Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley Signal a Unified GOP

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 17 July 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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From the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, WI, Paul Gigot, Kim Strassel and Kyle Peterson discuss how Donald Trump’s former rivals, including Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley, took to the stage to a seemingly newly energized and unified GOP. Plus, questions still continue about the role J.D. Vance would have in a Trump administration and Democrats mull new and creative ways to possibly replace Joe Biden as the nominee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:18.0	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:27.0	The 2024 Republican presidential nominating convention continues and Milwaukee and moves into its third day Wednesday and the party is in an optimistic,
0:38.8	even a buoyant mood here in Milwaukee.
0:41.8	Republican Party is united in a way that I haven't seen in many conventions and that was reflected
0:48.3	in speeches by Mickey Haley and Ron DeSantis, former Donald Trump opponents on day two, Tuesday of the convention. to about VP nominee JD Vance but nothing out in the open and we'll tell you
1:06.7	about all of that meanwhile Democrats again behind the scenes are revving up
1:11.6	their effort to try to push Joe Biden from being their candidate
1:16.6	one more time.
1:17.6	Welcome.
1:18.6	I'm Paul as you go here on Potomac Watch, our daily opinion Wall Street Journal podcast and we're here in Milwaukee as we have
1:25.5	been all week with my colleagues Kim Strasso. Hello Kim.
1:28.5	Hi Paul.
1:29.5	See I get to look at her face to face you and Kyle
1:31.7	Patterson. It's Kyle Peterson as well.
1:34.2	How are you, Kyle?
1:35.2	Happy Wednesday, Paul.
1:36.3	Happy Wednesday, indeed.
1:37.8	All right, let's talk about the state of the party
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