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Former Top Chris Christie Aide Will Vote For Hillary Clinton

Maria Comella, a former top adviser to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s presidential campaign, has announced she will vote for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton over her former boss’s favored candidate, Donald Trump.

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Christie dropped out of the race in February and endorsed Trump soon later, and though he was passed up for the vice presidential pick, Christie has been a highly visible supporter of the nominee, defending many of his controversial comments.

“Donald Trump has been a demagogue this whole time, preying on people's anxieties with loose information and salacious rhetoric, drumming up fear and hatred of the ‘other,’” Comella said.

She added she was not surprised by Trump’s attacks on the parents of Muslim-American soldier Humayun Khan. “Instead of trying anything remotely like unifying the country, we have a nominee who would rather pick fights because he views it as positive news coverage,” Comella said.

"We are here today in part because as a party in the past we have remained silent when things have made us uncomfortable. Instead of speaking out against instances of bigotry, racism and inflammatory rhetoric whether it's been against women, immigrants or Muslims, we made a calculus that it was better to say nothing at all in the interest of politics and winning elections.”

Comella’s announcement, by way of an email interview with CNN reporter Jamie Gangel, comes just one day after longtime Jeb Bush adviser Sally Bradshaw also said she refused to vote for Trump and would leave the Republican Party.

Bradshaw echoed Comella’s disgust with Trump’s treatment of the Khan family, telling CNN it “made me sick to my stomach.” She said the nominee “has taken the GOP in another direction, and too many Republicans are standing by and looking the other way.”

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The former campaign manager sees the case against voting for the nominee as a moral one.

"As much as I don't want another four years of Obama's policies, I can't look my children in the eye and tell them I voted for Donald Trump. I can't tell them to love their neighbor and treat others the way they wanted to be treated, and then vote for Donald Trump. I won't do it."

Bradshaw and Comella differ in one important way: Christie endorsed Trump, but Bush has stood solidly against him.

Two other communications aides followed Comella when she left the New Jersey governor’s side after he dropped out of the race. She had worked on both of Christie’s past gubernatorial campaigns, according to CBS News.

Politico reported one of those aides, communications director Sam Smith, complimented Smith for her anti-Trump position.

“I'm very proud of Maria for taking a strong stance on this and speaking up,” Smith said.

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