It’s not just prominent party loyalists taking center stage at this year’s Democratic National Convention . Republican defectors who have publicly disavowed former President Donald Trump are also taking the stage in Chicago. On Tuesday, former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham — the third spokesperson tasked with heading the press operations of Trump’s White House during his term — addressed the floor of the United Center.
Grisham spoke of her disaffection with the former president, noting that she “was one of his closest advisers.” “The Trump family became my family. I spent Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s all at Mar-a-Lago,” Grisham recalled.
“I saw him when the cameras were off behind closed doors. Trump mocks his supporters, he calls them basement dwellers.” Former Trump WH Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham tells the DNC that Trump "mocks his supporters" and calls them "basement dwellers" behind closed doors.
pic.twitter.com/XPxELfypCt “He used to tell me: ‘It doesn’t matter what you say Stephanie.
Say it enough, and people will believe you.’ But it does matter. What you say matters and what you don’t say matters,” Grisham added.
The former press secretary recalled her resignation from the White House in the aftermath of Jan. 6. “I asked Melania [Trump] if we could at least tweet that while peaceful protest is the right of every American, there’s no place for lawlessness or violence.
She replied with one .