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Ex-Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson says she is a conservative who is "proud" to vote for Kamala Harris
 “Donald Trump and JD Vance cannot be trusted with the Constitution,” Cassidy Hutchinson told MSNBC





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Nandika Chatterjee

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 Published October 3, 2024 11:37AM (EDT) 








							Cassidy Hutchinson, a top former aide to Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, testifies during the sixth hearing by the House Select Committee on the January 6th insurrection in the Cannon House Office Building on June 28, 2022 in Washington, DC.															(Brandon Bell/Getty Images)







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In an interview with MSNBC's Lawerence O'Donnell on Wednesday, Cassidy Hutchison, a former aide to Donald Trump, endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris and said her former boss was a threat to democracy who should not be returned to power.
“Donald Trump and JD Vance cannot be trusted with the Constitution. They cannot be trusted to uphold our rule of law and they can't be trusted to enact responsible policy,” Hutchinson said. “That in and of itself is disqualifying."


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Hutchinson, who recently authored a book on her experience in the Trump White House, "Enough," also had harsh words for Trump's running mate, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio.
"I try not to climb inside the minds of people who seem like they have very frightening thoughts and JD Vance is one of those individuals," she said.
According to the former aide, whose explosive Jan. 6 testimony detailed Trump’s involvement in the U.S. Capitol riot, it is "scary" as a conservative to come out against the Republican ticket. But she said it was time to put country over party.
“I am really, really proud as a conservative to have the opportunity to vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in this election,” she told O’Donnell. “Policy is important.”
Harris would at least be open to discussing what is best for the country instead of what is best for her personally, Hutchinson said.
“I think it's so important that we get past this period of Donald Trump for America to begin healing,” she concluded.



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As a 27 year old myself who went from GOP-supporting Libertarian to Democrat over the course of 2021-2022, Hutchinson and Rashad Crenshaw on YouTube have been some of the people I relate to the most politically.