Six House Republicans — who have all previously voiced opposition to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives — are now revolting after a prominent DEI program was gutted by the Trump administration.

In September, the Trump White House officially ended funding to “racially discriminatory discretionary grant programs at minority-serving institutions,” among which was a grant program for colleges and universities where at least 25% of the student body is Hispanic.

For some House Republicans, however, the elimination of the prominent grant program serving education institutions with a sizable Hispanic student body was a bridge too far.

“They’re not trying to reach a quota like DEI is doing,” said Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX), who himself co-sponsored legislation to eliminate federal DEI programs, speaking in defense of the aforementioned grant program, The Washington Post reported Thursday. “They’re just serving the communities in which they happen to live, which is what we want.”

Gonzalez is not alone in his rare break with Trump on this issue; he is joined by Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), who has denounced “wasteful DEI spending”; Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), who praised cuts to DEI programs; Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), who openly condemned DEI practices; and three other House Republicans, all of whom had voiced opposition to DEI practices in the past.

The Republican lawmakers’ plea to have the diversity grant program restored was met with deaf ears, however. When asked to comment on the matter, the White House referred questions from the Post to the Office of Management and Budget, which did not respond to the outlet’s request for comment.

Mike Madrid, a Republican political strategist, told the Post that the rebelling lawmakers’ pleas to have the program restored were largely an effort to signal to their community, and with full knowledge that the pleas would go on unanswered in what he described as the group’s “rare break with Trump on any issue.”

“They want to be able to say that they’re advocating for the community… knowing that it’s going to go absolutely nowhere,” Madrid told the Post.