Mary Trump, former President Donald Trump’s niece, announced she is joining the board of LPAC, an organization dedicated to supporting LGBTQ+ female candidates.
According to Politico, Trump says she is making the move as a result of watching her uncle almost destroy democracy.
“We came really close to losing our democracy — and I may sound melodramatic but it happens to be true,” Trump said on Thursday.
She added, “I feel it’s the beginning of the fight because we came so close to losing everything, and we’re also faced with a situation in which there’s this fight over the filibuster, and it’s important we understand this is about representation across the board.”
Politico explained Trump worked with the organization before the 2016 election and was asked to join LPAC to assist with recruiting candidates and fundraising ahead of the 2022 elections.
“If it’s only men making decisions about womens’ issues or straight people making decisions about LGBTQ issues, then that’s where we run into problems and we’ve seen this,” Trump said.
She has been critical of her uncle and called on him to resign during an ABC News interview in July of 2020.
“He’s utterly incapable of leading this country and it’s dangerous to allow him to do so,” Trump said.
In case you missed it:
Speaking about her influential uncle for the first time since the publication of her explosive new book, Mary Trump — President Donald Trump’s niece — called on the president to step down.
— ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) July 14, 2020
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She filed a lawsuit in September of 2020 against the former president, his sister Maryanne Trump Barry and their brother Robert Trump accusing them of committing fraud, as IJR previously reported.
In January, Trump’s uncle accused her of embracing “conspiracy theories” as he is seeking to dismiss the lawsuit.
Lawyers for Trump criticized the former president in February for failing to take responsibility for his actions, as IJR previously reported.
“The offensiveness of defendants’ past conduct — stealing tens of millions of dollars from their own niece — is perhaps surpassed only by the chutzpah of their current arguments for dismissal,” the lawyers wrote.