The Republican National Convention officially kicked off in Milwaukee on Monday, just two days after Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday evening.
Despite the shooting, the gathering of more than 50,000 attendees, including an expected 2,400 Republican delegates, will proceed with its original programming. The event aims to unite the party, now newly energized by Trump’s remarkable survival and his defiant raised-fist gesture.
One of the most anticipated moments of the convention occurred Monday when Trump named 39-year-old Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate.