The first night of the Democratic National Convention will feature several Republican speakers.
Former Government of New Jersey, Christine Whitman and former Rep. Susan Molinari (NY) is among former GOP lawmakers who will speak as part of Democrats’ virtual programming, organizers announced Monday.
Meg Whitman, the former CEO of Hewlett Packard, will also speak during the programming, as will former Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R), who had previously announced the DNC as speaker.
Republicans will appear on the first night of the convention, and will cross party lines to recapture presumptive Democratic presidential nominees Joe Biden
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Christine Whitman has long criticized Trump, at one point last year he compared Adolf Hitler in a since deleted tweet.
Kasich defended his decision to speak at the Democratic convention. While he did not openly support Trump in 2016, he did go so far as to back Democratic nominees Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonTrump ‘failure’ on COVID-19 will be central message from Biden Convention Gun control groups seek convention momentum Democrats with ‘rising stars’ in convention keynotes MORE. He recently told CNN that he decided to speak at the convention this year after seeing Trump as a “divider” in office the last 3 1/2 years.
As Democrats look to encourage Biden with the convention, Trump has planned events this week in several battlefield states, including Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Arizona.
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