MILWAUKEE—The 2024 Republican National Convention has been a study in contrast and concord.
Former President Donald Trump, a brash New York real estate mogul, may seem like a foil to Ivy League-educated Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) who hails from the Rust Belt.
Amber Rose, another reconstructed critic of the president, and Teamsters leader Sean O’Brien also stood out from the RNC norm—at least that of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) or former President George W. Bush.
Yet, for all the variety, it seems the Grand Old Party has unified after an assassination attempt on former President Trump.
That unity is hard to separate from the former president and his “Make America Great Again” movement, one that has broken down old walls between ideologies….