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Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis are set to take the stage at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin this evening after a surprise appearance by Donald Trump on Monday evening.
The former president received a hero’s welcome when he arrived at the Fiserv Forum with a bandaged ear on Monday night. A deafening roar erupted from the crowd and chants of “USA” broke out when he arrived.
He did not speak, as he is due to give the event’s keynote address on Thursday, but appeared moved by the reception.
Trump formally clinched his party’s nomination for the presidency on Monday, just minutes after he had announced he would had chosen Ohio Senator JD Vance, 39, as his 2024 running mate.
“After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator JD Vance of the Great State of Ohio,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Vance, a military veteran, venture capitalist and author, beat Florida Senator Marco Rubio and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum to the honour.
Former sniper Rep. Cory Mills raises questions about Trump assassination attempt
Former sniper Rep. Cory Mills raises questions about Trump assassination attempt
Former sniper Rep. Cory Mills raised questions about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump as he called for a thorough investigation. Mills spoke to CNN following the rally shooting in Pennsylvania on Saturday (13 July). “The amount of negligence, the amount of mistakes that were made here, I have a very difficult time not leaning myself towards this was intentional as opposed to fecklessness,” Mills told CNN anchor Kate Bolduan on Tuesday (16 July). Appearing shocked, the CNN host pressed Mills further, to which he replied: “I sit here and scratch my head. You don’t want to be the conspiracist. That’s the issue. You walk this fine balance, but you look at it and think ‘How could this have gone so wrong?’.”
Inside the unlikely romance of JD Vance and wife Usha Chilukuri Vance, from Yale Law to a Kentucky wedding
They were paired as writing partners for their first major assignment at Yale Law School – a striking high-achiever daughter of immigrants and a Marine veteran “hillbilly” who could trace his family’s Scots-Irish roots back generations in the Appalachian mountains.
It may sound trite and corny, but Usha Chilukuri and JD Vance truly came from vastly different worlds. And they fell in love in yet another – at an East Coast Ivy League across the country from Usha’s childhood California home and across a gaping cultural divide from her future husband’s Rust Belt hometown.
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Inside the unlikely romance of JD Vance and wife Usha Chilukuri Vance
When JD Vance began law school at Yale, the Rust Belt native encountered total culture shock — but also met his wife, the whipsmart daughter of Indian immigrants who helped him navigate the Ivy League, healthy relationships and his run for Vice President alongside Donald Trump. Sheila Flynn chronicles their romance
Babydog Justice is the RNC speaker you didn’t expect
An unexpected speaker has appeared on the schedule for tonight: Babydog Justice, the English bulldog who belongs to West Virginia governor Justice.
Holly Baxter writes about how the conservative canine isn’t without her own controversies:
Profile: Usha Chilukuri Vance — Who is the wife of Trump’s running mate?
Many will now be acquainted with JD Vance’s journey from the US Marine Corps to Capitol Hill by way of Ohio State University, Yale Law School and a stint in San Francisco as a venture capitalist with Mithril Capital Management, a firm co-founded by the billionaire Peter Thiel.
Perhaps less well-known is the story of Vance’s wife Usha Chilukuri Vance.
Joe Sommerlad takes a look at the story of the woman who could one day be the second lady.
Comment: Trump’s latest move could prove to be a devastating blow for Ukraine
Mary Dejevsky writes:
But there was an exception to the general equanimity over the nomination of Vance. In much of Eastern Europe, but most of all in Ukraine, Trump’s choice would be unwelcome in the extreme.
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Trump’s latest move could prove to be a devastating blow for Ukraine
Trump regularly boasts he would end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of returning to the Oval Office, but offers little detail. By announcing JD Vance as his vice-presidential pick, however, he is indicating his intention to adopt a foreign policy that could be catastrophic for Kyiv, writes Mary Dejevsky
Watch: Donald Trump describes what bullet felt like to RFK Jr in leaked phone call
Donald Trump described what it felt like to be shot during a leaked phone call with independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Trump, who was shot in his ear during his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, told RFK Jr: “It felt like the world's largest mosquito.” Before divulging what it felt like to be shot, Trump is heard trying to coax RFK Jr to join his team. He states: “We're going to win, we're way ahead of the guy.” The video clip was first posted by RFK Jr’s son, Robert F. Kennedy III, in a post that has since been deleted.
JD Vance responds to past criticism of Trump
JD Vance was announced as Donald Trump’s running mate Monday, 15 July, but the Ohio senator has not always been a fan of the former president. In his first interview since the vice president pick announcement, Vance responded to his past criticism of Trump, who he once compared to Hitler. “I was certainly skeptical of Donald Trump in 2016, but President Trump was a great president, and he changed my mind,” Vance said. “I bought into the media’s lies and distortions,” he said. Vance then went on to say he’d been wrong about Trump.
MTG attacks transgender people and ‘illegal aliens’
Graig Graziosi reports.
Democrats slam JD Vance pick and Project 2025 after returning to campaign on second day of RNC
Andrew Feinberg reports from Milwaukee:
Days after a gunman came within inches of assassinating former president Donald Trump, Democrats are ditching the temporary pause in campaigning that they instituted after the Saturday shooting.
The party is now going all-in on plans to highlight what spokespeople describe as the extreme proposals favored by the ex-president and his allies.
At a press conference in Milwaukee, just a short walk from where Republicans officially nominated the twice-impeached convicted felon as their party’s standard-bearer for the third consecutive election, President Joe Biden’s deputy campaign manager Quentin Fulks told reporters the attempt on Trump’s life wasn’t changing how they are going after the former president and his new running-mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance.
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Premium: I’m from the same place as JD Vance and there’s nothing to celebrate now that he’s Trump’s VP
Skylar Baker-Jordan is a regular contributor to The Independent.
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