Ex-Trump adviser reveals a first for her in the voting booth

After several months of not saying who she would vote for in the presidential election, The view Co-host and former Donald Trump adviser Alyssa Farah-Griffin announced Tuesday that she voted for Kamala Harris.

“This weekend, on Saturday, I voted for a Democrat for the first time in my life,” the former Trump White House communications adviser said on the show, adding that she just wanted “a kind and decent person to do it.” . “bringing this country together” and “I am concerned about the direction Donald Trump is taking this country.”

Farah-Grififn has been vocally critical of Trump since she turned against her party in protest of his usurpation. She often points to her time with Trump in the White House as examples of why he is “unsuitable” and “dangerous” for the country. “I take my own warnings seriously. “What I saw is very real,” she said Tuesday.

“Four years ago today, I was at the White House with Donald Trump on election night,” she shared. “I believed he deserved to lose at that point. I believed that he didn't fight to win the election – but I thought the next four years would be about the Republican Party rebuilding itself and becoming something I could believe in and that Donald Trump upended, and that didn’t happen.”

However, before Harris entered the race, Farah-Griffin said on the show that she “write in to someone” on their ballot instead of voting for Joe Biden or Donald Trump. “I don’t think I need to change my Republican values ​​because two parties are offering options I don’t like,” she said last April.

Since Harris entered the race, the host has often praised the vice president's performance “flawless” campaign but also remained critical of her political stance. She wouldn't commit to voting for Harris, said in September that she “wants to hear more.” before deciding whether to vote for vice president, but announced Tuesday that she had finally made her choice. “I consider my vote a loan to them,” Farah-Griffin said, adding that she still “didn’t vote for the Republicans.”

“I am a Christian, I am an American and I am a Republican, in that order. And I need someone in the White House who shares my values,” she said. “I don't agree with many of their policies, we can criticize them later. But today is about a better future and I think the best thing for the country and the future of the Republican Party is that Donald Trump will lose and Kamala Harris will be elected,” she concluded.

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