Former rivals praise Trump at convention

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

87% : Trump, Vance to speakTrump and Vance were expected to appear in the hall each night of the convention.
54% : One of the delegates in the crowd could be seen with a folded white piece of paper over his ear -- an apparent tribute to the bandage Trump wore when he entered the hall Monday to a roaring crowd.
53% : Trump entered a few minutes after his newly chosen running mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance.
39% : "My message to them is simple: You don't have to agree with Trump 100% of the time to vote for him," Haley said.
37% : Trump, who has long decried rivals with harsh language and talked about prosecuting opponents if he wins a second term, seemed poised to deliver a more toned-down speech.
36% : As a presidential candidate, he was slow to criticize Trump directly before eventually accusing him of repeatedly failing to follow through on his promises.
31% : Vance is slated to speak Wednesday and Trump will speak Thursday.
29% : The displays of unity stood in stark contrast to the dynamic facing Democrats, many of whom are increasingly uncertain that President Joe Biden is the right choice to take on Trump in the November election.
28% : Of Trump, she said, "He's been a victim of the same corrupt system that I have been and my family has been.
27% : At rallies and other campaign events, Trump has pointed to examples of migrants who committed heinous crimes and has blamed migration for the trafficking of drugs like fentanyl, even though federal data suggests many people smuggling fentanyl across the border are U.S. citizens.
27% : That made Trump the first former president convicted of a felony.
26% : Unlike DeSantis, she did not immediately endorse Trump after she dropped out, instead waiting a few months to announce he had her vote.
21% : But the Haley and DeSantis appearances were particularly notable given the personal animosity that defined this year's GOP contest -- much of that being directed by Trump at Haley and DeSantis.
21% : One of the primetime speakers, Madeline Brame, railed against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, whose office prosecuted Trump for illegally orchestrating a hush-money scheme to influence the 2016 election.
11% : Haley, meanwhile, painted Trump as chaotic and suggested the 78-year-old was too old to serve another term.

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