Who are the anti-Trump Republicans showing up at the DNC?

Former White House press secretary under Donald Trump’s administration caused waves on day two of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on Tuesday when she launched an attack on the former president and revealed that he ridicules his supporters as “basement dwellers”.

Stephanie Grisham was not the only anti-Trump Republican to make an appearance at this year’s DNC.

Ana Navarro, Republican political strategist and former national Hispanic co-chair for John McCain’s 2008 presidential bid, and John Giles, the Republican mayor of Mesa, Arizona, have also had choice things to say about Trump.

While there were no Democratic speakers at the Republican National Convention (RNC) last month, this is not the first time Republicans have popped up at a DNC.

John Kasich, the former Republican governor of Ohio, and Colin Powell, former secretary of state under the administration of President George W Bush from 2001 to 2005, made appearances at the DNC in 2020 and both pleaded for unity between political parties and questioned Trump’s suitability for leadership.

Here are some anti-Trump Republicans making themselves heard at this year’s DNC.

Following the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol to protest against the results of the 2020 election, which saw Joe Biden elected as president, Grisham was the first Trump staffer to resign from the administration.

At the DNC, Grisham took the opportunity to hammer the former president in her speech, primarily criticising his lack of interest in his supporters.

“I saw him when the cameras were off,” she said.