Trump Aide Omarosa Fired Resignation, Twitter Reactions

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No one expected Wednesday to be a light news day, especially after Trump-backed Alabama Republican senate candidate Roy Moore lost the special election to Democrat Doug Jones. But, while we anticipated tweets from the president, we didn't expect the White House to make this decision: Trump administration aide Omarosa Manigault Newman was fired on Tuesday night.

Despite reports from the White House saying the former Apprentice contestant submitted her resignation, effective January 20, American Urban Radio Networks reporter April Ryan tweeted Wednesday morning that Chief of Staff John Kelley "did the firing" after he'd "had it." She also noted that "Omarosa is alleged to have acted very vulgar and cursed a lot."

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Sources say General Kelly did the firing and Omarosa is alleged to have acted very vulgar and cursed a lot and said she helped elect President Trump. The word is a General Kelly had it and got rid of her.
— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) December 13, 2017

CBS News later reported that Manigault Newman "tried going into the White House residence" on Tuesday night and "tripped the alarms." The Secret Service official Twitter account later tweeted that they'd deactivated her pass, but denied escorting her off the grounds. AJ+ reports she was "physically dragged" from the residence.

This all comes after she tweeted a photo of herself and her husband in the White House posing next to a massive Christmas tree. Over the weekend, she accompanied Trump at the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.

The Secret Service was not involved in the termination process of Ms Manigault Newman or the escort off of the complex. Our only involvement in this matter was to deactivate the individual's pass which grants access to the complex.
— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) December 13, 2017

President Trump confirmed her exit by tweeting, "Thank you Omarosa for your service! I wish you continued success." Trump has had a lot of practice saying this, as CBS News reports she'd been fired three times on The Apprentice.

Thank you Omarosa for your service! I wish you continued success.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2017

As you can imagine, people effectively flipped out following the news. CNN political commentator Angela Rye literally burst out in laughter on live TV and said an enthusiastic, "Bye, girl, bye."

“Bye, girl, bye.” @angela_rye (with @AprilDRyan and @SymoneDSanders) on Omarosa’s exit: https://t.co/b8Kw51iRlM
— Brooke Baldwin (@BrookeBCNN) December 13, 2017

Some joked that Manigault Newman would feed off of this and rise to the top in eight years.

‘Frontline’ will one day meticulously document this day when the ultimately successful 2024 Omarosa Manigault for President campaign was born.
— Josh Greenman (@joshgreenman) December 14, 2017

Others pointed out that they still have no clue what she did during her tenure in the White House.

"and then what happened?"
"Well, son/daughter, the Secret Service tweeted that they did not personally drag a screaming Omarosa off the WH lawn"
"Did...did anyone ever find out what her job was?"
"We did not."
— Chris Baugh (@chris_baugh_) December 13, 2017

feels like we all just sort of skipped over the objectively outrageous fact that Omarosa was a WH staffer to begin with
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) December 13, 2017

Omarosa’s salary was allegedly $180,00 (taxpayer dollars) and no one knows what she did.
— Scott Summers (@Im_ScottSummers) December 13, 2017

Yes, it was seemingly fun for everyone...except for Manigault Newman.

Omarosa’s last official day is supposedly Jan. 20th which is about four Scaramuccis from today
— Quinn Sutherland (@ReelQuinn) December 14, 2017

You know it’s bad when the @SecretService has to remind the public that Omarosa’s credentials to the White House have been removed. https://t.co/P8KRYuwWSo
— deray (@deray) December 13, 2017

Omarosa, over drinks with Special Counsel Robert Mueller this evening. pic.twitter.com/lQrjtE0Dxu
— Aaron L. Morrison (@aaronlmorrison) December 13, 2017

While there are some comical tweets, it's important to note that Manigault Newman was a long-time, loyal Trump supporter and one of the few women — and more importantly, women of color — in his administration, The Washington Post reports.

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Manigault Newman will reportedly appear on Good Morning America on Thursday.

Omarosa already has her first interview booked. She’s on GMA tomorrow morning with @michaelstrahan. pic.twitter.com/pOOYD37ucT
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) December 14, 2017

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