The second day of the Republican National Convention will feature remarks from a bevy of Republican lawmakers and other prominent political figures, including multiple former Trump campaign rivals.
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, who ran against Trump in the 2016 presidential primary and was recently a finalist to be his running mate, is set to speak.
Trump picked Sen. JD Vance of Ohio to round out the top of the ticket; Rubio quickly expressed support for the choice soon after it was announced.
Also on the schedule: Trump’s former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, who challenged Trump in the 2024 GOP primary and did not immediately endorse him when she ended her presidential campaign.
Haley said in an exit speech that Trump would have to “earn the votes” of Republicans who did not back him. She later endorsed Trump, and prior to the convention released her delegates so they could go toward his nomination.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who was once seen as Trump’s most formidable challenger in the primary, is also on the list.
Other speakers include: Lara Trump, whom the Republican nominee handpicked in March to co-chair the Republican National Committee; Kari Lake, who lost an Arizona gubernatorial bid in 2022 and is now running for the Senate; Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, the House Republican Conference Chair; Vivek Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur and former presidential candidate; and many others.
The schedule also includes another crop of speakers labeled “everyday Americans.”
— Kevin Breuninger