Trump attends Republican convention, first public appearance since assassination attempt

Former
President
Donald
Trump
is
making
an
appearance
at
at
the

Republican
National
Convention
in

Milwaukee,
his
first
public
showing
since
the
assassination
attempt
against
him
at
his
Pennsylvania
rally.

The
former
president
appeared
wearing
a
bandage
over
his
right
ear.

Sitting
in
the
VIP
box
next
to
him
was
his
newly
chosen
vice
presidential
pick,
Ohio
Sen.
JD
Vance,
along
with
some
of
his
close
allies
like
conservative
television
personality
Tucker
Carlson,
Florida
Rep.
Byron
Donald,
House
Speaker
Mike
Johnson
and
fundraiser
David
Sacks.

Former
First
Lady
Melania
Trump
and
Trump’s
daughter
and
former
White
House
Advisor
Ivanka
Trump
were
not
immediately
seen
with
Trump
at
the
RNC.
Both
have
been
conspicuously
absent
on
the
campaign
trail
this
election
cycle
so
far.

Earlier
Monday,
Trump
officially
received
the
1,215
delegates
required
to
become
the
official
GOP
presidential
nominee.

The
convention
kicks
off
days
after
Trump’s
attempted

assassination
at
a
Saturday

rally
where
one
attendee
was
killed,
and
two
others
were
critically
injured.
The
alleged
gunman,
20-year
old
Thomas
Matthew
Crooks,
was
shot
dead
moments
after
he
opened
fire.

The
RNC
schedule,
which
goes
until
Thursday,
is
expected
to
remain
relatively
unchanged,
though
the
assassination
attempt
has
supercharged
the
emotional
energy
of
a
convention
that
was
already
expected
to
be
revved
up
with
Trump
fanfare.

“When
he
[Trump]
walks
in
that
arena
for
the
first
time,
the
decibel
level
will
be
so
high
it
will
be
almost
unmeasurable,”
Corey
Lewandowski,
a
close
Trump
ally
who
is
advising
the
RNC,
said
Sunday.

As
he
walked
into
the
arena,
the
crowd
erupted
into
cheering
and
chants,
including
repeatedly
shouting
“Fight!”
as
the
former
president
waved
to
the
audience.

Day
one
of
the
convention
has
featured
a
slate
of
speakers
including
Georgia
Rep.
Marjorie
Taylor
Greene,
rapper
Amber
Rose,
Trump
fundraiser
David
Sacks,
along
with
former
VP
hopefuls
like
South
Carolina
Sen.
Tim
Scott
and
South
Dakota
Gov.
Kristi
Noem.

Teamsters
Union
President
Sean
O’Brien
also
spoke,
the
first
Teamster
to
address
a
Republican
convention.
He
said
he
knew
his
presence
was
a
controversial
move.

“Anti
union
groups
demanded
the
president
rescind
his
invitation.
The
left
called
me
a
traitor,”
O’Brien
said.
“I
don’t
care
about
getting
criticized.”

From
Monday
to
Thursday,
over
80
of
Trump’s
closest
allies,
big-ticket
donors
and
other
lawmakers
are
expected
to
speak.
The
City
of
Milwaukee
expects
roughly
50,000
attendees.

Here
is
the
full
list
of
speakers
that
were
set
to
headline
on
Monday:

• Amber
  Rose
• David
  Sacks
• Charlie
  Kirk
  (Founder,
  Turning
  Point
  USA)
• Bob
  Unanue
  (CEO,
  Goya
  Foods)
• Sean
  O’Brien
  (President
  of
  the
  International
  Brotherhood
  of
  Teamsters)
• Lt.
  Gov
  Mark
  Robinson
  of
  North
  Carolina
• Wisconsin
  Sen.
  Ron
  Johnson
• Georgia
  Rep.
  Marjorie
  Taylor
  Greene
• Texas
  Rep.
  Wesley
  Hunt
• Michigan
  Rep.
  John
  James
• Alabama
  Sen.
  Katie
  Britt
• South
  Carolina
  Sen.
  Tim
  Scott
• Virginia
  Gov.
  Glenn
  Youngkin
• South
  Dakota
  Gov.
  Kristi
  Noem
• Florida
  Rep.
  Byron
  Donalds
• Tennessee
  Sen.
  Marsha
  Blackburn
• Sara
  Workmann
• Vanessa
  Faura
• Mark
  Laws
• Benjamin
  Joseph
• Linda
  Fornos