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US Republicans formally name Trump their presidential nominee
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, Politico reported.
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.
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.
Then came a series of criminal indictments. In New York, he was convicted in May for covering up hush money payments to a porn star. In Washington and Georgia, federal and state prosecutors brought charges related to his effort to subvert the 2020 election. And in Florida, he was charged for hoarding classified documents at Mar-a-Lago and then obstructing the probe.
Trump on Saturday evening survived a shooting that federal law enforcement officials say was a likely assassination attempt.
Saturday’s shooting at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, killed one rallygoer and wounded two others. A bullet pierced Trump’s right ear, and a Secret Service sniper team shot dead 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was identified as the gunman.