MILWAUKEE—Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former President Donald Trump’s foremost rival in the 2024 GOP primary, appeared at the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on Tuesday night with a surprise announcement.
“President Trump asked me to speak to this convention in the name of unity,” she said. “It was a gracious invitation, and I was happy to accept.”
She said her message to Trump’s critics is this: “You don’t have to agree with Trump 100% of the time to vote for him.”
“I haven’t always agreed with Trump, but we agree more often than we disagree,” Haley added. She mentioned many issues on which she agrees with the former president—among them, the border crisis, Israel, and keeping peace abroad.
“We agree that Democrats have moved so far to the left that they’re putting our freedoms in danger,” she added.