INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — The Florida Republican Party enlisted House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson to rally its delegation for the convention’s opening day, but neither appeared eager to talk about Donald Trump.
McCarthy, one of Congress’ top-ranking Republicans and a Trump delegate from California, avoided making any mention of the GOP’s presumptive nominee and instead made a generic case for party unity.
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