Trump makes appearance at RNC Day 1 after being formally nominated with Vance
Former President Donald Trump appeared alongside his newly announced running mate Sen. JD Vance at the Republican National Convention on Monday night, the first time Trump has been seen in public since Saturday’s shocking attempt on his life.
The crowd cheered Trump, whose ear was bandaged after it was grazed by a bullet on Saturday at a rally in Pennsylvania. Trump posted on social media over the weekend that he had considered postponing traveling to Milwaukee but he wrote that he “just decided that I cannot allow a ‘shooter,’ or potential assassin, to force change to scheduling, or anything else.”
Trump’s appearance capped a dramatic few days for the former president, coming just days after the assassination attempt at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, that killed a bystander and critically wounded two others. Secret Service snipers shot and killed the gunman, who has since been identified as a 20-year-old Pennsylvania man. The FBI and Secret Service are still searching for a motive.
The former president announced Monday on social media that he had chosen Vance, a 39-year-old Ohio senator, to be his running mate. Vance, one source said, only learned he had been selected about 20 minutes before Trump made his choice public in a social media post.
Trump and Vance were officially nominated by the RNC Monday. Vance took the floor after his nomination was announced to greet delegates with his wife, Usha.
Earlier in the day, Trump also received more welcome news — a federal judge in Florida dismissed the charges against him and his two co-defendants, ruling that special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment was unlawfully funded.
Here’s how the first day of the 2024 RNC played out:
Source: cbsnews.com