The former United Nations ambassador and South Carolina governor was the last major rival against Trump in this year's primary contest. She waited two months after dropping out in March to say she would vote for him. Then last week, she announced she would instruct her convention delegates to vote for Trump but wasn't planning to attend the convention.
It wasn't until Sunday — hours after the shooting — that her office reversed itself and said she would speak.
It's likely that she will call on her party to show cohesion in the face of this fall's general election battle against President Joe Biden.
Many of the speeches Monday focused on economic policies and claims that Biden had mishandled the economy.
On Tuesday, the overview shifts to immigration and crime, according to Trump's campaign and the Republican National Committee, with the theme of “Make America Safe Once Again.”
Be on the lookout for speakers to argue that they have been damaged by Biden-era immigration policies. Trump and Republicans believe the border debate is among their strongest issues.
As part of a broader attempt to blame crime on border policies, expect speeches from family members of slain people in cases where immigrants in the U.S. illegally face criminal charges. Trump has repeatedly brought up the issue at rallies this year.
Last week, the Trump campaign and the RNC announced that the brother of Rachel Morin — a Maryland woman whom prosecutors say was killed and raped by a fugitive from El Salvador — would be one of the speakers at the convention. Officials say the suspect, Victor Antonio Martinez Hernandez, entered the U.S. illegally after allegedly killing a woman in his home country.
He was arrested last month in Oklahoma and charged with first-degree murder and rape in Morin's death.
The RNC hasn't released the day's full schedule
Convention organizers are not expected to announce who will speak on the event's second day until later Tuesday morning...
Not one scintilla of bias in that AP article./s
I can’t believe they’re letting Nimratta in the door.
I don’t understand the lack of a daily schedule. Surely they have it scripted out already.
I don’t know if it has been mentioned, but it’s been alleged that Nikki Haley was only added to the convention invitees and speaker list at around 5:30 on Saturday afternoon. That was less than an hour before he took the stage at his rally. I wonder if Trump knew she was being invited?
