Sarah Matthews, an ex-spokesperson for former President Trump, stated Monday that she is backing Vice President Harris to make sure that the previous president “by no means steps foot within the Oval Workplace once more.
Matthews, in an interview with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell, stated talking out towards her former boss wasn’t sufficient. She added that it was vital for her to “take that subsequent step and present that it is okay to place partisanship apart and prioritize your nation.”
“And so, that’s why I was willing to endorse Kamala Harris, because I believe that we need to do everything we can to ensure that Donald Trump never steps foot in the Oval Office again,” she instructed Mitchell.
Matthews joined former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and her fellow ex-Trump White Home officers Alyssa Farah Griffin and Cassidy Hutchinson at an occasion final week in battleground Pennsylvania. All 4 ladies, who was shut allies to the previous president, have emerged as among the GOP presidential nominee’s loudest critics.
Like Cheney, Matthews has expressed that she believes Trump is a menace to democracy, saying in late 2022 “that [the Jan. 6 Capitol riots] confirmed that, and that was a part of my purpose for resigning.”
When pressed on whether or not she’s confronted threats or harassment since leaving the Trump administration, Matthews confirmed that she had. She stated she calculated and the danger, and decided it was price it to talk out towards the GOP nominee.
“I know that there’s harassment and backlash in terms of my career prospects, and [I] probably won’t be able to have a career in Republican politics, at least in the current makeup of the Republican Party,” Matthews stated Monday.
“But for me, what scared me more was the idea of a second Trump term, and if I sat on the sidelines of history and didn’t say anything and speak out and know that I could’ve used my voice to help dissuade people from voting for him again,” she added. “And, so that for me, it was an easy calculation.”
The Hill has reached out to the Trump marketing campaign for remark.
