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00:00The theme for day two of the Republican National Convention was make America
00:03safe once again but all eyes were on the speeches at the end of the day as a cast
00:08of characters who themselves were once presidential candidates came back to
00:12give Donald Trump their ringing endorsement.
00:14Vivek Ramaswamy, the entrepreneur, has been by Donald Trump's side ever since
00:18he dropped out of the race. All focus really was on Nikki Haley who had
00:22arguably been Trump's biggest competition for the Republican
00:25nomination. Even after she dropped out of the race she still got a significant
00:29chunk of the vote share during the presidential primaries. Well she came
00:33onto the stage at Donald Trump's behest and said let me make one thing
00:37absolutely clear. Donald Trump has my strong endorsement period. That got a
00:42massive ovation in the auditorium just behind me. She then spoke to the people
00:46who had voted for her and said that just because you don't agree with Donald
00:50Trump 100% of the time doesn't mean that you can't vote for him. A lot of her
00:53audience had been never Trumpers or people who've been put off by some of
00:56Donald Trump's actions in the final days of his presidency. She also touched on
01:01foreign policy talking about the war in Ukraine. She said Putin didn't attack
01:05Ukraine because he knew Donald Trump was tough. Repeating line that Donald Trump
01:09himself has also said. But she did hit one note that stood at odds with what
01:13Donald Trump has said in the past. She said we must not only be a unified party
01:18we must also expand our party. That only received light applause in the auditorium.
01:23She said we are so much better when we are bigger. That then hitting on what she
01:27said during the campaign that Donald Trump was keeping the tent of the
01:31Republican Party small and that she needed to include more people in it to
01:35get it to get a bigger vote share at the end of the day. She was then followed by
01:39Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. A lot of people have seen him as the potential
01:43successor to Donald Trump. Whether that is now the case given that JD Vance is
01:47now the vice presidential nominee remains to be seen. But he didn't really
01:51mention Trump too much in his speech. Instead focusing his attacks on Joe
01:55Biden and also the Democrats as well. The two biggest speeches however of the
01:59week still to come. Wednesday we are waiting for JD Vance to give his vice
02:03presidential speech and then on Thursday is the big one as we listen for Donald
02:07Trump's keynote speech to close out the convention late in the evening.