Stephanie Grisham excoriates ex-president at Democratic convention and says ‘he has no empathy, no morals’

Stephanie Grisham, Donald Trump’s former press secretary, excoriated the Republican presidential nominee at the Democratic national convention on Tuesday, saying: “He has no empathy, no morals, and no fidelity to the truth.”

Grisham, a Republican operative who also served as a spokesperson to Melania Trump, offered firsthand accounts of the former president’s behavior behind closed doors.

“I wasn’t just a Trump supporter, I was a true believer, I was one of his closest advisers. The Trump family became my family,” she said, saying she spent her holidays at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. “I saw him when the cameras were off … Trump mocks his supporters. He calls them basement dwellers. On a hospital visit one time when people were dying in the ICU, he was mad that the cameras were not watching him.”

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    When I first bought my house, the first thing i did was remodel and finish the basement.

    I put the new master bath there, along with an office and living room.

    It’s easier to keep comfortable in every season, is easier to block light out of (I work nights) and there’s less noise coming in from outside.

    We should all become hobbits, and I don’t like being confused with the idiot trolls that are his base.

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      I’d be happy hanging out mostly in my basement since it’s relatively toasty in the winter and downright chilly in summer, but I just can’t bear the lack of sunlight. I need regular bright daylight to keep the depression away.

      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        I’ve found vivariums or houseplants with sunlight LED’s to be a great way to bring that indoors. (I’m practically a vampire, so that’s been a struggle regardless of where my room is.)

        Vivariums are great and relatively low maintenance if they’re set up right. (and they’re really not hard to set up, to be honest.)

        but, eh, to each their own.

      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        even if you don’t! radon can and will spread to the whole house.

        modern (or modernized) houses with sealed sumps that vent out to the ceiling are quite safe, though, but you should still check occasionally. (and the testing kits are not all that expensive or hard to use.)