'No empathy, no morals:' Three-time MAGA voter, former Trump aide, Arizona mayor on why they back Harris
- Three Republicans took the Democratic National Convention stage to rebuke their party's leader and urge Republicans to support Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
- One of the Republican speakers was former Trump White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham, who in her speech said Trump has "has no empathy, no morals and no fidelity to the truth."
- Grisham resigned from her position as former First Lady Melania Trump's chief of staff on Jan. 6, 2021 after the violent insurrection on Capitol Hill.
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.
After serving as Trump's press secretary for nine months, Grisham was named First Lady Melania Trump's chief of staff. She resigned from that post on Jan. 6, 2021, in response to the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
"Now here I am, behind a podium, advocating for a Democrat, and that's because I love my country more than my party. Kamala Harris tells the truth. She respects the American people, and she has my vote."
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