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One by one, Donald Trump\u2019s defeated rivals for the 2024 Republican nomination took the stage to sing his praises at the party’s convention on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From his box just above the convention floor, Trump smiled at times as he watched his former opponents Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, and Vivek Ramaswamy voice their full support for his candidacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If there were any doubts that this was Trump\u2019s party, Tuesday\u2019s programming put them to rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ll start by making one thing perfectly clear: Donald Trump has my strong endorsement, period,\u201d said Ms Haley, the former UN Ambassador who posed the strongest challenge to Trump earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said Trump had asked her to speak at the event in Milwaukee in the name of \u201cunity”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor the sake of our nation we have to go with Donald Trump,\u201d she told the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms Haley said in May that she would vote for the former president, but her headline speech on Tuesday was her most direct endorsement of the Republican nominee yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And when she declared her endorsement, Trump stood and clapped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms Haley\u2019s arrival, however, was not universally welcomed in the arena. There was a noticeable intake of breath as she acknowledged that she and Trump had their differences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some Republicans have struggled to forgive her for launching an aggressive campaign against their favoured candidate. Late in the race, she questioned whether Trump had the mental stamina to serve as president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A smattering of boos greeted her as she took the podium, though they were soon drowned out by cheers and chants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She deserves the booing, said Gregory Switzer, a conservative activist from Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe stayed in that race a lot longer than she needed to and dragged out the inevitable,” said Matt Bumela, a delegate from Washington state who had predicted the booing. \u201cAnd said things about Trump that were negative all the way up to the end.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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