--- title: Republican Convention: Never Trump Lives, Sort Of description: An alternate delegate from the District of Columbia is handing out 200 buttons opposing Donald Trump on the convention floor. canonical: https://time.com/4418399/republican-convention-never-trump-buttons/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-22T00:53:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:53.142Z article:section: Politics og:title: Never Trump Lives, Sort Of og:description: Spotted on the floor of the convention. og:url: https://time.com/4418399/republican-convention-never-trump-buttons/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab064e0101317172/69889eb25f570fbb5fb21d5a/unnamed1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Justin Dillon, an alternate delegate from the District of Columbia is handing out 200 buttons opposing Donald Trump on the convention floor. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Never Trump Lives, Sort Of twitter:description: Spotted on the floor of the convention. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab064e0101317172/69889eb25f570fbb5fb21d5a/unnamed1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Never Trump Lives, Sort Of by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Jul 22, 2016 12:53 AM UTC  Justin Dillon, an alternate delegate from the District of Columbia is handing out 200 buttons opposing Donald Trump on the convention floor, in Cleveland, on July 21, 2016. Justin Dillon, an alternate delegate from the District of Columbia is handing out 200 buttons opposing Donald Trump on the convention floor, in Cleveland, on July 21, 2016.Zeke Miller for TIME by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Jul 22, 2016 12:53 AM UTC Never Trump lives on on the GOP convention floor—well, sort of. Justin Dillon, an alternate delegate from the District of Columbia is handing out 200 buttons opposing Donald Trump on the convention floor, just hours before Trump is set to formally accept the nomination. “Sometime party loyalty asks too much,” the button says, including the hashtag #NeverTrump and a pair of thumbs down emoji. The DC delegation is seated the furthest from the podium, in recognition of the high propensity of Anti-Trump delegates in its delegation. Many members of the delegation were seen sporting the buttons and Dillon said he passed some to delegates in Ohio and Virginia. Asked how he’d vote in November, Dillon, a supporter of Ohio Gov John Kasich, said he’d, “Probably vote for Gary Johnson.” Dillon has been the subject of jeers from some pro-Trump delegates with one Texas delegate accosting him and calling him “retarded” in full view of reporters. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4418399/republican-convention-never-trump-buttons/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4418399/republican-convention-never-trump-buttons/"},"headline":"Never Trump Lives, Sort Of","datePublished":"2016-07-22T00:53:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:53.142Z","description":"An alternate delegate from the District of Columbia is handing out 200 buttons opposing Donald Trump on the convention floor.","url":"https://time.com/4418399/republican-convention-never-trump-buttons/","keywords":["Republican National Convention","2016 Election","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab064e0101317172/69889eb25f570fbb5fb21d5a/unnamed1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zeke Miller","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab064e0101317172/69889eb25f570fbb5fb21d5a/unnamed1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Justin Dillon, an alternate delegate from the District of Columbia is handing out 200 buttons opposing Donald Trump on the convention floor.","caption":"Justin Dillon, an alternate delegate from the District of Columbia is handing out 200 buttons opposing Donald Trump on the convention floor.","creditText":"Zeke Miller for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/republican-national-convention/","name":"Republican National Convention"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4418399/republican-convention-never-trump-buttons/","name":"Never Trump Lives, Sort Of"}}]}] ```