Stephanie Grisham

thumb|I couldn't be a part of the insanity any longer Stephanie Grisham (born July 23, 1976) is an American former White House official who was the 32nd White House press secretary and served as White House communications director from July 2019 to April 2020. She was chief of staff and press secretary for the first lady of the United States, Melania Trump, from 2020 to 2021, after previously serving as her press secretary from 2017 to 2019. Grisham was a press aide to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, and then a member of the presidential transition team. She was Trump's third White House press secretary, succeeding Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and was the first White House press secretary to hold no press conferences, instead opting for interviews on conservative news outlets. Grisham assumed the role of chief of staff to the first lady on April 7, 2020. Grisham resigned on January 6, 2021, in the hours immediately after the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol. She has since become a critic of Trump. In September 2021, she announced the publication of her book about her time working in the Trump administration, I'll Take Your Questions Now. Quotes I became the first senior staffer to resign that day. I couldn't be a part of the insanity any longer. "Melania Trump’s Text Messages Blasted at DNC by Former Staffer", Newsweek (Aug 21, 2024) [Trump] 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 matters, and what you don’t say matters. "Former Trump spokesperson shares insight into how and why he lies", MSNow (Aug 23, 2024) External links Category:Living people Category:White House Press Secretaries Category:1976 births Category:Members of the Republican Party (United States)