Mary Trump says it's 'disturbing' to watch family fawn over the president at the RNC

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President Trump's niece, Mary Trump, has been watching members of her family parade in front of the cameras during this week's Republican National Convention, talking about the president being family-focused and compassionate, and she said it's been "disturbing to watch."

"Maybe I know better than most people how untrue so much of what they're saying is," Mary Trump said on MSNBC Thursday night. "The idea of passing Donald off as a great family man is up there with trying to pass him off as a successful businessman."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.