grandstander

He deflected Trump’s jabs by joking he was at least “second rate” as a grandstander.

At the time, Mr. Trump called Mr. Massie a “third-rate grandstander” for opposing a $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package at the height of the pandemic.

Some labeled her a grandstander, but her phrasemaking often helped her get her message across to the public.

In contrast, Mr. Gingrich said of his own speakership, which sought a revolt in the Republican Party and the way Washington does business, “We weren’t just grandstanders. We were purposeful.”

Political grandstanders often cast their objections in the context of parental rights to control what their children are exposed to in the classroom or the school library.