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Kellyanne Conway Allegedly Punched a Guy at an Inaugural Ball

Apparently Richard Spencer wasn't the only guy who got decked in the face last weekend.
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Tensions were pretty much at a boiling point in DC last weekend during Donald Trump's presidential inauguration, and while we all saw alt-right figurehead Richard Spencer get decked in the faceover and over again—there was apparently another brawl involving senior White House advisor and "alternative facts" defender, Kellyanne Conway.

On Saturday after the inauguration, Fox Business News senior correspondent Charlie Gasparino wrote a Facebook post about the alleged scuffle, saying he witnessed Conway throw some "mean punches" after a brawl broke out between two men in tuxedos at Friday's Liberty Ball. He then reposted the account on Monday.

"Inside the ball we see a fight between two guys in tuxes and then suddenly out of nowhere came trump adviser Kellyanne Conway who began throwing some mean punches at one of the guys," Gasparino wrote. "Whole thing lasted a few mins no one was hurt except maybe the dude she smacked. Now I know why trump hired her. Btw I exaggerate none of this."

Page Six reported that the whole thing went down near the VIP section of the ball at the Washington Convention Center, and that the two men were reportedly members of Conway's entourage. One witness told the New York Daily News that Conway punched the man three times in the face, but, just like Jay Z and Solange in the elevator, no one is quite sure exactly what started the altercation.

This wasn't the only kerfuffle that Gasparino witnessed on inauguration night. He says that when he arrived at the ball with his friend and former sitcom star Scott Baio, they were approached by some "anarchist thugs" who shouted, "Hey Chachi, are you a fascist?" Chachi was the character Baio played on Happy Days, a show so old most "anarchist thugs" have no idea what it's about. When one of the guys made a move toward him, Gasparino reportedly shoved him away.

The star-studded guest list at the ball also included reality TV stars Caitlyn Jenner and Duane "Dog" Chapman, disgraced beauty queen Carrie Prejean, and boxing legend Floyd Mayweather. Mayweather has yet to comment on the quality of Conway's form or the force of her punches.