(Reuters) – New week’s Republican National Convention will be a four-day celebration of President Donald Trump, with a younger generation hoping for a shot at the White House in 2024, as well as a St. Louis few that broke guns. among Protestants against anti-racism.
PHOTO PHOTO: A tractor decorated to support US President Donald Trump is displayed near the site of a visit by Vice President Mike Pence in Darien, Wisconsin, US, August 19, 2020. REUTERS / Brian Snyder
Here’s a look at speakers included in a mix of live and virtual programming starting on Monday.
GREAT AMERICAN STORY
The theme of the nominating convention will be “Honoring the Great American Story,” and will end with a speech by Trump’s live acceptance on Thursday night at the White House’s South Lawn.
The grounds of the White House will also be used on Tuesday night, when First Lady Melania Trump and Trump’s adult children will speak from the Rose Garden.
Trump will be the central focus and will appear most days, according to campaign sources, including one event he will honor doctors, nurses and other workers on the front lines of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vice President Mike Pence will be the keynote speaker on Wednesday, delivering his remarks on Baltimore’s Fort McHenry, made famous during the War of 1812 when it was successfully defended against an attack by the British Navy, and inspired by the poem that became the lyrics for The Star -Spandled Banner.
Some government experts have expressed concern about the use of federal properties as stages for partisan political speeches, but a law banning the use of federal funds for campaigns appears the president and vice president. In 1940, Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted his party’s nomination by radio through the White House.
On Monday the convention theme will be the ‘Land of Promise’, on Tuesday it will be ‘Land of Opportunity’, on Wednesday the focus will be on the ‘Land of Heroes’ and events will culminate in the ‘Land of Greatness’ on Thursday.
TRUMP WURF my life
Trump has been criticized for his response to the coronavirus pandemic, which killed more than 170,000 Americans and solved a severe economic downturn, as well as his response to nationwide protests over racial injustice and police brutality against Black Americans.
To counter that criticism, the convention will also include all Americans who will testify that Trump has changed their lives in positive ways, according to a member of Trump’s campaign.
They will also sound the alarm about the dangers of a victory for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
Among them will be Mark and Patricia McCloskey, a St. Louis couple selling their guns to the Protestants of Black Lives Matter who marched through their gated community in July. They were accused of armed criminals, whom Trump called a ‘disgrace’. Their lawyer, Joel Schwartz, said her appearance has now been confirmed by Republican organizers.
Other civilian speakers will include police officer Sergeant Ann Dorn, whose husband, retired police captain David Dorn, was killed during violent protests in St. Louis in June; Tanya Weinreis, who will say her Montana coffee shop and the existence of employees were saved by a loan from the federal aid program Corchavirus Paycheck Protection, and the parents of Kayla Mueller, a humanitarian worker killed by Islamic State.
Andrew Pollack, whose daughter Meadow was murdered in the 2018 Parkland, Florida, school massacre, will also speak. He is an advocate for improved measures for school security, including armed guards.
2024 HOPEFULS
The convention will also include Republicans who are considered prospective 2024 presidential hopefuls. They include Nikki Haley, Trump’s former ambassador to the United Nations; Governor of South Dakota Kristi Noem; South Carolina U.S. Senator Tim Scott; and the son of President Donald Trump Jr., who some party members want to see continue the Trump legacy.
Report by Tim Reid; Edited by Sonya Hepinstall
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