So we know that that is just a fact of modern life.'Ĭonway subsequently backtracked on her comments a bit during an interview on ABC on Monday, saying that her response to the question about Trump Tower being wiretapped was a reflection on general existing surveillance technology, not a delineation of the specific means with which she believed Trump Tower was supposedly wiretapped (a claim for which, she admits, she has no evidence). There was an article this week that talked about how you can surveil someone through their phones, through their - certainly through their television sets, any number of different ways, and microwaves that turn into cameras, et cetera.

When the interviewer asked if Conway knew if Trump Tower was wiretapped, she responded, 'What I can say is there are many ways to surveil each other now, unfortunately. Unsurprisingly, this comment prompted a firestorm of Kellyanne Conway microwave memes and tweets from social media users who found Conway's claims ripe for comedic fodder.Ĭonway initially made the 'microwave comment' during an interview on Sunday with The Bergen Record. Obama's spokesman has called the allegations false. Donald Trump's presidential counselor recently commented in an interview that 'microwaves can turn into cameras' in response to a question about Donald Trump's absolutely unsubstantiated claim that the Obama administration 'wiretapped' Trump Tower.

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