This is when I became a huge fan of George Conway
For those who have read some of my posts here know that I am retired in the Philippines with my Filipina wife. Also, I was born and brought up in Eastern Massachusetts, North of Boston.
By Michelle Williams | Michelle.Williams@MassLive.com
"George Conway, a critic of President Donald Trump and husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, penned an opinion piece published by the Washington Post critical of the president’s recent attack on four congresswomen.
The Massachusetts native opened the piece with a personal story of the first time he heard a racist remark directed at his mother, an immigrant from the Philippines.
“To this day, I can remember almost the precise spot where it happened: a supermarket parking lot in eastern Massachusetts," Conway wrote. “It was the mid-1970s; I was not yet a teenager, or barely one. I don’t remember exactly what precipitated the woman’s ire. But I will never forget what she said to my mother, who had come to this country from the Philippines decades before. In these words, or something close, the woman said, ‘Go back to your country.’"
I read this story in the Massachusetts press a few years ago. I have grown to admire and identify with George Conway. Now, he has donated nearly a million dollars to the Biden campaign fund and will headline a fundraiser.
I grow to admire the former Republican more and more each day.
Link to story from a few years ago:
https://www.masslive.com/politics/2019/07/george-conway-calls-president-trump-a-racist-president-in-piece-published-by-washington-post.html
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