b/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-campaign-manager.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt22771a7b7320cc19/6988ab74656a3f5864bcd97b/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-campaign-manager.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Candidates Tim Kaine And Mike Pence Hold The Vice Presidential Debate","caption":"Candidates Tim Kaine And Mike Pence Hold The Vice Presidential Debate","creditText":"aniel Acker/—Bloomberg /Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4544340/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-campaign-manager/","name":"Kellyanne Conway Compared Republican Politics to a 'Bachelor Party'"}}]}] ```