New York Daily News

No blacks need apply – Omarosa

- BY REUVEN BLAU

No blacks wanted in the White House.

Omarosa Manigault Newman (photo below) on Sunday said the Trump administra­tion rejects black job candidates and props up the few on staff as “window dressing.”

During a television interview, Manigault Newman, 44, a former White House aide, called President Trump a racist who refuses to hire minorities.

“It’s much worse than people even realize,” she told MSNBC host the Rev. Al Sharpton. “There are 30 assistants to the President right now and there are none representi­ng the African-American community. In fact, when we submitted [African-American] candidates they were rejected over and over again. And I will tell you that they haven’t even made an attempt to replace anyone to do the African-American outreach.

“They just kind of detailed a guy over for just three months, I think, to do a little window dressing,” she added. “But there is really no real commitment to diversity in the White House, and he’s unapologet­ic about it because he’s completely contradict­ed the commitment [to blacks] he made during the campaign.”

The White House did not immediatel­y respond to a request seeking comment Sunday.

The former “Apprentice” contestant alleges she has heard a tape of Trump using the N-word.

Trump has strenuousl­y denied such a recording exists.

But White House spokeswoma­n Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters last week she “can’t guarantee” the President has never used the vile slur because she hasn’t been “in every single room.”

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