The Republican Party’s national convention kicks off on Monday (US time), where the party will hold a days-long coronation to formalise the nomination of Donald Trump.
The Republican Party’s national convention kicks off on Monday , where the party will hold a days-long coronation to formalise the nomination of Donald Trump as presidential candidate days after an assassination attempt against him.Republicans from across the country will descend on Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum arena to anoint Trump, who won the nomination in March having gathered the 1,215 delegates needed.On the first day of the convention, it was announced that Trump had picked J.D.
senator from Ohio, as his running mate, elevating a politician who once criticised the former president in acid terms but has since become one of his most stalwart defenders.The selection of James David Vance, author of the bestselling memoir Hillbilly Elegy, could increase the odds of Trump supporters turning out for the November 5 election as the Ohio native is deeply popular with the Republican candidate’s base.
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