MILWAUKEE — Republican convention delegates didn’t exactly greet Nikki Haley with open arms when she spoke here Tuesday night. And they don’t expect their party to be welcoming to her vision of the GOP.
Haley took the stage to a blend of cheers and some boos and made her argument for why voters skeptical of Donald Trump should still vote for him in November. Delegates had been expecting a rocky reception after months of bitter feuding between the two over both personality and policy.
“[Republicans] want to be unified around the American First platform, our agenda and Donald Trump,” said one Illinois delegate who spoke on condition of anonymity to speak frankly. “If you’re not about our agenda and our plan and our vision for the next four years, then you are not on board, and we don’t want to be unified with you. We want you to go away.”