Omarosa, we hardly knew ye
by digby
I had never heard of her before Trump ran for president but apparently she was a former reality TV star. Now she's a former white house official:
Though the official word is that she resigned and was not fired, this marks the fourth time that Omarosa, a contestant on the original The Apprentice, as well as a follow-up season and The Celebrity Apprentice, has been removed from the employ of Donald Trump. It’s unclear how this will affect the day-to-day function of the White House because it was generally unclear what Omarosa did every day. Officially, her title was assistant to the president and director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison, which is in charge of special group outreach intended to further the president’s agenda. For this she made $179,700, the maximum salary for any White House staffer. But the headlines that followed her had more to do with where she kept her shoes (“all over the White House”) and how she was using the headquarters of the executive branch as her wedding-procession backdrop, with a bridesmaid luncheon on St. Patrick’s Day and a photo shoot that could not be released because that would constitute a security breach. She also invited a journalist to trail her in the White House without notifying anyone else on the communications team, and canceled an appearance on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, where she would have promoted her episode of TLC’s Say Yes to the Dress.
Omarosa was one of the few people of color on the president’s employee roster, and the only woman of color. Those among us who are more prone to read meaning into coincidence have noted that her departure fell on the same day that an alleged pedophile, endorsed by Trump, failed to win a seat in the Senate thanks in large part to black-women voters of Alabama. The timing is indeed stunning.
April White, CNN’s White House correspondent and Washington bureau chief, said in a tweet that Omarosa did not go gentle into that good night. She was “vulgar,” allegedly, and “cursed,” and reminded Kelly that she helped get Trump elected. White has heard that she was escorted from campus, though the White House has pushed back against that telling. Regardless of how Omarosa went, though, she will have to find another place to store her shoes.