Rachel Maddow: Kellyanne Conway Is 'A Puppet With No Hand'

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow may not agree with Kellyanne Conway , but she acknowledges that the adviser to President-elect Donald Trump does not have an easy job.

“She is in a weird position where she is the spokesperson, sort of still, for Donald Trump , but she often seems to not know what he thinks about an issue or what he would say about a specific issue,” Maddow said this week during an appearance on Andy Cohen’s late-night show, “Watch What Happens Live.” 

“That’s a hard job,” Maddow continued. “That’s like being a puppet without a hand. ... He’s a very hard person to be a spokesperson for.”

Maddow and Conway have clashed before, when Conway, then Trump’s campaign manager, sat down for a one-on-one interview with the MSNBC host in August. But Maddow acknowledged that she appreciated that Conway made herself available for interviews. 

“I like anyone who will speak to me as a base-level thing,” Maddow said. “That’s not a genuinely available thing for me from Republicans .”