Omarosa praises Kamala Harris's 'historic' campaign
Former Trump White House aide Omarosa Manigault NewmanOmarosa Onee Manigault NewmanPelosi makes fans as Democrat who gets under Trump’s skin The Memo: Impeachment’s scars cut deep with Trump, say those who know him Author of anonymous ‘resistance’ NYT op-ed to publish book MORE praised Sen. Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook McEnany says Juneteenth is a very ‘meaningful’ day to Trump MORE’s (D-Calif.) 2020 campaign as “important” and “historic” during an interview published Thursday.
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“I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention Kamala Harris and how important and how historic her race is,” Manigault Newman told BuzzFeed in the interview, noting that her praise of the California lawmaker did not necessarily mean she would be voting for her.
ADVERTISEMENT”In the spirit of Shirley Chisholm, I think it’s important that we look at the only African American woman that’s in the race and how important black women are, to how important they were to the last election and how important they will be to this election.”
Manigault Newman, who was fired from her White House position as communications director for the Office of Public Liaison in December 2017, has been critical of President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE since leaving his team.
She told BuzzFeed that in the 2020 election she will be an independent voter, and has yet to make her mind up on a candidate.
Manigault Newman also asserted to the outlet that how Trump campaigned in 2016 against Ben CarsonBenjamin (Ben) Solomon CarsonTrump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Coronavirus Report: Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan says there will be consequences from fraying US-China relations; WHO walks back claims on asymptomatic spread of virus The Hill’s Morning Report – Dems, GOP already headed in different directions on policing reforms MORE, now the Housing and Urban Development secretary, shows how he would campaign against a black candidate in the general election.
“When Ben Carson was leading in the polls over Donald Trump, his first attack was that was Ben Carson was crazy, and started to attack him mentally, and then he started to assail his character,” Manigault Newman said. “I think that you’ll see much of the same from Donald Trump that he will start to attack things that generally aren’t political.”
“[The attacks] will be very, very personal and will have an undertone of the -isms, whether it’s sexism, or racism, or misogyny,” she added. “You’ll see a lot of those same kind of themes in Donald Trump’s race if he goes head-to-head against an African American candidate.”