The Republicans who came out in force at DNC for Harris – and ditched Trump

Several prominent Republicans and onetime Trumpworld figures came out in force at the Democratic National Convention in support of Kamala Harris – urging their own party members to vote for a Democrat rather than second Donald Trump back to the White House for a second term.

Notable Republican figures, some who had worked in Trump’s White House when he was president, used their platform at the DNC to speak directly to conservative voters at home, appealing to them to vote for Harris in November.

By contrast, no prominent Democrats spoke at the Republican National Convention in Miluwakee back in July.

Speaking on the second day of the DNC, Trump’s former press secretary Stephanie Grisham unleashed a fiery attack on Trump and the former first lady Melania Trump, when she revealed what happened on the day she quit: January 6 2021.

“On January 6, I asked Melania… I asked if we could at least tweet that while peaceful protest is the right of every American, there’s no place for lawlessness or violence,” Grisham said.

“She replied with one word — ‘no’. I became the first senior staffer to resign that day. I couldn’t be part of the insanity any longer.”

Acknowledging how as press secretaryshe never held any White House briefings, Grisham said it was because “unlike my boss, I never wanted to stand at the podium and lie.”

Advocating for Harris, she said: “Kamala Harris tells the truth, she respects the American people and she has my vote.”

Grisham also claimedTrump calls his loyal supporters “basement dwellers” behind closed doors.

Whene former Georgia Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan took to the stage, he sent the crowd wild by telling Republican viewers at home: “If you vote for Kamala Harris in 2024 you’re not a Democrat –