The Republican Party has formally nominated Donald Trump as its presidential nominee for a third cycle in a row, cementing his status as the GOP standard-bearer nearly a decade after first ascending to the top of the party.
Donald Trump has received enough votes at the Republican National Convention (RNC) to become the party’s official presidential nominee – days after surviving an assassination attempt. At the gathering in Milwaukee, the ex-president was confirmed as the Republican candidate ahead of the 5 November election.
The selection represents a remarkable moment for the former president, who over the last three years has faced denunciation for the Jan. 6 riot, multiple criminal indictments, political setbacks — and just this weekend, an assassination attempt.
Trump is the first convicted felon to become a major-party presidential nominee.
His nomination Monday came as no surprise, as an overwhelming majority of convention delegates were already pledged to support Trump after he dominated the primaries. Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina and former Republican challenger to Trump released her delegates earlier this month and encouraged them to back Trump in Milwaukee.
It’s a moment that has been building since the former president left office in 2021.
Members of his party, including some presidential hopefuls, denounced Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection and his attempts to overturn his 2020 loss to President Joe Biden. He was seen by some as politically toxic after Republicans lost the House and Senate during his presidency. Trump was also partially blamed in 2022 for Republicans’ failure to win back the Senate and smaller-than-expected margin of victory in winning the House.
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