Here's why these anti-Trump Republicans gathered blocks from the Republican Convention are ignoring Nikki Haley's directive to vote for the former president

Anti-Trump Republican voters gathered little than 10 minutes distant from nan Republican National Convention main shape successful Milwaukee wherever nan erstwhile president is expected to judge nan GOP information tonight.

The 'Republican leaning' group now often referred to arsenic nan 'politically homeless,' are unwilling to thief nonstop Trump backmost to nan White House and sounding alarms.

'I'm tired of utilizing nan building this is not normal, but this is not normal,' said Charlie Sykes, an American governmental commentator who until 2016 hosted a blimpish talk show successful Milwaukee connected a sheet hosted by Principles First Wednesday.

'The Republican statement is astir to nominate a convicted felon, doubly impeached. A man who is simply a serial liar,' he said. 

Sykes said Trump 'disgraced himself successful his presidency by inciting a convulsive onslaught connected nan U.S. Capitol.'

Sykes claimed Trump would not beryllium hired by immoderate committee arsenic CEO aliases put successful complaint of immoderate schoolhouse but noted he could extremity up backmost successful nan Oval office.

'This is simply a infinitesimal of genuine crisis,' he said arsenic those successful nan room nodded along.

He besides slammed Trump's scheme for wide deportations, informing it could lead to a awesome humanitarian disaster.

Sykes has agelong been an outspoken professional of Trump and nan ex-president's takeover of nan Republican party, and he was not backing down successful his critique of nan GOP contempt caller calls to tamp down nan rhetoric aft nan attempted assassination.

Their rebuke is simply a acold outcry from nan emotion fest taking spot correct down nan thoroughfare pinch thousands of delegates and Republican officials are expressing assurance he will triumph successful November.

On Tuesday, Trump's superior opponents Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley both gave normal speeches wherever they declared their afloat support for nan ex-president this autumn contempt taking him connected and moreover calling him 'unhinged' successful nan primary.

Their quality was an effort to show unity wrong nan statement and comes arsenic nan state grapples pinch nan shooting past week. Both Republicans and Democrats alike person forcefully condemned nan violence. 

Haley dropped her criticisms of Trump and gave him her afloat support successful nan wide predetermination conflict pinch Biden.

She besides admitted that 'you don't person to ever work together pinch him to ballot for him' and thanked him for his 'gracious invitation' to speak connected Tuesday night.

'I’ll commencement by making 1 point perfectly clear. Donald Trump has my beardown endorsement,' she said to thunderous applause.

But it appears these anti-Trump GOPers won't beryllium pursuing Haley's plea. 

Sykes was joined astatine nan arena by erstwhile Republican Congressman Joe Walsh, who voted for Trump successful 2016 but past ran against him successful nan 2020 primary.

'Courage - governmental f***ing courageousness is simply a uncommon point these days,' Walsh said praising Sykes.

'Three and a half years agone that jack*** tried to overthrow an American election,' Walsh said passionately of Trump. 'First president successful nan history of this state that mislaid an predetermination and refused to concede, refused to participate successful nan serene transportation of power.'

Walsh said he did not want to person a argumentation debate.

'You either judge successful this infinitesimal that he is simply a threat to our populist aliases you don't. Stop there. There's thing other to speak about,' nan erstwhile Congressman who went to Washington pinch nan backing of nan Tea Party movement.

'You person to ballot for nan only personification who tin conclusion that man and that's nan Democratic nominee nary matter who nan hellhole it is,' he said. Walsh called Trump a 'dictator.'

Before Sykes and Walsh spoke, Haley elector Amanda Stewart Sprowls from Arizona besides joined a panel. She is portion of nan Haley Voters Working Group. 

She said members of nan group were making their ain decisions connected who to ballot for, but she still would not beryllium voting for Trump and planned to constitute successful a candidate.

Sitting successful nan assemblage was Brian Watkins, an Independent elector who antecedently leaned toward voting for Republicans up until Trump.

'I fundamentally disowned nan Republican statement and what they've been doing and nan measurement they've been moving,' he said. The past Republican statesmanlike campaigner he voted for was Mitt Romney successful 2012.

'I was ne'er a heavy reddish Republican, but I ever tended to ballot much that way, but conscionable nan measurement that nan activity has changed and gone distant from each nan halfway principles that I judge in, I've benignant of conscionable wholly put them retired of my mind,' he said.

Watkins will beryllium voting for nan Democratic statesmanlike nominee. He said he would for illustration if Biden would driblet retired of nan title because he thinks it would beryllium amended for nan country, but he refuses to ballot for Trump.

Watkins said he was gladsome Trump is good aft nan shooting connected Saturday, but he said he does not understand group getting down him because of it. He said evidently nan photograph of him is iconic but it did not move him erstwhile it comes to November.