Ron DeSantis, bestowing Mr. DeSantis with the brute-force promotional heft that only he could deliver.
But on Tuesday, Mr. Murdoch, the recently retired global media titan, was in Milwaukee to take his place among the rank-and-file Republican faithful.
And with that, he became one of the most prominent one-time Trump detractors to line up behind the former president and join a convention that has doubled as a resounding show of Republican unity.
Mr. Murdoch, 93, has not been a regular at conventions.
But his appearance is also another extraordinary turn in his contorted relationship with Mr. Trump, whose unshakable hold over the audience of Mr. Murdoch’s major cable network, Fox News, has kept Mr. Murdoch yoked to the former president for the better part of the past decade.
Persons:
Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch, Donald J, Trump, “ Trump, Trump’s, Ron DeSantis, Murdoch yoked
Organizations:
Trump, Republican, Gov, Wall Street, The New, The New York Post, Fox News
Locations:
Milwaukee, The New York