She Came to Her Senses and Dumped Trump

by Kim D.

Former Donald Trump supporter and aide to a pro-Trump Super PAC came to her senses and has disavowed the frontrunner. Stephanie Cegielski claims in the beginning she was impressed by Trump and his ability to bring a diverse support base to his candidacy for president. However, like many of us who simply cannot support him, she soon realized his rambling lack of substance was dangerous and she dumped Trump.

.@realDonaldTrump is proof that money does not buy class.

— Stephanie Cegielski (@SCegielskiPR) March 22, 2016

Stephanie appears to know about Trump's lack of class firsthand. According to The Washington Free Beacon,

Make America Great Again PAC only operated for four months. During that period, it reported paying Cegielski’s communications firm $72,500. She was a consultant to the group, she explained, and operated as its chief spokesperson.

The group shut down in October, citing Trump’s disavowal of Super PACs supporting his campaign. At the time, it was also facing scrutiny over suspect collaboration with Trump’s campaign office.

Cegielski said she continued to support Trump after the group folded.

“I only started [opposing his candidacy] in the last few months, well after the Super PAC shutting down,” she said. “I still supported him for a time after the PAC but then came to my senses.”

Asked whether any of Trump’s specific statements or policy positions pushed her over the edge, Cegielski suggested that her concerns were more broad.

“As a communications person I am a strong advocate for sticking to your message,” she said. “The problem with his message is that it is all about his poll numbers, the losers of the world and his ability to do everything great.”

Cegielski’s distress at Trump’s seemingly inexorable political rise is evident. She has faulted Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, ineffectual anti-Trump political groups, and a Trump-obsessed news media for his continued political success.

As for who she supports now, Cegielski says the prospects are bleak. “Neither side has a candidate that I am comfortable supporting.”

“There isn’t even a lesser-of-the-two-evils candidate,” she said. “This election cycle is frightening.”