Melania Trump's backstabbing former press secretary Stephanie Grisham reveals the moment that forced her to resign as she endorses Kamala Harris

Donald Trump's former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham made an appearance at the Democratic National Convention where she received cheers as she laid into her old boss in scathing speech.

'I saw him when the cameras were off. Behind closed doors, Trump mocks his supporters—calls them “basement dwellers,"' she said. 'When people were dying in the ICU, [Trump] was mad that cameras weren't watching him. He has no empathy. No morals. No fidelity to the truth.'

Grisham told DailyMail.com after her speech that it was 'surreal' to speak at the convention amid thousands of Democrats.

'Everybody's been really welcoming, and so it's been great,' she said. 'I was really scared, I'm not going to lie.'

Grisham was chief of staff and press secretary to former First Lady Melania Trump as well as White House press secretary and communications director during the Trump administration. 

She learned she would be speaking at the convention five days ago, she told DailyMail.com. 

After the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, she resigned from the Trump administration. She addressed her decision in her convention speech. 

'On January 6, I asked Melania if we could at least tweet that while peaceful protest is the right of every American, there’s no place for lawlessness and 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,' Grisham added. 

Grisham was one of several Republicans to appear at the Democratic National Convention on night two as the Harris campaign makes a point to reach across the aisle in their effort to eat into the GOP voting base.

The former Trump official spoke about how close she once was with the Republican presidential nominee and his family.

'I wasn’t just a Trump supporter. I was a true believer—one of his closest advisors. The Trump family became my family,' she recalled. 'I spent Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas at Mar-a-Lago.'

'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–and what you don’t say,' she told the welcoming crowd. 

While serving as White House press secretary, Grisham not once ever held a press briefing. Trump campaign officials blasted her in response to her convention speech.

'That’s one more time at the podium than she logged as White House press secretary, when she didn’t hold a single press briefing while occupying the position,' wrote Tim Murtaugh who worked on the Trump 2020 campaign and recently rejoined the 2024 campaign.

During her speech, Grisham spoke of her time at the White House.

'When I was press secretary, I got skewered for never holding a White House briefing. It’s because, unlike my boss, I never wanted to stand at that podium and lie,' she said. 

'Now, here I am: behind a podium, advocating for a Democrat because I love my country more than my party,' she went on.

'Kamala Harris tells the truth. She respects the American people, and she has my vote,' Grisham finished. 

'I'm still very much a Republican,' she told DailyMail.com, but she said the election was too important.