White House staffer Kellyanne Conway on Sunday struggled to name a single African American colleague of hers in the West Wing.
In an interview on ABC’s “This Week,” host Jonathan Karl asked Conway who, in light of former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman’s recent book, was “the most prominent, high-level African American serving in the West Wing, on President Trump’s staff.”
After naming Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, who doesn’t work in the White House, Conway said “Ja’Ron,” a reference, according to multiple outlets, to Ja’Ron Smith, the administration’s director of urban affairs and revitalization. Smith works in the White House’s East Wing.
“He’s been very involved with Jared Kushner and President Trump on prison reform,” Conway said.
“We have a number of different minorities,” she added later.
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"Omarosa was the most prominent, high-level African-American serving in the West Wing on Pres. Trump's staff. Who now is that person?" @jonkarl asks Kellyanne Conway.
Here's how Conway responded: https://t.co/gLvrfmUsJ0 #ThisWeek pic.twitter.com/WpUMa8zrOU
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) August 12, 2018
He’s the staffer Trump refers to as “Oh, look at my African-American over here. Look at him. Are you the greatest?”
She didn’t even have enough respect to learn his last name, or it certainly appears that way. I had thought the days we referred to African-Americans solely by their first names were over. But I would be wrong, yet again.
Hilariously pathetic even for Kellyanne.
What! She forgot to mention the one black guy who stands behind Trump at every rally? Or just never bothered to learn his name because he’s kinda like the wallpaper?
Conway: “Can I buy a vowel…?”