Published 11:43 IST, October 29th 2020

'Vile': Former Trump aide slams President's campaign as 'self-serving branding exercise'

A former Trump campaign official Jessica Denson has slammed the president's re-election effort saying that his team is working against free speech and democracy

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A former Trump campaign official Jessica Denson has slammed president's re-election effort saying that his team is working against free speech and democracy. Denson, while speaking to CNN's Jake Tapper, said that Trump and his team are t working for free speech and democracy, but are working against it. Denson, who was a member of Trump's team during his 2016 election bid, recently endorsed his opponent Joe Biden in an vertisement for 'Republican Voters Against Trump', where she dubs president's campaign as "vile, self-serving branding exercise for one man and his family". 

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'Enemy of free speech' 

Denson, who has filed multiple lawsuits against Trump campaign for allegedly violating her First Amendment Right by cramping her with n-disclosure agreements, accused Republican president of being an enemy of free speech saying that she has been pursued by his campaign for three years just because she spoke her mind. Denson said NDAs are very dangerous, ding "We are in a very dangerous time in our country and we need all hands on deck to confront oppression and lies that are coming out of who is supposed to be leer of free world on a daily basis". 

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When asked why she decided to work for Donald Trump in first place, Denson said that she was brainwashed by Conservative media into thinking that Democrats were really dangerous and she thought Trump was gonna be a fighter for American people. "Far forgive me, I believed him in his con that he was going to put his own interests aside and be a public servant for this country," Denson said during interview. 

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Trump is currently seeking a second term in office and on vember 3 people of United States will give final verdict on that and decide if president deserves to remain in White House for next four years. Trump and his deputy Mike Pence have former vice-president Joe Biden and Indian-American California Senator Kamala Harris as ir opponent. After vember 3 voting, it may take a week to confirm winner because of massive use of mail-in-voting by voters this time around due to COVID-19 outbreak. Electoral College will cast ir vote on December 14 and Congress will count m on January 6 before new president is inaugurated on January 20. 

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11:44 IST, October 29th 2020