What to Know
- The Republican presidential ticket came together on Monday when Donald Trump named JD Vance as his running mate.
- Two days after surviving an attempted assassination, Trump appeared triumphantly at the RNC's opening night.
- The first night of the convention was supposed to be about the economy, but some of the biggest applause lines came from harsh criticisms of transgender people.
The Republican National Convention enters its second day Tuesday — now with Donald Trump officially as its presidential nominee. Immigration and crime are expected to be featured topics on Day 2.
The convention is underway in the shadows of an assassination attempt on Trump. A U.S. official told NBC News that minutes before shots rang out at a rally in Pennsylvania, local police notified the former president's Secret Service detail that they were looking for a suspicious person.
In an interview with NBC's Lester Holt Monday night, President Joe Biden reiterated that he was grateful Trump survived the shooting, but noted his rival's role in mainstreaming violent rhetoric.
