Omarosa Manigault
In September 2016, she said in an interview with Frontline: “Every critic, every detractor, will have to bow down to President Trump. It’s everyone who’s ever doubted Donald, who ever disagreed, who ever challenged him. It is the ultimate revenge to become the most powerful man in the universe.”[14][27] Shortly after Donald Trump won the election, Manigault stated that Donald Trump has an “enemies” list of Republicans who voted against him in the presidential election.[28]
In December 2016, Manigault was announced as one of the nine members to President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team.[29] In December 2016, Manigault accompanied former NFL stars Ray Lewis and Jim Brown to meet with President-elect Trump at Trump Tower.
.. she was a “Trumplican” and had switched her political affiliation to the Republican Party. She hopes more African Americans will follow her lead and do the same, given how she believes Democrats take African American voters for granted, making empty promises to them.[31]
.. In June 2017 Manigault signed an invitation for the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) to visit the White House as “the Honorable Omarosa Manigault”. The use of the style the Honorable which is not usually given to political aides
.. In August 2017, Manigault was on a panel about losing loved ones to violence at National Association of Black Journalists convention in New Orleans. She got into a shouting match with moderator and fellow panelist Ed Gordon because his questions to her focused on Trump’s policies and not her personal history with losing family members to violence.[35][36]
.. Her older brother Jack Thomas Manigault Jr. was murdered in 2011.[44][45][46]
.. In August 2009, Manigault enrolled at the United Theological Seminary in Ohio to pursue a Doctor of Ministrydegree.[51] She received a preacher’s license in February 2011 from her church (Weller Street Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, California) and was formally ordained on February 27, 2012.[52] In February 2012, she was working on finishing her degree at Payne Theological Seminary.[52]