Half of the key speakers scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention have Trump’s last name, according to a Fox News graph released Saturday.
The event, which begins Monday and runs through Thursday, will appear every night from President Donald Trump, according to NPR. His acceptance speech will come Thursday.
But he will not be the only Trump in the spotlight. Other keynote speakers include First Lady Melania Trump along with the President’s children: Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump, and Tiffany Trump.
The other keynote speakers mentioned in the graph include Vice President Mike Pence; House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy; former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley; Governor of South Dakota Kristi Noem; Iowa Senator Joni Ernst; and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott.
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While schedule changes may occur, the lineup on Fox News produced a wave of criticism on social media, with many noting the number of Trumps and the lack of other potential speakers.
Some critics on social media also pointed out that Scott was the only Black speaker in the lineup according to the Fox News graph. Based on that, he and Haley are the only two people of color who plan to tackle the event as keynote speakers.
The Democratic National Convention, which wrapped up Thursday last week and saw former Vice President Joe Biden officially nominated, included a wide variety of speakers – among them Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, Senator in California and Biden running mate Kamala Harris, and former Secretary of State Colin Powell, one of many prominent Republicans who have crossed party lines to support Biden and run for office.
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Trump is not the first candidate to have his relatives as speakers at a convention. Four years ago, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton did the same with daughter Chelsea and husband and former president Bill Clinton.
According to NPR, the convention will also feature speeches by the parents of Kayla Mueller, a humanitarian aid worker killed by ISIS; Alice Johnson, who spent life in prison until Trump penned her sentence; and Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who fired their guns at Black Lives Matter protesters outside their home in St. Louis.
The convention will be largely virtual because of concerns about coronavirus. Earlier plans called for it to be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, but the state governor raised concerns about security protocols related to the pandemic. A move to Jacksonville, Florida, was later followed by a spike in coronavirus cases in Florida.
Newsweek reached the Republican National Convention for comment and confirmation from key speakers, but received no response at the time of publication.
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