RNC 2024 Day 2: Trump feted by former rivals Haley, DeSantis in show of GOP unity

Former President Donald Trump campaign's senior adviser Chris LaCivita spoke at a panel hosted by pro-Second Amendment group USCCA on Tuesday morning updating the crowd about Trump's recovery and message of unity.

LaCivita said both Trump and himself are supporters of the Second Amendment and reiterated the former president's messaging has always been to allow law-abiding citizens the ability to carry firearms to protect themselves and their families.

"It's also really important in this election, because Biden has made it clear he wants to ban them," LaCivita said. "There are so many things that you can do to curb the problem of individuals as opposed to trying to ban what is clearly... a right."

Trump's campaign announced that he and JD Vance will be holding a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday.

This will mark their first rally together and the first one after Trump's assassination attempt. The rally will take place in an indoor venue.

Republicans had an energized morning meeting on Tuesday as former New York Senator and gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin gave the keynote address.

Zeldin urged Republicans to make the case for Donald Trump and to disenfranchise Democrats.

"There are these longtime Democratic voters disenfranchised by democratic policies, ready to vote for conservative solutions, but we can't just expect them to show up on their own and start voting for us," Zeldin said.

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Illinois Republicans made a call to voters on day 2 of the RNC to take a look at the ballot before voting.

Vivek Ramaswamy, a high-profile businessman and former 2024 Republican presidential primary candidate, told reporters in a brief gaggle on Tuesday morning that he plans on striking themes of unity during his remarks he's set to give on Tuesday night at the convention's main session.

Ramaswamy said his focus on national unity might come as a surprise to some viewers and listeners.

"It may not be the message that everyone expects to hear from me, but I do think that this message of national unity is important," he said.

He added that he strives for an "authentic" version of unity.

"I don't want to fake national unity -- not some astroturf, artificial kind -- but the real thing. Authentic national unity, not one that pretends that we agree on everything, because we don't. But that we are the country where we can still disagree like hell and still have dinner at the end of it."