Three Republicans took the Democratic National Convention stage on its second night to explain why they broke away from the party of Donald Trump, and urged their fellow Republicans to back Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. "I saw him when the cameras were off. Behind closed doors, Trump mocks his supporters. He calls them 'basement dwellers,'" said former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham. "He has no empathy, no morals and no fidelity to the truth. He used to tell me, 'It doesn't matter what you say, Stephanie. Say it enough, and people will believe you,'" Grisham recalled. Describing herself as a "true believer" in Trump's MAGA movemebr, and one of the former president's "closest advisors," spending holidays with his family at Mar-a-Lago.