RNC LIVE: Republican National Convention 2024 Day 2 | Donald Trump | Nikki Haley, DeSantis | N18G
5,462
Published 2024-07-16
RNC live updates: Day two kicks off after Trump and Vance are officially nominated by GOP. Donald Trump made a surprise appearance at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday, a bandaged ear the only reminder that, just two days earlier, he was shot by a would-be assassin at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
The former president received a hero’s welcome at the Fiserv Forum, with a deafening roar erupting from the crowd and chants of “USA” breaking out when he arrived.
Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis set to speak at Republican convention. Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) are among the prime-time speakers Tuesday on the second night of the Republican National Convention in support of the newly minted ticket of former president Donald Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio). Haley and DeSantis are both former rivals to Trump for the GOP nomination. Trump unveiled Vance as his vice-presidential pick Monday.
Despite the shooting, the gathering of more than 50,000 attendees, including an expected 2,400 Republican delegates, is slated to maintain its original programming as a time to bring the party together -- but now newly energized by Trump's amazing survival and raised-fist show of defiance.
One of the most anticipated moments of Trump's campaign happened Monday when Trump named 39-year-old Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate.
RNC 2024 live updates: Trump stresses new theme after shooting. A Republican nominating convention that was expected to focus on divisive issues like immigration and stolen elections will likely shift to a different vibe when it begins today in the shadows of the chaotic assassination attempt this weekend.
Former President Donald Trump got a political gift as his convention began − a Florida federal judge dismissed the criminal case against him that was related to his handling of classified documents. That means one of the four criminal cases against Trump is may no longer be operative.
Trump arrived in Milwaukee Sunday night and said he is changing the focus of his big convention speech. The assassination attempt against him provided a "chance to bring the whole country, even the whole world, together,'' he said in a Washington Examiner interview.
Live shot inside and outside of the venue in Milwaukee, WI hosting the Republican National Convention, which kicks off today. Former President Donald Trump will formally accept the Republican nomination at the convention.
The 2024 Republican National Convention is an event in which delegates of the United States Republican Party will select the party's nominees for president and vice president in the 2024 United States presidential election. It is scheduled to be held July 15 to 18, 2024, at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who had been considered a potential vice presidential pick, said in a post on X that Vance’s “small town roots and service to country make him a powerful voice for the America First Agenda.”
Yet despite calls for harmony, two of the opening speakers at Monday’s evening session — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and North Carolina gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson — are known as some of the party’s most incendiary figures.
“The devil came to Pennsylvania holding a rifle,” said Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina. “But an American lion got back up on his feet!”
At the end of the night, James Roemke, pastor of Messiah Lutheran Church in Kenosha, Wisconsin, began his benediction by imitating Trump. “You’re gonna be so blessed,” he said. “You’re gonna be tired of being blessed.”
As Amber Rose spoke at the convention, she sported on her forehead a tattoo that read "Bash Slash" in loopy cursive.
#trumprally #republicannationalconvention #trumpnews #jdvance #amberrose #uspresidentialelections #livenews #cnbctv18