A slew of Donald Trump's former rivals took the stage at the Republican National Convention this week to proclaim their loyalty to the man they once ran against. The most notable turnaround was that of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who stayed in the 2024 race the longest and battered Trump as "unhinged" and his potential election to a second term as "suicide for this country."
The decision by Trump to invite Haley, and Haley's acceptance, came just hours after an assassination attempt on the former president, perhaps underscoring the unifying effect it's had on the Republican Party, though she had already agreed to release her delegates to him before that. On Tuesday night, she told her supporters in her speech that "you don’t have to agree with Trump 100% of the time to vote for him.”
