Suddenly, everyone in the Republican Party loves each other. Even Trump’s arch-enemies Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis endorsed the presidential candidate at the party convention in Milwaukee. Meanwhile, Democrats could be breaking with tradition, causing internal excitement.
“First of all, I want to make one thing very clear: Donald Trump has my full support. Period,” Haley said. She was greeted with a mix of cheers and boos, though the audience erupted in euphoric applause when Haley initially endorsed Trump.
The 78-year-old appeared earlier than initially announced by the party and listened personally to the speeches of his former rival. After the attack at the weekend, he again wore a white bandage around his right ear.
Trump significantly fitter
He appeared considerably fitter on the second day of the festivities than on the first, raising his fist several times and pointing his finger into the cheering crowd, who crowded the stands to get a closer look.
For Trump, the demonstrative public support of his former competitors at the party convention is a great success. DeSantis in particular had already shown his support, and Haley has now followed suit. Their performance in Milwaukee will probably send a signal.
“Must admit that…”
Haley addressed Trump skeptics in her speech. “We have to recognize that there are Americans who don’t agree with Donald Trump 100 percent. I happen to know a few of them, and I want to talk to them tonight,” she said.
Nikki Haley’s turnaround in the video:
The former governor of the US state of South Carolina said she was one of them. “I’m here tonight because we have a country to save, and a united Republican Party is essential to saving it.”
Biden hoped for support from Haley
During the primaries, Haley questioned Trump’s mental fitness to be president, and Trump made racist comments about the daughter of Indian immigrants. Trump and Haley’s relationship was considered so bad that US President Joe Biden even sought her support after Haley’s withdrawal, praising her courage in standing up to Trump.
DeSantis had also set his sights on his party’s presidential nomination, but dropped out of the race after the Iowa caucuses in January. Unlike Haley, he immediately endorsed Trump. But the relationship between Trump and the Florida governor was still seen as strained. “Let’s send Joe Biden back to his basement and Donald Trump back to the White House,” DeSantis said to loud cheers in Milwaukee.
American Republicans as a one-man party
At the party convention, it became clear how much Trump has the entire party under his control. The performances of Haley and DeSantis reinforced the image of a one-man party.
The Republican was wounded in the ear at a campaign event over the weekend. One supporter was killed and two others were wounded. The shooter was shot. The incident was an escalation in an already heated US election campaign. “Not even an assassin’s bullet can stop you,” Sarah Huckabee Sanders, former White House press secretary, told Trump.
Democrats are looking for a loophole
While Republicans showed unity in Milwaukee, trouble is brewing ahead of the Democratic National Convention in August. Amid debate over Biden’s age and fitness, his party’s leadership is pushing ahead with plans to virtually nominate the 81-year-old as its presidential candidate ahead of the party’s convention in Chicago in a few weeks.
The party leadership explained that they wanted to make absolutely sure that Biden would participate in the ballot in all US states in the presidential election in November. This approach has been criticized by Democrats in Congress.
Source: Krone
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