Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley Unite behind Trump at Convention

Milwaukee — Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley spent months sparring with Donald Trump on the 2024 GOP primary campaign trail, calling him too chaotic, unpopular, and divisive a figure to merit a second term. But as both ex-rivals tell it these days, those character and policy disagreements are all water under the bridge.

Three days after Trump survived a brush with death at a Pennsylvania campaign rally, both Haley and DeSantis lavished praise on Trump here in Milwaukee on Tuesday evening to a convention crowd that’s entirely united around the man they both challenged unsuccessfully for the 2024 nomination.

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Milwaukee — Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley spent months sparring with Donald Trump on the 2024 GOP primary campaign trail, calling him too chaotic, unpopular, and divisive a figure to merit a second term. But as both ex-rivals tell it these days, those character and policy disagreements are all water under the bridge.

Three days after Trump survived a brush with death at a Pennsylvania campaign rally, both Haley and DeSantis lavished praise on Trump here in Milwaukee on Tuesday evening to a convention crowd that’s entirely united around the man they both challenged unsuccessfully for the 2024 nomination.