[proofplan]
The proof is a direct continuous-mapping argument. We view the empirical process indexed by $\mathcal F$ as a random element $G_n\in\ell^\infty(\mathcal F)$, use the $P$-Donsker hypothesis to obtain $G_n\xrightarrow{d}G_P$, and then apply the continuous mapping principle to the deterministic pullback map $\Phi$. Finally, we identify $\Phi(G_n)$ pointwise with the reindexed empirical process and identify $\Phi(G_P)$ with $G_P\circ\psi$.
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[step:Define the empirical process as an element of $\ell^\infty(\mathcal F)$]
For each $n\in\mathbb N$, define the empirical process
\begin{align*}
G_n:\mathcal F&\to\mathbb R
\end{align*}
by
\begin{align*}
G_n(f):=\sqrt n\{P_nf-Pf\}.
\end{align*}
The assumption that $\mathcal F$ is $P$-Donsker means precisely that, under the adopted empirical-process measurability convention,
\begin{align*}
G_n\xrightarrow{d}G_P
\end{align*}
in $\ell^\infty(\mathcal F)$.
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[step:Apply the continuous mapping principle to the pullback map]By hypothesis, $\Phi:\ell^\infty(\mathcal F)\to\ell^\infty(T)$ is continuous for the supremum norms. Applying the continuous mapping principle, in the form recorded in [citetheorem:9834], to the convergence $G_n\xrightarrow{d}G_P$ and to the deterministic continuous map $\Phi$, we obtain
\begin{align*}
\Phi(G_n)\xrightarrow{d}\Phi(G_P)
\end{align*}
in $\ell^\infty(T)$.[/step]
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[guided]We now transfer convergence from the original index set $\mathcal F$ to the new index set $T$. For each $n\in\mathbb N$, the empirical process is the map
\begin{align*}
G_n:\mathcal F&\to\mathbb R
\end{align*}
defined by
\begin{align*}
G_n(f):=\sqrt n\{P_nf-Pf\}
\end{align*}
for $f\in\mathcal F$. The input convergence is
\begin{align*}
G_n\xrightarrow{d}G_P
\end{align*}
in $\ell^\infty(\mathcal F)$, which is exactly the convergence supplied by the $P$-Donsker assumption. The map through which we pass this convergence is
\begin{align*}
\Phi:\ell^\infty(\mathcal F)&\to\ell^\infty(T),
\end{align*}
where, for each $z\in\ell^\infty(\mathcal F)$ and $t\in T$,
\begin{align*}
\Phi(z)(t):=z(\psi(t)).
\end{align*}
The continuous mapping principle requires convergence in distribution in the domain space and continuity of the deterministic map at the relevant limit points. The first requirement is the $P$-Donsker convergence. The second requirement is exactly the stated continuity hypothesis on $\Phi$ with respect to the supremum norms.
Therefore, by the continuous mapping principle, stated for empirical-process statistics in [citetheorem:9834], the transformed random elements converge:
\begin{align*}
\Phi(G_n)\xrightarrow{d}\Phi(G_P)
\end{align*}
in $\ell^\infty(T)$. If the $P$-Donsker convergence is formulated using outer probability rather than Borel random elements, the same outer-probability version of the continuous mapping principle is being used here, so no additional measurability assertion is introduced at this step.[/guided]
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[step:Identify the transformed empirical process pointwise]
For each $n\in\mathbb N$ and each $t\in T$, the definition of $\Phi$ gives
\begin{align*}
\Phi(G_n)(t)=G_n(\psi(t)).
\end{align*}
Since $\psi(t)\in\mathcal F$, the definition of $G_n$ gives
\begin{align*}
G_n(\psi(t))=\sqrt n\{P_n(\psi(t))-P(\psi(t))\}.
\end{align*}
Thus $\Phi(G_n)$ is exactly the $T$-indexed process
\begin{align*}
t\mapsto \sqrt n\{P_n(\psi(t))-P(\psi(t))\}.
\end{align*}
Similarly, for each $t\in T$,
\begin{align*}
\Phi(G_P)(t)=G_P(\psi(t)),
\end{align*}
so $\Phi(G_P)=G_P\circ\psi$ as an element of $\ell^\infty(T)$.
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[step:Conclude the reindexed convergence]
Substituting the pointwise identifications from the previous step into
\begin{align*}
\Phi(G_n)\xrightarrow{d}\Phi(G_P)
\end{align*}
yields
\begin{align*}
\left(t\mapsto \sqrt n\{P_n(\psi(t))-P(\psi(t))\}\right)\xrightarrow{d}\left(t\mapsto G_P(\psi(t))\right)
\end{align*}
in $\ell^\infty(T)$. This is the asserted continuous mapping principle for the reindexed empirical process.
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