03 October 2021

Talking Tabloid Trash in A New Book From Stephanie Grisham (Who Has Roots Here in Arizona Politics)

BLOGGER NOTE ON STEPHANIE GRISHAM: She's out of Arizona as the spokesperson for Republicans in the House of Representatives
Use the Search Box on this blog to see an earlier post where she's the subject

26 June 2019

New IT Girl For Trump: Grisham Carries A Lot of Baggage With Roots in Arizona

The Donald has named a New Apprentice as the new role model for the Defender for Everything Trump. If you happen to notice a physical similarity with First Lady Melania and former Communications Director Hope Hicks, professional qualifications aside, the departure of Sarah Sanders is an opportunity to introduce a new character into the spotlight: Stephanie Grisham.

Put that aside for the moment - she actually has worked with other politicians, as spokesperson for the Republicans in the Arizona House of Representatives.

She also previously served as the spokesperson for Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne.

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In 2015, Donald Trump boasted that his administration would be filled with only “the best and most serious people … top-of-the-line professionals”.

Stephanie Grisham: Trump turncoat who may be most damaging yet

Meet Stephanie Grisham, Trump’s third press secretary and sixth communications director, Melania Trump’s first spokeswoman and second chief of staff. All that in less than four years.

Before Trump, Grisham reportedly lost one job for padding expense reports and another over plagiarism and was twice cited for driving under the influence. As White House press secretary, she never delivered a formal briefing. Instead, she ladled out interviews to Fox News and OAN.

Grisham even went so far as to issue a statement proclaiming that John Kelly, a retired four-star general and past chief of staff, “was totally unequipped to handle the genius of our great president”. As Grisham recounts, MSNBC said that statement, which she says was dictated by Trump, had “a decidedly North Korean tone”. It had a point.

Finally, on 6 January 2021, Grisham resigned. The insurrectionists who attacked the US Capitol had claimed an unintended scalp. On the page, Grisham lets it be known that the election was not stolen, that she urged the first lady to denounce the storming of the Capitol, and that Melania demurred because she was more concerned with setting up a photo shoot for a rug. That, Grisham writes, was when she decided enough was finally enough.

". . .Grisham has written a tell-all but it is also an exercise in self-pity. She tags an unnamed boyfriend for assorted bad behavior. She suspects there was another woman and regrets her choice of men. The profile matches that of Max Miller, a White House staffer now Trump’s pick for an Ohio congressional seat. . .".

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