Former President Donald Trump Appeared with him Vice President Elect JD Vance Monday night’s Republican National Convention will be Trump’s first public appearance Attempted assassination on Saturday.
The crowd cheered for Trump The ear was bandaged on Monday Saturday from being grazed by a bullet. Trump had posted on social media over the weekend that he considered postponing the trip to Milwaukee, but he wrote that he “can’t let a ‘shooter’ or potential assassin force him to schedule or anything else.”
Trump’s appearance came just days after the former president’s dramatic departure The gunman opened fire on Saturday At his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, one bystander was killed and two people besides Trump were seriously injured. Secret Service snipers shot and killed the gunman He was identified as a 20-year-old Pennsylvania man. The FBI and Secret Service are still looking for a motive.
Trump announced his choice of Vance as his running mate during a roll call on Monday. Trump’s decision to name Vance on the ticket came down to the wire, with Vance learning he was tapped about 20 minutes before Trump made his choice public, a source told CBS News.
Trump and Vance were officially nominated by the RNC. Vance, a 39-year-old junior senator from Ohio, took the stage earlier Monday to welcome delegates with his wife, Usha. He is scheduled to address the convention on Wednesday evening after accepting the vice-presidential nomination.
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