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Omarosa Manigault Newman

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Omarosa Manigault Newman
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Basic facts
Organization:Donald Trump presidential administration
Role:Former Assistant to the president and director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison
Location:Washington, D.C.
Education:•Central State University
•Howard University
Website:Official website


Omarosa Manigault Newman is a reality television personality and public relations consultant. Newman, an ordained Baptist minister, is the founder of the ASK Missionary Organization in Los Angeles, California. She was the assistant to the president and director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison for Donald Trump's (R) presidential administration.[1] On December 13, 2017, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced that Newman “resigned yesterday to pursue other opportunities. Her departure will not be effective until Jan. 20, 2018. We wish her the best in future endeavors and are grateful for her service.”[2]

In 2016, she was the African American outreach director for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.[3] Her connections to Trump began early in Newman's career, as she was a contestant on the first season of Trump's reality show, The Apprentice. She was also a candidate for the District 1 seat on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education in California. Newman was defeated in the special primary election on June 3, 2014.[4][5]

Early career

Bill Clinton administration

After receiving a bachelor's degree from Central State University and a master's degree from Howard University, Newman spent two years working at various positions in the Clinton administration.[6] She initially worked for then-Vice President Al Gore (D) as a scheduling correspondent answering invitations for Gore; she was then transferred to the White House personnel office.[7] Newman also spent time in two different positions with the Department of Commerce before departing in 2000.[8]

Reality television appearances

In 2004 she appeared on the first season of The Apprentice, the reality television show featuring Donald Trump. On the show, she was widely regarded as the show's "villain" for her tactics during the competition. She told Oprah Winfrey in 2013, "I remember a lot of titles being put on me at the time, they called me the greatest reality TV villain of all time ... It didn't define who I was. I was always bigger than my reality TV character."[9]

Baptist ministry

After a number of appearances on reality television—including a return to Trump's show in 2013's Celebrity Apprentice—Newman became an ordained Baptist minister. In 2013, she told Essence, "I entered seminary about five years ago so it's been a long journey for me. Everybody wishes to find a calling in his or her life and I'm just so glad to figure out what God's mission for me is. I've discovered my true passion and that is truly being a messenger for God."[10] She began her religious work as an assistant pastor at the Weller Street Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, California.[11]

Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016

See also: Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016

Newman first began working in support of Donald Trump's presidential campaign in early 2016 as the vice chair of the National Diversity Coalition for Trump, a group that supported what it saw as Trump's "solutions that address economic disparities, foster job creation, support small businesses, preserve faith & family principles and strengthen communities with conservative action."[12] The coalition met with Trump briefly in April 2016, a meeting that Newman characterized as evidence that Trump "wants to learn" and "wants to listen" to the coalitions ideas.[13]

In early July 2016, Newman was named the director of African American outreach for the Trump campaign.[3] In an interview with MSNBC, Newman said, "It’s really an extension of the work that the [National Diversity Coalition for Trump] has already been doing and so I’m very happy to take up that cause for Donald Trump." She also said that, despite some polls showing Trump with low African American support in Ohio and Pennsylvania, she had spoken with a number of African Americans who supported Trump. Newman told MSNBC, "I’m surrounded by people who want to see Donald Trump as the next president of the United States who are African-American."[14]

Donald Trump presidential transition team

See also: Donald Trump presidential transition team

Newman was a member of Donald Trump's presidential transition team. The transition team was a group of around 100 aides, policy experts, government affairs officials, and former government officials who were tasked with vetting, interviewing, and recommending individuals for top cabinet and staff roles in Trump's administration. According to the transition team, she was appointed to the executive committee on December 15, 2016.[15]

Donald Trump presidential administration

See also: Donald Trump White House staff

After the transition of power, Newman was named the White House's assistant to the president and director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison. According to Politico, the Office of Public Liaison "functions mainly to cultivate outside support for the president's agenda, working with business, religious and other groups to garner support. The office’s staff sets up events in the White House for community groups like veterans associations and special honorees, attends conferences and events to promote the president and works to create outside political and civic campaigns."[16]

One of her first actions in the administration was to represent Trump at the inauguration of Haitian Prime Minister Jovenel Moïse.[1]

Exchange with reporter April Ryan

In February 2017, Newman and April Ryan, a reporter with the American Urban Radio Networks, had a dispute outside the Oval Office. Ryan told The Washington Post that Newman intimidated her and suggested the White House was keeping a dossier of negative information on Ryan as well. In response, Newman claimed she had a recording of the conversation. She told the paper, "[Ryan] came in with an attitude. For her to characterize me as the bully — I’m so glad we have this tape ... because it’s ‘liar, liar, pants on fire.’ ...  We do it all the time. When you come into [the press staff’s offices], you’re on the record."[17]

Elections

2014

See also: Los Angeles Unified School District elections (2014)

One seat on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education was up for a special primary election on June 3, 2014. A special runoff election was held on August 12, 2014.[18]

A total of seven candidates filed to run for the District 1 seat in the primary election. They were Genethia Hudley-Hayes, Alex Johnson, Rachel Johnson, Omarosa Manigault, Hattie McFrazier, George J. McKenna III and Sherlett Hendy Newbill.[4]

Johnson and McKenna won the primary election and competed for the seat in the runoff election.[18] McKenna was elected to the board with 52.81 percent of the vote.[19]

Results

General election
Los Angeles Unified School District, District 1 Special Runoff Election, 1-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngGeorge J. McKenna III 52.8% 17,025
     Nonpartisan Alex Johnson 47.2% 15,211
Total Votes 32,236
Source: Los Angeles City Clerk's Office, "Certified Results: LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (LAUSD), BOARD DISTRICT 1 SPECIAL RUNOFF ELECTION," accessed February 2, 2014
Primary election
Los Angeles Unified School District, District 1 Special Primary Election, 1-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngGeorge J. McKenna III 44.6% 19,803
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngAlex Johnson 24.5% 10,884
     Nonpartisan Sherlett Hendy Newbill 9.6% 4,250
     Nonpartisan Genethia Hudley-Hayes 6.9% 3,072
     Nonpartisan Rachel Johnson 5.2% 2,318
     Nonpartisan Omarosa Manigault 5.2% 2,330
     Nonpartisan Hattie McFrazier 4% 1,785
Total Votes 44,442
Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk

Personal

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Omarosa Manigault Newman married Florida pastor John Allen Newman at the Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C., on April 8, 2017.[20]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Politico, "In the White House, former TV villain Omarosa is one of the ‘blessed,'" March 7, 2017
  2. ↑ The New York Times, "Omarosa Manigault Newman to Leave White House Job Next Month," December 13, 2017
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Entertainment Weekly, "Donald Trump hires ex-Apprentice star Omarosa Manigault as Director of African-American Outreach," July 18, 2016
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Los Angeles City Clerk's Office, "Certified List of Candidates: Special Primary Election," March 19, 2014 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "candidates" defined multiple times with different content
  5. ↑ Los Angeles Times, "California 2014 primary election complete results," June 3, 2014
  6. ↑ LinkedIn, "Omarosa Manigault," accessed July 20, 2016
  7. ↑ People, "Omarosa's Long History of Being Fired," April 8, 2004
  8. ↑ Entertainment Weekly, "Omarosa was fired four times before 'Apprentice,'" April 9, 2004
  9. ↑ USA Today, "Omarosa gets fired from 'Celebrity Apprentice,'" April 1, 2013
  10. ↑ Essence, "Omarosa Manigault on 'Apprentice,' Becoming a Minister, and Coping with Michael Clarke Duncan's Death," February 26, 2013
  11. ↑ The Urban Daily, "Reality TV Star Becomes Ordained Minister," accessed July 20, 2016
  12. ↑ National Diversity Coalition for Trump, "Mission," accessed July 20, 2016
  13. ↑ NBC News, "Trump 'Diversity Coalition' Holds Hectic First Meeting," April 18, 2016
  14. ↑ MSNBC, "RNC begins amid heightened racial tensions," July 18, 2016
  15. ↑ President-elect Donald Trump, "President-Elect Donald J. Trump Announces New Executive Committee Members And Staff Leadership Positions Serving On Presidential Transition Team," December 15, 2016
  16. ↑ Politico, "Omarosa's West Wing bridal adventure highlights broader dysfunction," November 7, 2017
  17. ↑ The Washington Post, "‘This is . . . Nixonian’: Reporter was taped by White House in heated exchange," February 14, 2017
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Los Angeles City Clerk's Office, "Certified List of Candidates: Special Runoff Election," July 2, 2014
  19. ↑ Los Angeles City Clerk's Office, "Certified Results: LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (LAUSD), BOARD DISTRICT 1 SPECIAL RUNOFF ELECTION," accessed February 2, 2015
  20. ↑ E Online, "Omarosa Gets Married at Trump Hotel: See Her Wedding Dress," April 8, 2017
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