The Republican National Convention kicked off this week, with delegates and officials descending on Wisconsin amid the tumult that follows a Saturday assassination attempt on Trump as he becomes the GOP’s official nominee. Follow for live updates of the RNC.
that, “After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio.”The Republican National Convention kicked off this week, with delegates and officials descending on Wisconsin amid the tumult that follows a Saturday assassination attempt on Trump as he becomes the GOP’s official nominee.
Anthony Marlow, a retired sanitation worker, said he had spent the day protesting the convention, arguing at times with Trump supporters. U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed Trump's case, siding with defence attorneys and ruling the special counsel named to the case had been illegally appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland. The Justice Department will appeal the decision.
The president and his campaign team have spent weeks trying to reassure nervous donors, surrogates and Democratic leaders that Biden is up to a second term — but nearly 20 of the party's members of Congress have called on him to leave the race.Hitting on the evening's theme of economic policies, Florida Rep. Byron Donalds spoke about growing up poor and remembering how it affected his family with food prices, energy prices and housing costs.
Biden said there's"a major piece" of the incident that relates to local law enforcement." He also said he feels safe with the Secret Service.South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem brought up the stirking image of Trump after a gunman shot him when he stood and raised his fist with blood streaking across his face.
According to their website, Sixwire was founded in 2000, is based in Nashville and has played at a number of large sporting events, including several Super Bowls.Gasoline fell as low as US$1.77 a gallon during Trump’s presidency, but that price dip happened during pandemic lockdowns when few people were driving. The low prices were due to a global health crisis, not Trump’s policies.
The campaign’s new logo featuring both men’s names looks very similar to Trump’s previous campaigns when he ran with former Vice President Mike Pence.Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin came in to a big cheer and chants from the crowd about Biden that “Joe must go!”Youngkin, a businessman and political outsider when he ran for governor in 2021, painted Trump as a man of a similar story, calling him “an outsider, a businessman who stepped out of his career” to run for president.
The lineup of prominent Black men comes at a moment when Republicans hope to make greater inroads with voters of colour, particularly working-class Black and Latino men. Trump, however, remains largely unpopular with Black voters and has lost some support among Latino voters, according to an AP analysis of recent polling.
The audience saw a video segment in which people longed for cheaper gasoline and grocery prices, just like they had during Trump’s presidency. What goes unsaid is that inflation was low in part due to the pandemic. “I know very little about him other than he was in the military and of course is a congressman — I think he’s a senator, actually. But I know very little about him.”
“They promised unity and delivered division,” Greene said. “They promised peace and brought war. They promised normalcy and gave us Transgender Visibility Day on Easter Sunday.” RNC Chairman Michael Whatley is opening the first night of the convention with the GOP’s new theme: unity. House Oversight Committee chair James Comer sent a letter Monday afternoon to U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle requesting more information about the assassination attempt of former President Trump in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Cheatle is facing a wrath of bipartisan scrutiny since a lone gunman rang out a series of shots from a nearby rooftop over the weekend causing members of both sides of the aisle to raise concerns about a potential security failure by the Secret Service.
Biden has sat for a series of interviews lately, trying to reassure Democrats who are nervous that he’s not up to a second term after a halting debate performance late last month. In “Hillbilly Elegy,” Vance reflects on the transformation of Appalachia from reliably Democratic to reliably Republican, sharing stories about his chaotic family life and about communities that had declined and seemed to lose hope. Now 39, Vance first thought of the book while studying at Yale Law School, and completed it in his early 30s, when it was eventually published by HarperCollins.
"Like Donald Trump, JD Vance has proven that he will make it a top priority to roll back climate protections while answering to the demands of oil and gas CEOs," O'Hanlon said.Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein joined with a group of about two dozen protesters who were rallying and marching in Milwaukee on Monday.
Snelling gave few details at a press conference to address the topic but said police are responding accordingly after the attempt to ensure the safety of the convention and the surrounding neighbourhoods. He said police continue to be in constant contact with the Secret Service. In a clip of an interview with NBC News airing later tonight, Biden is asked about the comment and notes that he didn’t say “crosshairs.”
Campaign aides said Vice President Harris is prepared to debate Vance and contrast the Democratic agenda with that of Republicans when it comes to abortion rights, gun violence and the economy. Bernie Moreno, the Republican candidate for a U.S. Senate seat in Ohio, seconded the motion for the convention to nominate Vance.Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with Trump Monday “to discuss national unity,” a Kennedy spokesperson says.
Former Republican New York Rep. Lee Zeldin described Vance as “highly intelligent,” “likeable,” a “hard worker” and especially a “good messenger.” “Fight, fight, fight, fight,” they shouted. The couple dozen voices spread across the floor of Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, echoing through the arena, as they had a half dozen times earlier Monday afternoon.
“We thought, is this real? Is this a hoax?” she said. “Then we saw those monumental photos and video.” “We should all be thankful right now that we are able to cast our votes for President Donald J. Trump after what took place on Saturday,” Testa said. Lauren Blauvelt, executive director of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio, said the announcement is a “disappointing decision,” calling Vance “an absentee senator more interested in his own political ambitions than in supporting the people he was elected to represent.”
Vance was a never-Trumper in 2016, calling Trump “dangerous” and “unfit” for office. But by the time Vance met Trump in 2021, he had reversed his opinion, citing Trump’s accomplishments as president. Trump endorsed Vance in his 2022 bid for U.S. Senate, and Vance is now one of the former president’s fiercest allies on Capitol Hill.Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted nominates JD Vance as vice presidential nominee at the Republican National Convention hours after Trump’s announcement.
“He can do a friendly media outlet and he can do a more hostile interview. And if you give it to him, he’s ready to punch back. And if the reporter doubles down, he’s ready to continue to defend his position and to do it with a smile on his face,” Zeldin said. She repeated what Biden said about lowering the temperature and uniting the country when he addressed the nation on Sunday night.
Vance has challenged the legitimacy of criminal prosecutions and civil verdicts against Trump and questions the results of the 2020 election. FBI officials said Sunday that they were trying to access Crooks’ phone. They said the limited insight they had into recent communications didn’t reveal anything with regard to a motive in the attempted assassination.
Nevada GOP Chair Michael McDonald was among those who put Trump’s name up for nomination. McDonald was indicted of criminal charges related to his involvement in a scheme to present fake electors who would overturn Biden’s victory over Trump.Eric Trump, right, speaking during roll call of the states on the first day of the Republican National Convention, Monday, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee. Looking on is his brother Donald Trump Jr., left.
Trump’s pick is expected to appear at the Republican National convention later this afternoon as the vice president is formally nominated. Afterwards they scoffed at the worries over Project 2025, even though both men contributed to its immigration policy.Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says a direct line of sight like the one the shooter had to Trump “should not occur.”
Rubio is seen in the party as a respected voice on policy and his background — as the son of Cuban immigrants and a Spanish speaker — could help Trump appeal to Latino voters. He could also help draw more moderate and establishment-minded voters and donors turned off by Trump’s coarse rhetoric. But Rubio’s candidacy is complicated by the fact that he lives in Florida, like Trump.
Kennedy’s father, Robert F. Kennedy, was shot and killed while campaigning for president and his uncle, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated while in office.Donald Trump is expected to announce his vice presidential pick on the first day of the Republican National Convention, he said in an interview Monday.
So it was notable that in remarks at an event run by the conservative Heritage Institute at the RNC on Monday he was toning down his rhetoric and urging the country to come together. No other justice signed onto Thomas’s concurrence. He questioned whether special counsel Jack Smith had been legally appointed and called on lower court judges to weigh the question.First lady Jill Biden has spoken to Melania Trump following an attempted assassination of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
In a statement, Kim Cheatle said Monday the security plans for the event are “designed to be flexible.” The palace did not disclose the contents of the monarch’s private message, which was delivered on Sunday through the British Embassy in Washington, D.C. Former RNC chair Reince Priebus, who also served as Trump’s White House chief of staff, told ABC’s “This Week” that Trump was “grateful for the miracle of what happened, in his case. ... One quarter inch turned the other direction and we’re obviously talking about something very different this morning.”Former U.S. president Donald Trump on Monday chose Sen. JD Vance of Ohio to be his running mate as he looks to return to the White House.Canada's ambassador to the United States says Sen.
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