White House press secretary Sarah Sanders declined on Wednesday to say how many African-Americans work at the White House, but said the White House is « going to continue to try to diversify this staff. »
In the eight months since Manigault Newman was fired, Trump has yet to appoint a single African-American to a senior White House role as either an assistant or a deputy assistant to the President.
« I’m not going to go through and do a count, » Sanders said. « We would love to diversify our staff and continue to do so. »
CNN earlier this week reported that none of the 48 assistants and deputy assistants to Trump are black.
On Tuesday, Trump referred to Manigault as a « dog. »
