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Trump aide claims ‘huge movement’ of black voters to GOP

by Jessie Hellmann - 01/04/17 10:14 PM ET

Omarosa Manigault, an aide to President-elect Donald Trump, claimed Wednesday that there is a “huge movement” of African-Americans moving to the Republican Party.

Manigault, who worked for in the Bill Clinton White House for Vice President Al Gore and who voted for President Obama, said she used to be a Democrat.

{mosads}”Traditionally, African-Americans have been Democrat, and I think the Democrats have taken advantage and taken for granted the African-American vote,” she said on Fox News Wednesday evening.

“You are seeing a huge movement of African-Americans moving to the Republican Party.”

Trump received 8 percent support among black voters, slightly outperforming the 6 percent support GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney received in 2012, according to New York Times exit polls.

But African-Americans overwhelmingly favored Clinton on Election Day — 88 percent voted for her.

In 2004, President George W. Bush received 11 percent support among black voters, while Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) received 4 percent support among African-Americans in 2008 when he faced Obama.

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