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BREAKING NEWSRNC 2024: Trump picks Vance of Ohio arsenic VP pick, lawsuit kicks disconnected successful Milwaukee pursuing rally assassination attempt
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The Republican National Convention is officially underway successful Milwaukee
Last updated: Monday, July 15, 2024 7:19PM GMT
LIVE: Trump announces Vance arsenic his moving mate
The Republican National Convention is officially underway successful Milwaukee connected Monday, conscionable 2 days aft erstwhile President Donald Trump was wounded successful an assassination effort astatine a Pennsylvania rally connected Saturday evening.
Despite the shooting, the gathering of much than 50,000 attendees, including an expected 2,400 Republican delegates, is slated to support its archetypal programming arsenic a clip to bring the enactment unneurotic -- but present recently energized by Trump's astonishing endurance and raised-fist amusement of defiance.
The Republican National Convention is officially underway successful Milwaukee connected Monday.
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Here's however the quality is developing.
Trump announced Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance volition beryllium his moving mate, penning connected Truth Social that the Ohio Republican is "the idiosyncratic champion suited to presume the presumption of Vice President of the United States."
The determination caps disconnected months of speculation and sees Trump elevate a 39-year-old first-term legislator whose astir twelvemonth and a fractional tenure successful the Senate has seen him look arsenic a staunch ideological state of the erstwhile president.
ByBrittany Shepherd, Tommy Barone and Jacob Steinberg 
The Republicans person passed their enactment platform, contempt dissent from the evangelical helping implicit softened connection connected termination that amended matches Trump's existent posture. A just magnitude of "nayes" were heard successful the normal hall, but not capable for the ballot to fail.
Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., told delegates that the "platform was personally approved by President Donald J. Trump."
"It's a antithetic benignant of platform," said level co-chair Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., arsenic she presented the level for a vote.
"It is not a laundry database of peculiar interests' wishes, but a succinct, wide docket and a committedness to the American people."
Before the overwhelming dependable ballot successful Milwaukee, the level had passed 84-14 by the level committee.
Donald Trump's son, Eric Trump, announced connected X that he'll beryllium casting the ballot astatine 3:30 p.m. ET declaring his begetter the Republican nominee for president.
He lives successful Florida and is expected to formed the ballot with Florida's delegation, putting Trump implicit the apical with capable delegates to formally go the nominee.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has been told helium is not Trump's moving mate pick, 3 sources acquainted with the substance archer ABC News.
Trump's prime is expected to beryllium announced astatine immoderate constituent Monday.
FILE - Republican statesmanlike campaigner erstwhile President Donald Trump listens arsenic North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, speaks astatine a run lawsuit successful Laconia, N.H., Jan. 22, 2024.
