Former Trump White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman Omarosa Onee Manigault NewmanTrump hurls insults at Harris, Ocasio-Cortez and other women Pelosi makes fans as Democrat who gets under Trump's skin The Memo: Impeachment's scars cut deep with Trump, say those who know him MORE praised Sen. Kamala Harris Kamala HarrisHarris faces pivotal moment with Supreme Court battle Nearly 40 Democratic senators call for climate change questions in debates Joe Biden has long forgotten North Carolina: Today's visit is too late MORE's (D-Calif.) 2020 campaign as “important” and “historic” during an interview published Thursday.

"I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Kamala Harris and how important and how historic her race is," Manigault Newman told BuzzFeed in the interview, noting that her praise of the California lawmaker did not necessarily mean she would be voting for her.

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"In the spirit of Shirley Chisholm, I think it's important that we look at the only African American woman that's in the race and how important black women are, to how important they were to the last election and how important they will be to this election."

Manigault Newman, who was fired from her White House position as communications director for the Office of Public Liaison in December 2017, has been critical of President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE since leaving his team.

She told BuzzFeed that in the 2020 election she will be an independent voter, and has yet to make her mind up on a candidate.

Manigault Newman also asserted to the outlet that how Trump campaigned in 2016 against Ben Carson Benjamin (Ben) Solomon CarsonState AGs condemn HUD rule allowing shelters to serve people on basis of biological sex Biden cannot keep letting Trump set the agenda The Hill's 12:30 Report: Trump heads to New Hampshire after renomination speech MORE, now the Housing and Urban Development secretary, shows how he would campaign against a black candidate in the general election.

“When Ben Carson was leading in the polls over Donald Trump, his first attack was that was Ben Carson was crazy, and started to attack him mentally, and then he started to assail his character,” Manigault Newman said. “I think that you'll see much of the same from Donald Trump that he will start to attack things that generally aren't political.”

“[The attacks] will be very, very personal and will have an undertone of the -isms, whether it's sexism, or racism, or misogyny,” she added. “You'll see a lot of those same kind of themes in Donald Trump's race if he goes head-to-head against an African American candidate.”