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After formally nominating Donald Trump and JD Vance to be president and vice-president, Republicans are scheduled to hear from the far-right congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin, and senators Tim Scott and Ron Johnson on the first evening of the Republican national convention in Milwaukee. After formally nominating Donald Trump and JD Vance to be president and vice-president, Republicans heard a range of speakers on Monday evening, including the far-right congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and senators Tim Scott and Ron Johnson.
Sean O’Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, is also scheduled to speak on Monday. O’Brien has faced significant backlash from his union for speaking at the convention because of the former president’s anti-labor policies. It will be the first time a Teamsters president will speak at the convention. Greene called Trump a “founding father” of the “America First movement” and other speakers said life in America was better under him, during the first night of the Republican national convention in Milwaukee on Monday.
Their remarks will cap a day in which Trump ended weeks of suspense and tapped Vance to be his running mate. The Republican delegates made it official shortly after Trump made the announcement. Their remarks came hours after Trump ended weeks of suspense and tapped Ohio senator JD Vance to be his running mate. The Republican delegates made it official shortly after Trump made the announcement.
It is unclear if Trump will make an appearance at the convention on Monday, which would mark his first public appearance since the assassination attempt on Saturday. There has also been wide speculation on what tone the speeches will take this week after the incident, and Trump is reportedly already reworking his speech to make it more unifying. Greene, one of the first speakers on Monday, directly referenced the attempted assassination of Trump on Saturday.
The circumstances are sure to bring renewed scrutiny to at least one speaker on Monday: Mark Robinson, the lieutenant governor of North Carolina, who has attracted criticism for violent, racist and sexist remarks. Speaking at a church last month, Robinson said: “Some folks need killing. “Unfortunately, this is also a somber moment for our nation. Two days ago, evil came for the man we admire and love so much. I thank God that his hand was on President Trump,” she said.
“It’s time for somebody to say it. It’s not a matter of vengeance. It’s not a matter of being mean or spiteful. It’s a matter of necessity!” he said. Scott, of South Carolina, also suggested divine intervention had played a role in the event. “If you didn’t believe in miracles before Saturday, you better be believing right now,” he said. “A devil came to Pennsylvania holding a rifle, but a lion got back on his feet and he roared,” he added, to thunderous applause in the Fiserv Forum.
Trump is reportedly set to make an appearance at the convention on Monday evening – his first in public since he was nearly killed.
Mark Robinson, the lieutenant governor of North Carolina, who has attracted criticism for violent, racist and sexist remarks also spoke on Monday. Speaking at a church last month, Robinson had said: “Some folks need killing.
But much of his speech on focused on his personal story and rising prices – in alignment with the convention’s Monday theme of “Make America wealthy again”.
“Grocery prices have skyrocketed, gas is nearly double, factories, just like the one I worked at closing, leaving North Carolina families feeling hopeless.”
“We don’t have to imagine a brighter day, we just have to remember,” John James, a Republican congressman from Michigan, said during his speech.
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Also scheduled to address the convention on Monday are the South Dakota governor, Kristi Noem, whose chances at the vice-presidency fell after she admitted to killing her dog and goat. Charlie Kirk, the executive director of Turning Points USA, and the Alabama senator Katie Britt, who delivered a widely panned response to the State of the Union address earlier this year, will also speak. Several speakers also focused on LGBTQ issues and immigration as decisive issues.
“Let me state this clearly, there are only two genders,” Greene said during her remarks.
Sean O’Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, is also scheduled to speak on Monday. O’Brien has faced significant backlash from his union for speaking at the convention because of the former president’s anti-labor policies. It will be the first time a Teamsters president will speak at the convention.
Also scheduled to address the convention on Monday are the South Dakota governor, Kristi Noem, whose chances at the vice-presidency fell after she admitted to killing her dog and goat. Charlie Kirk, the executive director of Turning Points USA.