Donald Trump's campaign manager is defending his "pit stop" in Washington to preside at the formal opening of his new luxury hotel blocks from the White House.
Kellyanne Conway told NBC's "Today" show that the Republican presidential nominee is justified in showing off his "under-budget, ahead-of-schedule" Trump International Hotel on Wednesday.
She called it a demonstration of Trump's can-do spirit, calling it a "stunning piece of architecture." She noted that Trump had made a dozen campaign stops in Florida this week and says he shouldn't be criticized for attending the hotel opening. Polls show Trump trailing Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in key battleground states.
Conway said that Trump has "the most active campaign schedule of the two candidates by far."
Conway also took to Twitter with her defense:
Meanwhile, Conway appeared on "CBS This Morning."
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Most of Florida's early voters on Tuesday were Democrats, with 56 percent of the advance ballots being submitted by women, but Conway said most voters will cast their ballots on Election Day and she has faith Trump will pull out a win.
"In Florida, what we need to do is compare to 2012," Conway said, noting that actual-day voting in North Carolina is a good example to consider.
"In the early vote, I'm told by the RNC (Republican National Committee), who tracks this, Mitt Romney was way behind in the early vote and he actually won North Carolina," Conway said. "He was a game day player in North Carolina."
"We are going to win this election because of enthusiasm and momentum the movement in the polls," Conway said. "I mean, Hillary Clinton has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in advertising and much of it against Donald Trump and yet, you know, 50 percentage in the swing states and has a huge advantage and we have the momentum."
Conway also accused Vice President Joe Biden of acting like "a bully" for calling Trump out to go "behind the barn."
"I thought he acted like a bully," said Conway. "It was very disappointing to hear the vice president of the United States suggest violence the old-fashioned way. I think if Donald Trump said anything, he remotely close to that, we would have had our hair on fire for three days.
"We would have had high school psychologists coming in and talking on air and talking about bullying and violence. I hope the campaign is fought in the final two weeks on the issues and it will be fought on the issue of change and what this is about."
Material from The Associated Press was used in this report.