Between the Bowling Green Massacre to telling everyone to, "Go buy Ivanka's stuff," Kellyanne Conway is no stranger to controversy. The latest thing she's catching heat for? The way she sits on the Oval Office couch.
A photo of the counselor to the president kneeling on the Oval Office couch as President Trump welcomed the presidents of HBCUs (historically black colleges and universities) is making its rounds on Twitter and people are NOT happy about it.
The photo in question shows her kneeling casually in a dress, still wearing her shoes tucked under her, while checking her phone.
Kellyanne Conway checks her phone after taking a photo of President Donald Trump and leaders of black universities, colleges in Oval Office pic.twitter.com/MgVhCoJFuC
— AFP news agency (@AFP) February 28, 2017
Many Twitter users were noting that Conway's position was disrespectful to the Oval Office, as well as to the HBCU presidents in the room.
I have so many questions about this photo, but chief among them is why nobody is telling Kellyanne Conway to get her damn feet off the couch pic.twitter.com/tU0CBS36Fe
— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) February 28, 2017
Sure, Kellyanne, just make yourself right at home???? On an Oval Office couch??? With all those people there?????? Why not???? https://t.co/D71pExU0Xr
— lindsey marie (@thekuhlest) February 28, 2017
Some argued she wouldn't have done the same thing had the White House's visitors been white.
I title this picture "Hidden Fences."
The same lack of respect for Black excellence that causes that mixup is what has Conway so casual. pic.twitter.com/MaAqESV8ZY
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) February 28, 2017
In this photo exists every comment on race and on respectability to be had on earth pic.twitter.com/5E2Q38dxaX
— Theodore R. Johnson (@T_R_Johnson_III) February 28, 2017
Naturally, it didn't take long before the Internet turned the incident into a meme:
@nycsouthpaw
"wat in tarnation"pic.twitter.com/nY9YCSMWOz— darth™ (@darth) February 28, 2017
"i am sorry ma'am but no shoes on the couch i do not make the rules"@nycsouthpawpic.twitter.com/dbONSk9Kno
— darth™ (@darth) February 28, 2017
Give it up Kellyanne, he's not gunna text you back pic.twitter.com/RiIMFbFxU1
— sam donovan (@imamsamm) February 28, 2017
Of course, there was also the argument that several photos exist of former POTUS Barack Obama with his feet on his desk:
I'll take shoes on a couch over this any day. pic.twitter.com/JLE16uQFsF
— Amy Lutz (@amylutz4) February 28, 2017
The jury is out on whether or not the Internet is overreacting, but we'll take a fire meme any day.
