Are the Republican Rivals Reunited?
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, and Vivek Ramaswamy back Trump!
Sarah and Anthony are at the Republican convention, chatting to delegates and catching up with each other about what's been happening in Milwaukee.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | The United States of America. |
| 0:07.0 | Hello, it's Anthony and I'm sitting here at Radio Row perched high above the stage in the arena hosting the Republican National Convention. |
| 0:18.0 | Laura Trump, who is Donald Trump's daughter-in-law, is the final speaker tonight and she's on the stage. |
| 0:23.6 | It's been an interesting evening. |
| 0:25.2 | I think the highlight was Nicky Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, the former |
| 0:29.6 | rival of Donald Trump, taking the stage who a smattering of booze and applause and |
| 0:35.1 | giving her whole-hearted endorsement of the president. Here she is. |
| 0:40.6 | I'll start by making one thing perfectly clear. |
| 0:45.0 | Donald Trump has my strong endorsement period. |
| 0:51.0 | After that and Donald Trump period. |
| 0:56.0 | After that and Donald Trump stood for that and clapped, she made her pitch to maybe reluctant voters |
| 1:00.0 | who have been looking at Donald Trump |
| 1:02.0 | and don't agree with them entirely. |
| 1:04.2 | This is what she said. |
| 1:05.5 | We should acknowledge that there are some Americans who don't agree with Donald Trump 100% of the |
| 1:12.4 | time. |
| 1:14.4 | I happen to know some of them. |
| 1:19.0 | And I want to speak to them tonight. My message to them is simple. You don't have to agree with Trump vanquished foes of Donald Trump who spoke here tonight. |
| 1:50.0 | He had Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Ted Cruz, the Texas Senator who ran against him in 2016, |
| 1:55.8 | Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, all of them took the stage and offered their support for Donald |
| 2:01.0 | Trump as the former president sat and looked on. |
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