Molly McPherson turned down a paid speaking gig at a Republican event in Atlanta after learning it was organized by the Trump administration's GOP arm. She says the party has been hijacked and no longer represents true Republican values, so she declined despite the money and travel bonus.
The Trump administration, in my opinion, is not, it's not politics. They are not Republicans. And if I were a Republican, I'm not, I'm independent, I would be pissed off that this is my party, that they hijacked the party. But on the plane ride down there to ATL, my agent sends me an email to speak this summer, full pay, plus like this big bonus for travel, great hotel. And, and at first I didn't have my glasses on. I was like, wait a minute, what? They wanna pay what? Da da da. And I'm looking at it, my agent's like, yes or no, do you wanna do this? 'Cause I'm sure he's like, and then I read it and I didn't know what it was and I had to look at, then I saw some of the other speakers and went, wait a minute. And then I looked and it was a re— it was for the Republican arm. I'll just leave it at that. Uh, and I thought, I gotta turn this down. I can't do that. I, I, I cannot. I cannot. And I did not.
