Kellyanne Conway struggles to name top African-American White House aides

• Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway struggled Sunday to name the most prominent African-American staffers in the White House.
• She only mentioned the first name of a staffer before criticizing the media's coverage of the administration's policies that are focused on minority populations.
• There has been a renewed spotlight on the Trump administration's dealings with race ahead of the anniversary of the clash in Charlottesville between white nationalists and protestors, and amid allegations Trump used a racial slur in an upcoming tell-all memoir from a former White House adviser.

Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway struggled Sunday to name prominent African-American staffers who work in President Donald Trump's White House.

In an interview on ABC's "This Week", host Jon Karl asked Conway for the name of any top African-American staffer since White House adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman's departure last year.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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