Former Trump White House insiders call possible 2nd term a threat to American democracy

Three women who served in former President Donald Trump's White House are now warning against a possible second Trump term, with one of them saying it could mean «the end of American democracy as we know it.»

For the first time, former White House Communications Director Alyssa Farah Griffin, former White House deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews, and former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson sat down together with ABC News «This Week» co-anchor Jonathan Karl to discuss their roles in speaking out against Trump in the wake of Jan. 6.

«Fundamentally, a second Trump term could mean the end of American democracy as we know it, and I don't say that lightly,» Griffin, now a co-host of ABC's «The View,» told Karl, accusing the former president of having gone to «historic and unconstitutional lengths» in attempting to «steal a democratic election» and to stay in power.

«I'm very concerned about what the term would actually look like,» Griffin continued.

«We don't need to speculate what a second Trump term would like because we already saw it play out,» Matthews told Karl.

«To this day, he still doubles down on the fact that he thinks that the election was stolen and fraudulent,» Matthews said, claiming Trump's rhetoric has become «increasingly erratic,» citing his threats to skirt the Constitution and suggestions about weaponizing the Justice Department to retaliate against his political enemies.

Hutchinson, who served as a top aide to Trump's last White House chief of staff Mark Meadows – and who stood by Trump the longest after the 2020 election – said there's a large portion of the population that's not recognizing their mistakes, that's not working to continue to better our country."

«This is a fundamental election to continue