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'You Sound Like the Taco Bell Dog': Kellyanne Conway Jokes About Trump, Murdoch, & GOP Ads at GOP Dinner

Throwin' zingers if not shade.

Caleb Howe
Jun 19, 2026
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Kellyanne Conway tore into Democrats on Thursday night during remarks at GOP event in Connecticut, mocking Mamdani, AOC, Platner, and a slew of others. (Catch that audio here.) But she also had jokes directed at Republicans and even midly teased President Donald Trump on his social media escapades. (Catch that audio below.)

Conway was the keynote at the Connecticut Republican Party’s 47th Annual Prescott Bush Awards Dinner in Stamford and was quick with cutting remarks and quippy comments throughout.

We were horrible at this for decades. We had no idea
how to do the mechanics of politics.

The heavy roasting was for the left side, but there still a few pretty good ones that weren’t specifically directed at the enemy. Conway talked about the great leaps forward in GOP messaging and what an improvement it’s been over the “shitty” ads you’d see just a few years about the mechanics and “non-sexy” parts of politics.

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“We were horrible at this for decades. We had no idea how to do the mechanics of politics,” she said. “The left: so smart. They got people to the polls. Were driving seniors to the polls, were calling you, reminding you.”

“And we’re like, ‘We have this great ad.’ They’d run it and I’m like, Oh, my God, that ad’s terrible.” she continued. “‘And we’re going to translate it into Spanish.’ I’m like, Okay, now, great. Now we have two shitty ads. Perfect. That’s fabulous. Thank you so much. You sound like the Taco Bell dog. This is not a compelling ad for anybody.”

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