Melania Trump’s one-word text that caused ex-aide to quit shared during fiery DNC speech

Donald Trump’s former White House press secretary took the stage at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night and shared the brutal one-word message from Melania in the wake of the January 6 insurrection that caused her to quit.

Stephanie Grisham, who held the role from July 2019 to April 2020 before becoming the first lady’s communications director and chief of staff, is one of several Republican figures invited to the convention in Chicago to denounce the “extremism” of the former president and his campaign.

On Tuesday night, as she endorsed Democrat Kamala Harris for president, Grisham shared the brief text exchange, which finally convinced her to leave the post as she “couldn’t be part of the insanity any longer.”

“On Jan. 6, I asked Melania if we can at least tweet that ‘while peaceful protest is the right of every American, there’s no place for lawlessness or violence,” Grisham, with the apparent text shown on screens behind her, said.

Melania simply responds: “no.”

During her remarks, she told attendees that the former president mocks his supporters behind closed doors, calling them “basement dwellers.”

She also told a story about Trump during a hospital visit “when people were dying in the ICU, he was mad that the cameras were not watching him. 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,’” the former press secretary said.

She added that she resigned on January 6, 2021, because she “couldn't be part of the insanity any longer.”

“Kamala Harris tells the truth, she repsects the American people and she has my vote,” she said.

In a statement to NBC News, Grisham said she never thought she