The four-day Republican National Convention began Monday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, amid heightened security after Donald Trump attempted to be assassinated at a rally in Pennsylvania. The first day of the conference was packed to the brim.
It’s everything NCR participants hoped for and so much more.
The first night of the conference ended with former President Donald Trump before a crowd chanting “Fight! Fight! Fight!”
Trump, wearing a giant bandage over his ear that pierced a bullet at a rally in Pennsylvania over the weekend, joined his vice presidential candidate, J. D. Vance, for his first photo since the announcement hours earlier.
Tomorrow we have a very busy day at the convention. Nikki Haley is one of the speakers expected on stage.
Check back for updates from Newsweek’s live blog. We end tonight for now.
Model and entrepreneur Amber Rose divided her enthusiasts on Monday after praising the GOP and Donald Trump.
Rose claimed she “did my own research” on Trump after her father challenged her preconceptions and was shocked to find that the electorate dressed in red MAGA hats “are my people. “
The first day of the RNC of 2024 ended with a prayer sung by Harmeet Dhillon, an American lawyer and GOP official.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine doubled down on Sen. J. D. Vance as former President Donald Trump’s running mate in an exclusive interview with Newsweek at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
DeWine first praised Vance, which is in full expansion. unaffordable and deprives many other people of the opportunity to achieve the American dream. »
Building on that endorsement, DeWine shared his enthusiasm for Vance’s range with Newsweek congressional correspondent Alex Rouhandeh at the RNC. “We’re happy. It’s been 80 years since Ohio has had a vice presidential candidate, at least by my count, so that’s a smart thing,” DeWine said.
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Just a week after the AFL-CIO reaffirmed its support for President Biden, another labor leader came to speak at the Republican National Convention.
Teamsters Union President Sean O’Brien said staff are taken for granted and sold to big banks, big tech corporations and the business elite. O’Brien said the Teamsters are “not beholden to any party” and will work with a bipartisan coalition.
“I don’t care if they criticize me,” O’Brien said, defying Democrats’ long-established agreements.
–The Associated Press
Monday was the first time the country had seen former President Donald Trump up close since he nearly was assassinated at a rally on Saturday.
Donald Trump, moved, had to hold back tears as he entered the RNC conference and listened to Amber Rose describe their first meeting.
“It’s a lot of fun,” he said.
To which Trump laughed.
“When I first met the president and Melania, he was kind, generous and funny as hell,” Amber Rose told the Republican National Committee on Monday.
Amber Rose, stylish and enterprising, says she “did her research” so that Donald Trump “wouldn’t be racist. “
“I learned that Donald Trump and his followers don’t care if you’re black, white, gay or straight, it’s love. And that’s when I understood: These are my people. This is where I belong. “
Trump shook hands with others as he entered, adding his son, Donald Trump Jr.
He is close to his election for vice president, J. D. Vance. Trump smiles and says “Thank you. “
-The Associated Press
“God Bless the USA” singer Lee Greenwood sang his hit song as Donald Trump entered the RNC to a standing ovation.
“He’s here tonight to show his courage and his contempt for those who tried to kill him,” Greenwood said of Trump. He will not withdraw his position. He has the courage, the strength and he will be the next president of the United States. “
Former President Donald Trump arrived Monday at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
He wears a bandage covering his right ear after being shot in a murder at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
“Now, Joe and Kamala, bless you,” Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn told the Republican National Committee on Monday, criticizing the current leadership for hiring “85,000 new IRS agents to harass hardworking Americans. “
“. . . Who’s going to look at those 85,000 IRS agents and say, ‘Are you fired?’ Donald Trump,” he said, referring to Trump’s well-known slogan on his former reality show, The Apprentice.
CNN that Donald Trump has reached the RNC.
“We can upgrade the Biden-Harris workplace with a strong, smart president, rather than one who is sleepy and senile or, as his case, clueless and embarrassed,” Robert Bartels, a member of Steamfitters Local 638, said of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Sara, a working single mother in Arizona, gave an emotional speech at the RNC.
“I am revered to be here tonight on behalf of ordinary Americans. I am a single mother who has two jobs for my family. I know Americans can understand that. Fill up gas, stop by the grocery store, and pay for the tickets, I think who doesn’t miss Trump’s days.
“But it’s not just about the economic pain we all feel under Joe Biden. It’s also about how they’re destroying the American spirit. Everywhere we look, there is pain, chaos, and crisis. Inflation, the opening of borders, has awakened indoctrination in schools.
“Tonight we are heard because we believe that the United States is and deserves to be a nation. “
Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Pointing USA, said Monday: “To all of you Gen Zers watching this conference on TikTik right now, I have a message just for you: You don’t have to stay poor. Accept that you are. in a worse situation. ” scenario than your parents. You don’t have to feel directionless and unhappy, you don’t have to feel like the leaders who lied to you and took credit for your votes.
“I communicate with a lot of other young people on campuses, at our events, on my radio show, podcast, and on social media. I tell them otherwise. I teach campuses so you don’t have to,” Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning. “Pointing at America,” the Republican National Committee said Monday.
“With Trump, our economy will grow again. You’ll have more cash in your wallet, and your kids will have a long way back. Together, I know we will bring United States back,” he said Monday. Florida Rep. Byron Donalds. Republican National Committee.
President Biden said he can’t think of anything about staying on the 2024 presidential campaign.
Biden said, “We knew it would be a close race. “
In an NBC interview airing Monday night, he said that reporters should be focused on Trump’s lies, not on whether or not he’s running for office. He is running despite the June 27 debate and calls for him to step aside.
“I have no goal to add functionality at this level,” he said.
“It’s my job,” he says.
-The Associated Press
Sen. J. D. Vance’s book, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, topped Amazon’s bestseller list after former President Donald Trump announced him as his running mate for president Monday afternoon.
Trump announced Vance, who represents Ohio in the U. S. Senate, as his running mate in an article published in Truth Social on Monday afternoon. Vance has positioned himself as a conservative strongly aligned with Trump since his election in 2022, despite the former president’s irrefutable complaints. Conservatives celebrated Trump’s announcement, which came on the first day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
“After much deliberation and consideration, and contemplating the immense talents of many others, I have come to the conclusion that the most suitable candidate to serve as Vice President of the United States is Senator J. D. Vance of the wonderful state of Ohio,” Trump said.
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CNN reports that former President Donald Trump is heading down the conference hall to make his first public appearance since Saturday’s shooting at a rally in Pennsylvania.
Delegates watch the Republican National Convention on Monday, many brandishing “Make America Rich Again!” panels.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem evoked Trump’s striking symbol after a gunman shot him as he stood up and raised his fist with blood running down his face.
“Before this week, we already knew Donald Trump as a fighter,” Noem said. But on Saturday, he said, “even at the most dangerous time of the week, your intuition is to get up and fight. “
“Trump” chants erupted from the crowd.
Noem also praised Trump as he recalled one of the most chaotic parts of his presidency, his handling of the pandemic. He said Trump “let me do my homework and he let me keep my others free. “
“When states imposed mandates and shutdowns, South Dakota was where we stepped on the gas. We embrace freedom,” he said.
— The Associated Press
“Before this week, we already knew that President Donald Trump is a fighter. He’s the toughest guy I’ve ever met,” South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem told the Republican National Committee on Monday.
“No one but him. They attacked his reputation. He was indicted, declared bankrupt and unfairly prosecuted. “
“But even at the most dangerous time of the week, your gut feeling is to stand your ground and fight,” Noem said.
The on-the-ground speeches get a lot of attention, but it’s the time-consuming organization that gets the web talking on the first night of the RNC.
The band Sixwire had delegates standing, clapping and waving symptoms and cowboy hats, covers of songs by artists such as Collective Soul, John Mellencamp and Loverboy. A rendition of “Y. M. C. A” by the Village People. Delegates cheered and shouted as if they were attending a rock party. concert, not a political convention.
(It probably helped that the video of their candidate, Trump, was shown on stadium screens while he danced to the same song at various crusade rallies. )
According to its website, Sixwire, founded in 2000, is founded in Nashville and has competed in several primary sporting events, adding several Super Bowls.
–The Associated Press
Mary Trump, niece of former President Donald Trump, warned Monday that the former president’s new partner is a “hypocritical bully and vindictive sycophant. “
The former president announced Republican Senator J. D. Vance of Ohio as his vice presidential candidate, just two days after surviving an assassination attempt at a crusade rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump and Vance have officially become the Republican candidates for president and vice president. shortly after, at the Republican National Convention (RNC) on Monday afternoon.
Mary Trump, an outspoken and common critic of her uncle, also lamented Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision to dismiss the former president’s classified federal documents case in a newsletter published Monday, before suggesting that her uncle He chose Vance because he would be willing to do it. illegally overturn an election, something former Vice President Mike Pence failed to do on January 6, 2021, on Trump’s behalf. Trump has claimed in the past, without evidence, that the 2020 election was stolen from him due to widespread voter fraud.
“Shortly after Cannon’s corrupt gift, Donald announced the election of Ohio Senator J. D. Vance as his running mate,” Mary Trump wrote. “If his goal was to elect a hypocritical tyrant and a vengeful courtier, he may not have made a better decision. “
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Trump’s crusade began promoting “Trump-Vance” T-shirts to donors hours after he revealed his pick for vice president.
The crusade’s new logo, whether with male names, closely resembles Trump’s past crusades when he ran with former Vice President Mike Pence.
“At the height of the pandemic, 4 years ago, I asked my amazing spouse, Suzanne, to take me for a walk. I told her, “I intend to abandon my task and run for governor. “She looked at me with tears in her eyes and a shaky lip and asked, ‘Governor of what?'” Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin told RNC on Monday.
“After 12 years of electing only Democrats statewide in November 2021, Virginians elected an outsider Republican businessman as their 74th governor. And this year Virginia will elect some other Republican outdoor businessman for the presidency of the United States,” he said of Trump.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin arrived to applause from the crowd and chanted of Biden that “Joe has got to go!”
“Yeah, Joe has to go,” Youngkin when the crowd calmed down a bit.
Youngkin, a businessman and a political outsider when he ran for governor in 2021, described Trump as a guy with a history, calling him “an outsider, a businessman who gave up his career” to run for president.
“This year, Virginia, I’m electing another Republican businessman as president of the United States,” Youngkin said, raising his voice into a roar.
–The Associated Press
The amount of devotional photography and language is not unexpected for a Republican convention, but that situation escalated two days after Trump narrowly avoided assassination in Pennsylvania.
Sen. Tim Scott, a former presidential candidate, on Monday afternoon presented the result in very biblical terms and temporarily turned it into a bit of civic faith with praise for Trump.
“The devil came to Pennsylvania with a gun,” Scott said. “But an American lion has risen!”
–The Associated Press
Former President Donald Trump and Ohio Senator J. D. Vance will appear publicly together for the first time tonight since Trump announced his running mate.
Trump and Vance are expected to appear in the family dressing room at tonight’s convention, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
–CNN’s Chris Wallace
“On Saturday, the devil came to Pennsylvania with a gun, but an American lion stood up and roared,” South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott said Saturday about the assassination of Donald Trump.
“If you didn’t do it, if you didn’t do miracles before Saturday, you have to do it now,” South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott told RNC on Monday after Donald Trump’s assassination attempt over the weekend.
“With President Trump, the difficult decision was which task to offer to accept,” Alabama Sen. Katie Britt told RNC on Monday. “Now it is a question of which immediate task to choose, just to pay the expenses that your family “We cannot continue this costly and dangerous fall for another four years. “Four more years of Biden-Harris will impose a lifetime of financial damage on our young people and our nation. ”
“It’s time to bring President Trump to the White House. “
Rep. Wesley Hunt of Texas says food and energy are crippling Americans and cited Ronald Reagan when he called inflation “the harshest tax on the poor. “
He says Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris don’t seem to see the problem.
Hunt, one of the few black Republicans in Congress, said in November that “we can fix this mess” by electing Trump and “sending him back to where he belongs, the White House. “
Inflation in the United States slowed in June for the third straight month, a sign that the worst price rise in four decades is fading and could soon lead to an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.
“Look, I heard today, ‘If you don’t vote for Donald Trump, not for Black people,'” Rep. John James told the Republican National Committee on Monday.
“Here’s the problem: By the grace of God and the demonstrated leadership of Donald Trump, for each and every American, regardless of race, color, and creed, we can once again have a country where a child’s fate is decided by us. “through their zip code,” he added. “Once we can return to a country where hard painting really makes it possible to move forward. We can move from poverty to prosperity. “
Sen. J. D. Vance did not respond to a phone call from Vice President Kamala Harris because it came from an unknown number and he was unable to return the call, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Staff from Vance’s team are in contact with Harris’ team and have been racing lately to schedule a call, according to two sources with the matter.
A source previously told CNN that Harris congratulated Vance on his performance as former President Donald Trump’s vice presidential nominee and welcomed him to the race. The two hadn’t connected before, but Harris left a voicemail, the source said.
–CNN’s Alayna Treene
Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has released a few words about his J. D. Vance.
“I’m so proud of my friend, classmate, and classmate from southwest Ohio today. We used to watch Bengals games at the law school bar, it’s cool, now we’re here, a decade later, with J. D. joining the most powerful presidential ticket of our lives. “I will be an extraordinary vice president and I look forward to everything that lies ahead for him and our country. “
“I’m the great-great-grandson of a slave,” Texas Rep. Wesley Hunt told the Republican National Committee on Monday. “I am the son of a retired lieutenant colonel. I’m a West Point brother, along with my other two brothers. And I my life in combat to maintain our nation. “
“Now there’s a guy who put everything on the line to save our nation. His call is President Donald Trump,” he added.
Newsweek’s Alex J. Rouhandeh is at the RNC in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Marjorie Taylor Greene was softer when talking about Corey Comperatore, a victim of the shooting at a Trump rally.
“He showed supreme love. It reminded United States of who we are. “
A few breaths later, she spoke about illegal alien beings and other political issues.
“They promised and delivered on the split,” Greene said. They promised peace and provoked war. They promised normalcy and gave us Transgender Day of Visibility on Easter Sunday. “
Since 2009, Transgender Day of Visibility has been celebrated on March 31, which this year falls on Easter Sunday and has sparked protests on the right. Easter is decided according to the lunar calendar and possibly falls on another day each year.
He ended with: “Donald Trump will make America again. ”
“We will honor Corey’s memory by building the country he sought, the country he sought for his children, and a government that has been compatible with the American people for far too long,” Marjorie Taylor Greene said at the Republican National Committee meeting Monday about Corey Comperatore, the firefighter who died Saturday in the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
Follow Newsweek Congressional Correspondent Alex J. Rouhandeh (@AlexRouhandeh) on X for RNC updates.
Florida Senator Marco Rubio praised former President Donald Trump’s selection of Ohio Senator JD Vance as his running mate, writing in X:
“JD Vance is a fantastic choice. Americans will soon perceive that he is an incredibly intelligent and talented man, fully determined to make United States wonderful again. Vote for #TrumpVance2024 so that we can unite our other peoples and save our country!”
Among the crowd at the RNC on Monday, a Donald Trump supporter wears a hat that says “Trump Kicks Ass. “
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley opened the first conference with the Republican Party’s new theme: unity.
Referring to the recent assassination attempt on Donald Trump and the “strength and resilience” the former president has demonstrated, Whatley called on fellow Republicans to “come together as a party,” adding, “and we will have to come together as a nation. “
Other Republicans, adding to Trump, have called for unity — a change from the message used so far in the crusade — in the wake of Saturday’s shooting in Pennsylvania.
–The Associated Press
During a break between speakers, delegates danced and sang along to the hit Village People. On the arena’s giant screens, there were also photographs of Trump performing one of his clenched fist dance moves that are common at many of his crusade events. The former president’s emblematic dance was widely commented on social networks.
A standing ovation rose among the delegates as their candidate gave the impression on the screen.
–The Associated Press
Country singer Chris Janson performs “All American Guy” at the RNC.
“The Democratic Party is not the party of our parents and grandparents,” Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson said Monday. “This party cared about the staff and other people who were struggling to get by. “
“Now it’s the problem of open borders, reckless spending and armed government,” he continued. “The government and weakness on the global stage. This marginal timeline includes biological males competing against females and sexualization in the indoctrination of our children. “
Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki delivers the invocation at the start of the evening consultation on the first day of the Republican National Convention on Monday in Milwaukee.
Delegates had a break of about an hour after Monday’s organizational session, where they took roll call to endorse Trump as the official nominee.
It was also the first time they were given a glimpse of his selection for running mate, J. D. Vance of Ohio.
Trump is expected to attend Monday night, though he plans to speak with delegates later in the week.
The Milwaukee-based Great Lakes Adult and Teen Challenge Choir plays the anthem at the RNC.
Starting at 7:14 p. m. EST on Monday, more than 33,500 people are watching the RNC broadcast of the Republican Convention on X.
Watch it here.
Delegates get excited on the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Days after he survived an assassination attempt, Republicans will nominate Donald Trump as the party’s presidential nominee at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Wisconsin, July 15-18.
“I didn’t say ‘point of view’. I meant ‘objective’. I meant, focus on him. Focus on what he’s doing, focus on his policies, focus on the number of lies he told in the debate,” President Joe Biden said. Lester Holt in an interview Monday about his poor word choice after the assassination attempt. opposed to Trump.
“Focus on. . . I mean, in a whole series of things that, look, I’m not the guy who said he was looking to be a dictator from day one, I’m not the guy who refused to settle for elections. result. “
“I’m not someone who would say I wouldn’t automatically settle for the outcome of this election,” Biden added. “You can’t just love your country when you win. So he’s focused on what it says, and I mean the idea. “
Donald J. Trump’s family, from left, Eric Trump, his Lara Trump, co-chair of the Republican National Committee, and Donald Trump Jr. , voted to nominate him as the Republican presidential nominee at the Fiserv Forum on the first day of the Republican National Convention.
“You can’t just love your country when you win,” Biden said of Trump in a clip from a prerecorded interview with the president on Monday.
The full interview airs Monday at 9 p. m. ES on NBC.
50 Cent will make an appearance at the RNC after Photoshopping Donald Trump’s head in the canopy of his album “Get Rich or Die Tryin'” after the assassination attempt on the former president.
A representative for the rapper told the AP that he would be in Shreveport, Louisiana, to prepare for his upcoming comedy and concord festival.
MAGA on Monday celebrated former President Donald Trump’s version of Ohio Sen. J. D. Vance as his running mate.
Trump announced Vance as the Republican vice presidential nominee in an article in Truth Social on Monday afternoon.
“After much deliberation and reflection, and given the immense talents of many others, I have the most productive candidate to serve as vice president of the United States is Senator J. D. Vance of the wonderful state of Ohio,” Trump said.
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Sen. J. D. Vance, former President Donald Trump’s vice presidential nominee, sees a shift in the Republican Party, he has told Newsweek in the past.
As Republicans work to win over the union electorate, many of whom have traditionally leaned Democratic, Vance told Newsweek that there have been changes within the GOP that could bring that electorate into the party’s fold.
“Demographically, Republicans clearly fit more into a ruling class party; the other people who work in the trades, the other people who work in the factories were much more Democratic 40 years ago than they are today,” Vance said. .
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Former President Donald Trump has unveiled a new plane after announcing that Senator J. D. Vance would be his vice presidential nominee for his 2024 campaign.
Trump adviser Jason Miller shared a photo of the new plane Monday night, which features a plane with a “Trump Vance” sticker on the side. Earlier in the day, Trump announced that he had selected Vance as his vice presidential nominee on the first day. of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The plane is another of Trump’s “Trump Force One” plane he uses.
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Republican governors across the United States are reacting to Donald Trump’s choice of his running mate, Ohio Sen. J. D. Vance.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said, “This is a wonderful day for Ohio. “Vance is “consistent with Trump’s appeal to the men and women who are running,” DeWine said, adding that he thought it was smart to decide on someone younger. “Also, someone who shares his preference for broadening the base of the Republican Party. “
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu is critical of Trump but said he would vote for him in November and praised the selection of his vice presidential nominee. “Being a Marine is a huge win for my family. As a parent, he knows the messes at the table. Americans have an opportunity to unite this price and move our country forward!” he said of X.
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin praised Senator Vance for a stronger America.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said he believes Vance’s variety as Trump’s vice presidential candidate may simply help the former president. “He’s a U. S. senator. He went through a difficult campaign. He’s definitely a wonderful messenger, and I think he’s helping President Trump in a lot of ways,” Kemp said Monday at a roundtable hosted via Bloomberg News.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who was Trump’s White House press secretary, welcomed the election. “I think it’s going to be wonderful. A brilliant businessman, a marine. He will be a wonderful complement to President Trump,” the Republican governor said. CNN in the RNC.
CNN’s Ali Main, Kit Maher and Veronica Stracqualursi contributed to this post.
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein joined about two dozen protesters who gathered and marched in Milwaukee on Monday.
The Philadelphia-based Army of the Poor, which campaigns for economic justice, organized the rally and march. This follows a larger march on Monday that drew many other people near the NCR site.
Stein for reducing military spending and investments in public education, public housing and physical care, adding that Americans were clamoring for a true third-party candidate on the ballot.
“To what extent do other people need the same applicants that have been imposed on us for so long?” he asked. You are welcome. “
— The Associated Press
Protesters will flood the RNC.
Usha Vance, born Usha Chilukuri, is an attorney who has had a successful career in the legal field and the spouse of J. D. Vance.
He worked with Supreme Court Justice John Roberts and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court.
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President Biden said it was “a mistake” to say he was looking to hit the nail on the head in a recent call with donors.
In an excerpt from an interview with NBC News that aired that same night, Biden is asked about the comment and notes that he didn’t say “crosshairs. “
The president said he meant focusing on his interrupted debate, but not on Trump’s agenda, which he called radical but didn’t get enough attention.
Biden added of Trump: “I’m not the guy who said he was looking to be a dictator from day one. “
Some Republicans took credit for Biden’s comment after Trump was wounded in an assassination attempt on Saturday. Both Biden and Trump called for national unity after the attack.
-The Associated Press
When asked about his impression of the new Republican vice presidential candidate, J. D. Vance, Michigan Republican Party Chairman Pete Hoekstra responded bluntly: “We don’t know him. “
Michigan Republicans know what they saw of him on Fox News, but they didn’t have him in Michigan for fundraisers, like other former vice presidential candidates like South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, Hoekstra said.
“I’m sure we’ll see it a lot. If he’s from Ohio, he understands our state and the other northern battlefields,” Hoekstra said. “But we haven’t had a chance to prove it yet. “
— The Associated Press
“He’s a clone of Trump on those issues,” President Joe Biden said at Andrews Air Force Base on Monday, The Hill reports. “I don’t see any difference. “
Ohio Sen. JD Vance catapulted into the 2024 presidential campaign after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump tapped him as his running mate ahead of the November vote.
“One way to understand the Social Security problem is that older people can’t work, young people can’t work, young children can’t work. So at a certain age, young children and older people, and in general, at our society, that is, other people between 18 and 65,” Vance told New York Times columnist Ross Douthat.
“If the argument here is that we want to cut Social Security, then what you’re saying is that we just want to privatize what is ultimately a public factor in who will pay for the older generation,” he was quoted as saying. And I don’t know why people think that a lot of disorders are solved by taking a group of older people and telling them, ‘You’re on your own. ‘”
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By naming Sen. J. D. Vance of Ohio as his running mate, Donald Trump ended a long war for GOP affections, confirming his commitment to a United States-centric economy as a way to lift the United States’ middle and current classes.
After Trump broke through the Democratic wall by winning over working-class voters in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin eight years ago, the supply-side supporters, libertarians, neoliberals and neoconservatives who dictated the GOP’s post-Cold War economy played a defensive role. Against an emerging coalition of American thinkers focused primarily on national interests. Inspired by Trump, the new populists are encouraged by the old, winning methods of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan.
By naming the Navy veteran of Appalachian descent as his sidekick, the former president will continue to “dance with those who led him” to his 2016 victory: average Americans whom Hillary Clinton despises as “deplorable,” but whom Richard Nixon loved as she did. “Silent majority. ” And that formed the New Deal electoral coalition that Nixon and Reagan reconstituted.
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Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted nominates J. D. Vance as vice presidential candidate at the Republican National Convention hours after Trump’s announcement.
“JD is the embodiment of the American dream,” Husted said. “He has humble beginnings. “
The crowd chanted in response, “JD! JD!”
Bernie Moreno, the Republican candidate for a United States Senate seat in Ohio, supported the move calling on the conference to nominate Vance.
He appointed by voice vote.
-The Associated Press
“That means being silent,” Leora Levy of Connecticut told the crowd before leading a prayer.
“Bow your heads. Heavenly Father, we thank you for the life and strength of President Donald Trump, and we pray that he continues to be with his family. “
J. D. Vance arrives at the RNC conference for a celebration.
“They will change the direction of our country to benefit all American citizens and, in fact, will make our country great again,” Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted said of former President Donald Trump and his running mate J. D. Vance.
J. D. Vance, the new Republican vice presidential nominee, arrived at the Republican National Committee and greeted many with Merle Haggard’s “United States First” slogan.
After Wyoming delegates threw their support for Trump in Milwaukee, they began an impromptu chant.
“Fight, fight, fight, fight,” they shouted. The few dozen voices spread across the grounds of Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, echoing through the arena, as they did a half-dozen times the previous Monday afternoon.
These chants were the first incarnations of what will be repeated on Trump’s crusade occasions this summer and fall, and all locate their origins in the terrifying scene in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.
Trump, who was bleeding from his right ear, broke free from the protective control of the U. S. Secret Service, brandishing his fist and pronouncing, “Fight, fight. “
Sheryl Foland of Rowlins, Wyoming, had returned to her hotel in Racine, south of Milwaukee, on Saturday, where she attended the RNC accreditation committee meeting, to witness the harrowing events in Pennsylvania on television in the hotel lobby.
“We thought: Is this real? Is this a hoax?” she says. “Then we saw those monumental photographs and videos. “
“We knew then that we were going to adopt this as our song,” added Foland, a trauma-informed intellectual fitness counselor from formative years. “Not just because we were looking for him to fight and for God to fight for him. We think: it is rarely our task to accept this challenge and fight for our country?
“He’s bigger than Trump,” Foland said. It is a mantra for our country. “
-From AP News
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got coverage from President Joe Biden’s Secret Service days after former President Donald Trump was shot and killed on the level of a crusading rally in Bulter, Pennsylvania.
“In light of the events of this weekend, the president has asked me to work with the Secret Service to ensure coverage of Robert Kennedy Jr. ,” Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Security, announced Monday at the White House press conference.
The announcement comes amid developing calls for the Secret Service to also expand its coverage of Kennedy. Two days after being hit by a bullet, Trump declared that it was “imperative” that Kennedy also obtain data from the Secret Service, saying, “Given the history of the Kennedy family, it is clearly the right thing to do!”
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A severe thunderstorm watch was issued for parts of Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin until midnight, the National Weather Service in Milwaukee tweeted around 4:30 p. m. Monday.
Donald J. Trump obtained a total of 2,387 delegate votes.
Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota will attend the Republican National Convention tonight after Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia on the list.
Fox News’ Sean Hannity will interview J. D. Vance on Monday at 9 p. m. for the first time since he officially named former President Donald Trump’s running mate.
Biden-Harris 2024 Chair Jen O’Malley Dillon posted the following in reaction to J. D. ‘s nomination. Vance as his running mate for Donald Trump:
“Donald Trump chose J. D. Vance as his running mate because Vance will do what Mike Pence will do on January 6: go out of his way to allow Trump and his excessive MAGA agenda, even if it means breaking the law and no matter what. Damage done to the Americans. “
“As Trump’s vice presidential nominee, Vance aims to put Trump’s Project 2025 timeline into effect at the expense of American families. He is the one who supports a national ban on abortion while criticizing exceptions for survivors of rape and incest; his protections for millions of other people with pre-existing conditions; and admitted that he would not have qualified the 2020 election in a relaxed and fair manner. ”
“Billionaires and corporations, literally, J. D. Vance: they know he and Trump are going to cut their taxes and skyrocket costs for everyone. “
“Over the next three and a half months, we will spend each day protecting our arguments between the two very contrasting visions Americans will see at the ballot box in November: the Biden-Harris price tag that focuses on unifying the country, creating opportunities for each and all, and cutting costs; or Trump-Vance – whose disastrous timeline will take away Americans’ rights, hurt the middle class, and make life more expensive – while reaping profits for ultra-wealthy and greedy corporations. “
A Lambeau service rests as delegates arrive at the Republican National Convention on July 15 in Milwaukee.
Renowned knowledge analyst Nate Silver rated J. D. Vance as the “worst” pick for former President Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate on Monday, just before Trump officially chose him.
“VP pre-registration take: Looks like the four most likely picks are Vance, Rubio, Burgum, Youngkin,” Silver wrote. For purely electoral purposes, Youngkin is the best pick and Vance is the worst. And it probably doesn’t matter much either.
“Here’s a potential ‘game changer’ for Trump’s vice president’s election: former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin,” he added on Twitter.
Newsweek Congressional Correspondent Alex J. Rouhandeh spoke with J. D. Vance that Teamsters union president Sean O’Brien is expected to speak at the RNC on Monday.
The union, made up of freight drivers, warehouse staff, structures personnel and other personnel, has yet to officially endorse the race for the White House.
“Demographically, Republicans are clearly adapting more to a ruling class party; the other people who work in the trades, the other people who work in the factories were much more Democratic 40 years ago than they are today,” said Republican Senator J. D. Vance from Ohio to Newsweek.
“So it’s not unexpected that because the other people who are members of the Republicans, or at least are close to the hard-work movement, we’re seeing more and more unions supporting the Republicans, which I think is a virtuous circle for our party. . Added.
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Former President Donald Trump said on Truth Social on Monday that J. D. Vance would be his running mate in the 2024 presidential election.
“After much deliberation and reflection, and given the immense talent of many others, I believe that the most productive user to serve as Vice President of the United States is Senator J. D. Vance of the wonderful state of Ohio,” Trump wrote.
“J. D. honorably served our country in the Marine Corps, graduated from Ohio State University in two years, Summa Laude, and graduated from Yale Law School, where he served as editor-in-chief of Yale Law Journal and president of Yale Law Veterans. J. D. ‘s book, “Hillbilly Elegy,” a bestseller and image of primal movement while defending the working men and women of our country.
Trump continued, “J. D. has had a very successful business career in generation and finance, and now the campaign will focus heavily on the other people he fought so successfully for, leading American people and farmers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio. Array Minnesota and beyond. . . “
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Iowa Republican Party Chairman Jeff Kauffman speaks on the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 15.
Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump announced on X that he would vote at 3:30 p. m. ET pointing to his father as the Republican candidate for president. He lives in Florida and is expected to vote with the Florida delegation, which puts Trump in the most sensible position with enough delegates to officially be the nominee.
— The Associated Press
Florida delegate Rick Roth is excited because he’s “proud to be an American” on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on Monday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla. , speaking on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 15 in Milwaukee.
RNC Chairman Michael Whatley opens the Republican National Convention on July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee.
Platform Committee Chairwoman U. S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) speaks on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The National Weather Service in Milwaukee tweeted around 2 p. m. Monday’s EST: “We remain most confident in severe storms with devastating winds and heavy rain that will affect the southern tip of Wisconsin later today or tonight. Have a place to take refuge. “
The delegate made the promise at the Republican National Convention on Monday in Milwaukee.
Check the RNC’s official social media pages on platforms such as Facebook, X, and YouTube for broadcasts and updates.
John Stanford plays the anthem at the beginning of the NCR.
Archbishop Elpidophoros delivered the opening prayer before the presentation of the colors and the oath of allegiance.
Donald Trump has reportedly narrowed his list of vice presidential candidates to three main candidates: Ohio Senator J. D. Vance, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.
All of them have other advantages and vulnerabilities. Vance is the maximum ideologically aligned with the former president and would energize his base. At 39, he would make a millennial contrast with the older men at the top of his party’s lists. But he has been in the Senate for less than two years.
Burgum would bring business acumen and a stable workforce, though Trump has signaled that signing a highly restrictive abortion law may simply be an inconvenience.
Rubio is recognized in the party as a respectable political voice, and his background (as the son of Cuban and Spanish-speaking immigrants) may attract Trump to the Latino electorate. He may also attract more moderate, pro-establishment donors and voters. who are discouraged by Trump’s crude rhetoric. But Rubio’s candidacy is confused by the fact that he lives in Florida, like Trump.
-Associated Press
Republican National Committee Co-Chairman Michael Whatley steps in and calls the conference on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Delegates, politicians and Republicans are in Milwaukee for the annual convention, which ends with former President Donald Trump’s acceptance of his party’s presidential nomination. The RNC takes position from July 15 to 18.
A minute of silence was then observed in tribute to the victims of the shooting at Donald Trump’s rally.
A crumpled parking sign and other pieces used by an attendee at Donald Trump’s fatal rally where the former president narrowly escaped assassination sold at auction for just about $400 on Monday.
Souvenirs from the bloody occasion in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday are already being auctioned off online by participants in the hope that their pieces will become collectors’ items.
Mass auctions similar to the rally come with a front-page newspaper about the incident, tickets and bracelets worn by attendees, and aerial photographs of the box where the shooting took place. Others hope to make money creating t-shirts, mugs and wall hangings. with images or drawings of the moment Trump raised his fist in defiance as he pushed his way through his security detail.
— READ MORE from Newsweek’s Chloe Mayer
Texas delegate Trisha Hope wears a decorated cowboy hat, Illinois delegate Susan Sweeney wears a top hat, and Maryland delegates wear their patriotic hats at the Republican National Convention.
The speaker lineup for the first night of the Republican National Convention will include several Republican lawmakers, a prominent conservative activist and the president of the Teamsters, a source familiar with the program told CNN.
The program will begin at 7 p. m. Y. Prior to the conference program, the conference will hold its roll-call votes beginning at 3 p. m. ET to officially nominate former President Donald Trump and his soon-to-be-announced running mate.
Here are a few notable names on the show, in the order they are scheduled to speak:
— From CNN’s Kristen Holmes
Hundreds of protesters in Red Arrow Park as the NCR unfolds.
After being wounded in an assassination attempt over the weekend, former President Donald Trump is calling for the presidential candidate to receive protection from the Secret Service.
“In light of what is happening in the world today, it is imperative that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. obtain Secret Service coverage. . . immediately,” Trump wrote in an article in Truth Social. “Given the history of the Kennedy family, this is the right thing to do!”
Kennedy’s father, Robert F. Kennedy, was shot and killed while campaigning for the presidency, and his uncle, President John F. Kennedy, assassinated while in office.
-Associated Press
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. , takes the podium at the Fiserv Forum before the Republican National Convention.
At the RNC protest in Milwaukee, a user carries a crossbow pistol while armed with a 9mm pistol.
On Monday, a federal judge who presided over the trial of Trump’s classified documents in Florida dismissed the case because of her considerations about appointing the special counsel who brought the case.
Shares of social network owner Truth Social soared more than 35% in early trading.
Crusader Trump is expected to announce his pick for vice president at 4:30 p. m. at the RNC in Milwaukee, according to a statement from Nicholas Brown.
There will be about 1,700 U. S. military workers — mostly from the National Guard, as well as a small active-duty component — attending the Republican National Convention this week, Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said Monday.
“[T]he corps of workers is composed primarily of the National Guard from Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota, and will perform functions such as civilian support, [explosive ordnance disposal], and security, and will remain in a position to respond to other emerging national needs. . . to protect life, property and peace, order and public safety,” he said.
Singh said the military would assemble the FBI, Secret Service and Milwaukee Metropolitan Police Department “for 24/7 operations,” and that their involvement was planned in advance and was not the result of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on the weekends.
As of Monday, no further requests had been received from the National Guard, Singh said.
— From CNN’s Haley Britzky
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to speak Wednesday at an Iowa GOP conference in Milwaukee, according to other people familiar with the matter.
The National Weather Service expects severe thunderstorms to hit Wisconsin in the late afternoon near the RNC. The greatest risk is destructive wind, but hail, tornadoes and heavy localized rains are also possible.
Former President Donald Trump said in an interview broadcast Monday that he thought the 2025 plan went “too far” on abortion and called the tight-knit conservative organization “too tough. “
“I have no idea what it is. This is an incredibly conservative organization of other people who have come together and created a wish list, many of which I don’t agree with at all. They are too harsh, as in the case on abortion, for example. “They have a strong opinion on abortion,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News that the network said was recorded Saturday at Mar-a-Lago before addressing his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. .
Trump has sought to distance himself from the Republican president’s conservative plan that has sparked numerous backlash in his race for the White House.
While Trump claims not to know what this organization is or who it is, a CNN study found that at least 140 other people who worked for him were involved.
The former president, who defends his role in appointing the conservative Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade, says he believes abortion deserves to be left up to the states to legislate. The Republican National Committee recently followed a Trump-focused timeline and softened language on abortion and same-sex marriage.
Trump added that he believes abortion “is a federal issue” and “never will be again. “
— From CNN’s Kate Sullivan
Rapper and influencer Amber Rose performs a song at the Fiserv Forum on Sunday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as part of preparations for the Republican National Convention. The Trump-backed user will give a speech at the convention.
François Démonique sells goods near the Fiserv Forum on the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention.
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris get an update from Homeland Security and law enforcement officials on the investigation into the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.
The briefing will take place in the Situation Room, the White House said.
The attorney general, the secretary of Homeland Security, the director of the FBI, and the director and deputy director of the United States Secret Service are among those reporting to Biden and Harris.
–AP
Former President Donald Trump expressed his reaction to the dropping of the classified documents case, calling it a “first step. “
U. S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who is presiding over the case, issued the order on the grounds that Jack Smith had been properly appointed, a new legal filing showed Monday morning.
Trump quickly zeroed in on the decision.
“As I move forward in uniting our country after the horrific events of Saturday, this dismissal of the illegal indictment in Florida will be only the first step, temporarily followed by the dismissal of ALL witch hunts: the January 6 hoax in Washington, D. C. , the Manhattan district attorney’s Zombie case, the attorney general’s scam in New York, false accusations about a woman I’ve never met (a decades-old photo online with her husband doesn’t count), and “perfect” phone call rates in Georgia. The Democratic Justice Department coordinated ALL of these political attacks, which constitute an election interference plot opposed to the. Joe Biden’s political opponent, ME, let’s come together to end all militarization of our justice formula and make United States wonderful again!”
— READ MORE from Newsweek’s Eileen Holliday
Protesters are already lining the street with symptoms and banners near the Fiserv Forum on the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
Donald Trump is expected to speak at the Republican National Convention this week, despite his recovery from the assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania.
It is understood that Trump will settle for his nomination as the Republican candidate in the 2024 presidential election on Thursday and will land in Milwaukee on Monday morning.
While Trump has fought for a position that aligns with many strong conservative values on immigration, climate, energy and education, some of his perspectives on hot-button issues like abortion are less transparent as the Republican Party tries to form a front United.
— READ MORE by Newsweek’s Tom Norton
Former President Donald Trump said he will be his running mate today, according to Fox News.
“He showed that he’s going to make a selection for vice president today,” said Fox News host Bret Baier, who said he had just spoken with Trump on the phone.
— From CNN’s Kyle Blaine
When a madman almost hammered the husband of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to death, Donald Trump mocked and mocked. One of Trump’s sons and other close Trump supporters have avidly promoted false claims that Paul Pelosi provoked the attack on him through a sexual mishap.
After the government stopped a far-right plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Trump downplayed the risk at a rally. He denigrated Whitmer as a political enemy. Her followers chanted “lock her up. ” Trump laughed and responded: “Lock them all up. ” »
Fascism delights in violence. In the years since his own supporters attacked the Capitol to overturn the 2020 election (many of them threatening Speaker Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence), Trump has defended invaders, would-be hijackers, and would-be assassins as martyrs and hostages. He has vowed to pardon them if he returns to power. His own aides testified to the jubilation with which Trump saw the chaos on television.
— READ MORE via David Frum of The Atlantic
This year’s convention is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the Fiserv Forum arena.
Milwaukee is a Democratic stronghold, but hosting the conference in Wisconsin, a battleground state, puts the GOP’s message in front of key voters.
Republicans chose the location in 2022 after former President Donald Trump narrowly won Wisconsin in 2016 before squandering it to President Biden in 2020 by a margin.
The conference starts on Monday and ends on Thursday. The first official consultation begins on Monday at 12:45 p. m. local time. Keynote addresses will be given in the evening each day.
The RNC and Trump’s campaign on Saturday released a list of speakers for this week’s convention, which includes lawmakers, TV personalities and family members of the former president.
Names such as Tucker Carlson, Vivek Ramaswamy and House Speaker Mike Johnson are on the list, as are several Republican senators, Senate candidates and representatives.
– CBS News
Ohio Sen. J. D. Vance and his spouse climbed into one of the black SUVs in front of their home around 10 a. m. ET on Monday. His car part of a motorcade of three black SUVs escorted by Cincinnati police.
The departure comes amid speculation that Vance could be chosen as former President Donald Trump’s running mate at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this week.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, also potential Trump vice presidential candidates, are in Milwaukee to attend the Republican National Convention, where they are expected to speak at the conference later this week.
— From CNN’s Aaron Pellish
The federal ruling that presided over former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case in Florida has ignored fees for considerations about the appointment of the prosecutor who brought the case.
U. S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday granted the defense’s motion to dismiss the case.
Trump’s lawyers had argued that special charge Jack Smith had been illegally appointed and that his office was improperly funded by the Justice Department.
— The Associated Press
Protesters will continue their long-planned demonstrations at the Republican National Convention this week, despite the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a rally on Saturday.
The Coalition for a March Against the RNC, made up of activist groups, plans to protest the convention that will take place July 15-18 at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The coalition’s online page says it is protesting “the racist and reactionary calendar of the Republican Party” and aims to protect the rights of women, the LGBTQ+ network and immigrants and explicitly for Gaza.
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In the wake of Saturday night’s assassination of former President Donald Trump at a crusade rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the Republican National Convention (RNC), which begins tomorrow, faces possible changes.
The NCR, scheduled for Monday, July 15 and Thursday, July 18, is expected to host more than 50,000 guests, adding delegates who will nominate Trump as the GOP’s presidential nominee. This will be Trump’s third nomination, after his 2016, 2020 and 2024 elections. Campaigns.
The former president was shot at his rally Saturday night, a bullet hitting the top of his right ear. Two participants in the demonstration were seriously injured and one spectator, Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old former firefighter, died. The 20-year-old gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, died after being neutralized by security checks.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation called the shooting an attempted murder. The FBI is the leading company in the investigation, along with the Secret Service and law enforcement.
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The Republican National Convention begins Monday in Milwaukee, two days after Donald Trump was wounded in an assassination attempt, and the violent scene of his crusade scared the country and amplified already intense political divisions.
Trump and his advisers promise to be resilient in the face of the attack and plan to celebrate the occasion to showcase the former president and his platform as he officially chooses him as his nominee.
It was not immediately clear if and how Saturday’s attack would complement the four-day event, which usually has a celebratory atmosphere. Republican officials have said they must defy the risk Trump faces and stick to his plans and timeline. But at the very least, the event came with a greater focus on safety and a grim acknowledgment of how the presumptive Republican nominee nearly wasted his life.
— The Associated Press
Eileen Holliday is a reporter for Newsweek in the New York City area. During his 25-year career in newsrooms in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York, and Florida, the South Jersey local has covered mass shootings, serial killers, bloodless cases, high-profile trials, and the biggest breaking news. Holliday joined Newsweek in 2024.
You can reach Holliday on e. holliday@newsweek. com
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