George Conway George Thomas ConwayGeorge and Kellyanne Conway honor Ginsburg Lincoln Project releases new ad blasting Trump as 'a horrible role model' George Conway hits Trump on 9/11 anniversary: 'The greatest threat to the safety and security of Americans' MORE and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley Nimrata (Nikki) Haley'The soul' versus 'law and order' Author Ryan Girdusky: RNC worked best when highlighting 'regular people' as opposed to 'standard Republicans' GOP lobbyists pleasantly surprised by Republican convention MORE got into a heated back-and-forth on Twitter on Monday after she knocked the conservative lawyer and husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway Kellyanne Elizabeth ConwaySpecial counsel investigating DeVos for potential Hatch Act violation: report George and Kellyanne Conway honor Ginsburg Trump carries on with rally, unaware of Ginsburg's death MORE for his recent criticism of a Republican lawmaker amid the House's impeachment inquiry.

“This is absolutely uncalled for and disgusting. What is wrong with people? George Conway is the last person that can call someone 'trash,'" Haley tweeted on Monday afternoon. Her tweet also featured an article published by Townhall, titled “George Conway: Let's Face It, This Elise Stefanik Elise Marie StefanikRepublicans cast Trump as best choice for women The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by Facebook - Pence rips Biden as radical risk GOP women offer personal testimonials on Trump MORE Character Is 'Trash.’”

This is absolutely uncalled for and disgusting. What is wrong with people? George Conway is the last person that can call someone “trash”. #Pathetichttps://t.co/gMvEzxm3RC — Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) November 18, 2019

The post by the conservative website was centered around a tweet shared Friday by Conway that blasted the New York congresswoman as “lying trash” and urged his followers “give to her opponent.”

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During Friday's public impeachment hearing, Stefanik was shut down by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff Adam Bennett SchiffSchiff to subpoena top DHS official, alleges whistleblower deposition is being stonewalled Schiff claims DHS is blocking whistleblower's access to records before testimony GOP lawmakers distance themselves from Trump comments on transfer of power MORE (D-Calif.) for trying to speak out of turn in conflict with the rules set for the proceedings. Stefanik and other Republicans later claimed that Schiff wasn't allowing them to participate.

In response to Haley, Conway, a vocal critic of President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE, took aim at the recent comments she made in defense of the president in an interview last Tuesday, in which she said Trump was “truthful” in “every instance” she worked with him.

Oh, @NikkiHaley, just the other day you said that the world’s biggest pathological liar, @realDonaldTrump, was a “truthful” man. *That’s* the very essence of disgusting, trashy, and pathetic—utterly shameless and transparent dishonesty. https://t.co/xX0bf9uwpH — George Conway (@gtconway3d) November 18, 2019

“You’ll say anything to get the vice-presidential nomination, won’t you, @NikkiHaley?” he said in a follow-up tweet. He also took a shot at the ratio of comments Haley received on her tweet criticizing him in comparison to its likes and retweets, writing in another tweet: “Nice ratio here.”

The heated exchange by Haley and Conway comes several days after the lawyer went after Donald Trump Jr. Don John Trump'Tiger King' star Joe Exotic requests pardon from Trump: 'Be my hero please' Zaid Jilani discusses Trump's move to cancel racial sensitivity training at federal agencies Trump International Hotel in Vancouver closes permanently MORE on Twitter during Marie Yovanovitch Marie YovanovitchGrand jury adds additional counts against Giuliani associates Lev Parnas and and Igor Fruman Strzok: Trump behaving like an authoritarian Powell backs Biden at convention as Democrats rip Trump on security MORE's hearing on Friday.

Trump Jr. wrote in a tweet that “America hired” his father “to fire people like the first three witnesses” seen in the House’s first week of public impeachment hearings as part of its ongoing inquiry into Trump, referring to diplomats William Taylor and George Kent and Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.

Conway sounded off on Trump Jr.’s criticism, writing: “Each of Taylor, Kent, and Yovanovitch has more intelligence, talent, integrity, decency, honor, and patriotism in each of their fingers than you and your father will ever have."