Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway hit back at the supposed content of Manigault Newman's book on Sunday, defending the president against allegations of racism on ABC's "This Week."
Conway said Manigault Newman had "undercut her credibility" by crafting bombshell allegations and called her a "tremendous disappointment" for focusing on the president's behavior in her book instead of the gains the administration has made for minority populations, because that "doesn't sell books and that doesn't settle scores."
The main allegation Conway was addressing was that Trump used the N-word while on the set of "The Apprentice" when Manigault Newman was a contestant in 2004. Conway rejected the suggestion that the president is racist, and stated the administration greatly values and has made huge gains for minority populations.
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Host Jon Karl then asked Conway for the name of any top African-American staffer since Manigault Newman's departure last year.
"Who now is that person?" Karl asked. "Who is the most prominent, high-level adviser to president on the West Wing staff right now?"
"We have Ja'Ron," Conway said, declining to provide a last name or the name of another staffer.
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The Trump administration's response to racial tension has been subject to scrutiny in the midst of the one-year anniversary of a violent clash between white supremacists and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, that arose over the removal of a Confederate statue.