Aug 23, 2024 - 20:26
By huffpost.com

These 8 Republicans Took The Stage At The DNC To Warn America About Trump

Before Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage for her big moment at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, the lineup was peppered with some unlikely speakers: a bevy of Republicans, including some who worked in former President Donald Trump’s administration.

Many said they don’t agree with Harris on everything, but that they’re choosing a candidate who at least knows right from wrong. Several shared their journey from diehard Trump supporter to DNC speaker, pleading with Americans not to vote for him.

Here’s what they all had to say.

Stephanie Grisham

Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, who never held a press conference while working for Trump, told the DNC crowd that unlike her boss, she “never wanted to stand at that podium and lie.”

“Now here I am behind a podium advocating for a Democrat, and that’s because I love my country more than my party,” she continued, saying she once was a “true believer” in Trump’s politics who spent major holidays with him and his family.

She went on to describe Trump as someone who has “no empathy, no morals, and no fidelity to the truth. When the cameras are off, she continued, he “mocks his supporters. He calls them basement-dwellers.”

Grisham also shared a text conversation she’d had with former first lady Melania Trump. When Grisham asked the first lady if she’d like to say something to help quell the violence on Jan. 6, 2021, Melania Trump simply replied, “No,” according to Grisham.