Omarosa v. Symone Sanders

Apparently, the back and forth between Ed Gordon and Omarosa was not the only heated exchange the Trump devotee was part of at NABJ. According to sources, CNN’s Symone Sanders also crossed paths with Omarosa. After posting a tweet that read, “Who at #NABJ17 said Omarosa and Philando Castille's (sic) mother belong on the same panel? Does the President even believe black lives matter?” According to attendees on site, a former NABJ president and Omarosa confronted Symone over the tweet. Symone explained that she was referencing the President of the United States, not the President of NABJ. However, she stood by her position on Omarosa. Witnesses say Omarosa allegedly verbally accosted Symone Sanders. Never one to back down, Symone defended her words in the confrontation. Witnesses say that friends intervened and the crowd dispersed shortly after the two crossed paths. Anyone on the NABJ planning committee who invited Omarosa and is surprised by this behavior hasn’t been paying attention. So it still begs the question -- why was she given a platform? Is this the type of press NABJ wanted? Because it didn’t elevate the discourse on police brutality and media coverage. It only gave a former reality TV star another stage on which to perform. See Symone’s tweet here.