Trump's former press secretary Stephanie Grisham, who resigned from her White House role after the Jan. 6 riots, spoke at the Democratic Nat
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.
Grisham followed another former Trump supporter on stage, Kyle Sweetser, along with a video compilation of interviews with former Trump voters who now plan to cast their ballots for Harris.
“I voted for Trump not once, not twice, but three times,” Sweetser said.
Sweetser said he works in construction and was drawn to Trump’s promise to “look out for blue-collar workers.”
“But then I started to see Trump’s tariff policy in action. Costs for construction workers like me were starting to soar. I realized Trump wasn’t for me. He was for lining his own pockets,” he said.
“Now I’m not left-wing, period. But I believe our leaders should bring out the best in us, not the worst. That’s why I’m voting for Kamala Harris,” Sweetser said.
John Giles, the mayor of Mesa, Arizona, also spoke Tuesday night. Giles, a self-described “lifelong Republican,” made headlines in July when he broke with his party and endorsed Harris.