2024 Republican National Convention

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File:Selection of Milwaukee to host the 2024 RNC 16.png, Republican Party Chair Ronna McDaniel, and Host Committee Chair Reince Priebus on August 5, 2022]]

On January 7, 2022, a spokesperson for the Republican National Committee said that four potential host cities were in the running to be selected for the 2024 convention: Milwaukee, Nashville, Pittsburgh and Salt Lake City.{{Cite web|first=Dan|last=Merica|title=Republicans are down to four finalist cities for 2024 convention|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/07/politics/republican-convention-2024-four-cities/index.html|access-date=January 8, 2022|website=CNN|date=January 7, 2022 }} Milwaukee was officially the host city for the 2020 Democratic National Convention, which was largely held virtually in assorted locations with Milwaukee only assuming the role of a production headquarters due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |last1=Atkins |first1=Tony |date=August 6, 2020 |title=Wisconsin Center still looks forward to role in DNC hosting, production |url=https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/wisconsin-center-still-looks-forward-to-role-in-dnc-hosting-production |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819173539/https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/wisconsin-center-still-looks-forward-to-role-in-dnc-hosting-production |archive-date=August 19, 2020 |access-date=August 7, 2020 |website=TMJ4 |publisher=WTMJ-TV}}{{cite web |last1=Calvi |first1=Jason |date=August 6, 2020 |title=DNC in Milwaukee now almost entirely virtual, but protesters say 'we aren't going to stay home' |url=https://www.fox6now.com/news/dnc-in-milwaukee-now-almost-entirely-virtual-but-protesters-say-we-arent-going-to-stay-home |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807000548/https://www.fox6now.com/news/dnc-in-milwaukee-now-almost-entirely-virtual-but-protesters-say-we-arent-going-to-stay-home |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=August 7, 2020 |website=FOX 6 Now Milwaukee |publisher=WITI-TV}}{{cite web |last1=Kirchen |first1=Rich |title=Milwaukee touts DNC experience, new facilities in bid for 2024 Republican convention |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2021/12/08/milwaukee-touts-dnc-experience-in-bid-for-2024-rep.html |website=Milwaukee Business Journal |access-date=December 12, 2021 |date=December 8, 2021}} Milwaukee and Pittsburgh are both located in key swing states (Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, respectively) that had both played a significant role in determining the winner of the Electoral College in the 2024 election, while Nashville and Salt Lake City are both the respective state capitals of Tennessee and Utah, which have been reliably Republican states throughout most of the previous half-century (even though the capital cities themselves are considered Democratic strongholds within their states). From 2008 through the 2020 election, both the Democratic Party and Republican Party had only held their conventions in swing states. Houston had previously taken steps towards bidding,{{cite web |last1=Schott |first1=Bryan |title=Salt Lake City bidding to host the 2024 Republican National Convention |url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2021/10/28/salt-lake-city-bidding/ |website=The Salt Lake Tribune |access-date=December 12, 2021 |date=October 28, 2021}} but decided against it due to conflicts with other scheduled events at venues.{{cite web |last1=Mishanec |first1=Nora |title=Houston to make host bid for 2024 Democratic National Convention with Texas in national spotlight |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/houston-to-make-host-bid-for-2024-democratic-national-convention-with-texas-in-national-spotlight/ar-AAXJ13o?ocid=uxbndlbing |website=MSN |publisher=Houston Chronicle |access-date=May 30, 2022 |date=May 25, 2022}} Other locations that had, at one point, an interest in hosting, but which ultimately did not bid, included Columbus,{{cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/11/13/should-columbus-bid-to-host-the-dnc-or-rnc.html|work=Columbus Business First|title=Should Columbus bid to host the DNC or RNC in 2024? Tourism leaders say it's a question of ROI|date=November 13, 2019|first=Hayleigh|last=Colombo}} Las Vegas,{{Cite web|url=https://www.ktnv.com/news/mayor-carolyn-goodman-supports-2024-republican-national-convention-in-las-vegas|title=Mayor Carolyn Goodman supports 2024 Republican National Convention in Las Vegas|date=September 27, 2021|publisher=KTNV}} San Antonio, and the state of Georgia.{{cite news|url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/georgia-republicans-prepare-for-circle-the-wagons-convention/8OfrLjmC05hPFxovufGzAP/|title=Georgia Republicans prepare for a circle-the-wagons convention|date=May 10, 2019|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|first=Jim|last=Galloway}} Kansas City, Missouri, had made a formal bid, but withdrew their bid in late December 2021, prior to the finalist cities being named.{{cite web |last1=Hirshberg |first1=Sean |title=Kansas City withdraws from 2024 RNC selection process |url=https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/kansas-city-withdraws-from-2024-rnc-selection-process |website=KSHB |access-date=February 23, 2022|date=December 23, 2021}}

On February 4, 2022, Pittsburgh's bid committee announced that their bid had been eliminated from further consideration.{{cite web |title=Pittsburgh Removed From Consideration For Republican National Convention In 2024 |url=https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2022/02/04/pittsburgh-removed-consideration-2024-republican-national-convention/|publisher=CBS Pittsburgh (KDKA) |access-date=February 17, 2022 |date=February 4, 2022}} In early March 2022, Salt Lake City was eliminated by the Republican National Committee, leaving Milwaukee and Nashville as the two remaining finalist bid cities. The Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County voted against a draft hosting agreement, which effectively forfeited the city's bid.{{cite web |last1=Stephenson |first1=Cassandra |title=Nashville unlikely to host Republican National Convention after council quashes bill |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2022/08/02/nashville-unlikely-host-rnc-after-council-quashes-bill/10216597002/ |website=The Tennessean |access-date=April 15, 2023 |date=August 2, 2022}}

On July 15, 2022, a site selection committee unanimously voted to recommend Milwaukee as the site of the convention over Nashville.{{cite web |title=Milwaukee gets recommendation to host 2024 GOP convention |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/milwaukee-gets-recommendation-to-host-2024-gop-convention/ |website=CBS News |access-date=July 19, 2022 |date=July 16, 2022}} This is because of how crucial Wisconsin would be in the 2024 Presidential election.{{Cite news |date=July 19, 2024 |title=Election 2024 Republican National Convention: Blagojevich touts Trump in Milwaukee |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/3082510916|newspaper=Chicago Tribune |page=2|id={{ProQuest|3082510916}} |via=ProQuest}} The Republican National Committee voted for Milwaukee to be the party's 2024 convention host during its early August 2022 meeting in Chicago.

Milwaukee is the first city to host major party conventions in consecutive elections since New York City hosted both the 1976 and 1980 Democratic National Conventions.{{cite web |last1=Petre |first1=Linda |title=Search for 2024 convention sites ramps up in both parties |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/589116-search-for-2024-convention-sites-ramps-up-in-both-parties |website=The Hill |access-date=February 23, 2022 |date=January 11, 2022}} However, the 2024 convention is set to be Milwaukee's first time hosting a normal in-person presidential nominating convention, since the 2020 convention was held with a "virtual" format.{{cite web |last1=Meyer |first1=Maredithe |title=It's official: Milwaukee will host the 2024 Republican National Convention |url=https://biztimes.com/its-official-milwaukee-will-host-the-2024-republican-national-convention/ |website=BizTimes - Milwaukee Business News |access-date=May 9, 2023 |date=August 5, 2022}}

On December 21, 2022, the Republican National Committee announced that the convention's dates will be July 15–18, 2024.{{cite web |last1=Mizelle |first1=Shawna |title=RNC announces dates for 2024 convention|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/21/politics/republican-national-convention-2024-dates/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=April 15, 2023 |date=December 21, 2022}}

The event was anticipated to potentially bring 50,000 visitors to Milwaukee.{{cite web |last1=Casey |first1=Evan |title=Milwaukee officially picked as host site for 2024 Republican National Convention |url=https://www.wpr.org/milwaukee-officially-picked-host-site-2024-republican-national-convention |website=Wisconsin Public Radio |access-date=April 15, 2023|date=August 5, 2022}} An estimate showed that it brought in as much as $200 million in revenue to the region.{{cite web |last1=Rojas-Castillo |first1=Elaine |title=Economist explores economic impact of 2024 RNC in Milwaukee |url=https://www.tmj4.com/news/decision-2023/economist-explores-economic-impact-of-2024-rnc-in-milwaukee |website=TMJ4 News |access-date=April 15, 2023 |date=March 22, 2023}}

In terms of population, Milwaukee is smaller than other metropolitan areas that have hosted recent major party conventions.{{cite web |last1=Sommerhauser |first1=Mark |title=All eyes on Milwaukee: The 2020 Democratic National Convention is coming to Wisconsin |url=https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/all-eyes-on-milwaukee-the-2020-democratic-national-convention-is-coming-to-wisconsin/article_3220a356-40e6-5bd6-a7cc-ecc7c653dda0.html |website=madison.com |publisher=Wisconsin State Journal |access-date=August 15, 2020 |date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809033717/https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/all-eyes-on-milwaukee-the-2020-democratic-national-convention-is-coming-to-wisconsin/article_3220a356-40e6-5bd6-a7cc-ecc7c653dda0.html |url-status=live}} Milwaukee is among the smallest metropolitan areas to have hosted a major party convention.{{cite web |last1=Barrow |first1=Bill |last2=Moreno |first2=Ivan |last3=Bauer |first3=Scott |agency=Associated Press |title=Dems pick Milwaukee for 2020 convention over Miami, Houston |url=https://www.valleynewslive.com/content/news/Democrats-select-Milwaukee-for-2020-national-convention-506981021.html |website=valleynewslive.com |publisher=Valley News Live |access-date=August 15, 2020 |date=March 11, 2019 |archive-date=August 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819173527/https://www.valleynewslive.com/content/news/Democrats-select-Milwaukee-for-2020-national-convention-506981021.html |url-status=live}} Due to Milwaukee's location being in a swing state, it made a huge impact both economically and politically.{{Cite journal |date=August 5, 2022 |title=Milwaukee Set to Host 2024 Republican National Convention |journal=Uwire Text |pages=1}}

On April 11, 2023, it was announced that Chicago had been selected to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention.{{cite web |last1=Sweet |first1=Lynn |title=Chicago to host 2024 Democratic National Convention |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/4/11/23676941/chicago-2024-democratic-convention |website=Chicago Sun-Times |access-date=April 11, 2023 |date=April 11, 2023}} Milwaukee and Chicago are approximately 90 miles apart on the coast of Lake Michigan. This is a highly unusual proximity for two different cities hosting major party conventions in the same year. Not since 1972, when both conventions last shared a host city, have the sites of the two major party convention sites been so closely located.{{cite web |last1=Wise |first1=David |title=Chicago selected to host 2024 Democratic National Convention |url=https://www.wispolitics.com/2023/chicago-selected-to-host-2024-democratic-national-convention |website=WisPolitics |access-date=April 15, 2023 |date=April 11, 2023}}

File:MKE-2024-Host-Committee-LOGO horizontal.svg Reince Priebus is serving as the chairman of the MKE 2024 Host Committee.{{cite web |last1=Hunken |first1=Molly |title=MKE 2024 Host Committee: Congratulates Republican National Convention leadership team |url=https://www.wispolitics.com/2023/mke-2024-host-committee-congratulates-republican-national-convention-leadership-team |website=WisPolitics |access-date=April 15, 2023 |date=March 24, 2023}} From September 2022 until May 2023, the host committee's chief executive officer (CEO) was Stephen B. King.{{cite web |last1=Glauber |first1=Bill |title=Former U.S. Ambassador to Czech Republic Steve King named CEO of Milwaukee host committee for 2024 Republican Convention |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2022/09/29/steve-king-named-milwaukee-host-committee-ceo-2024-rnc/8127305001/ |website=Journal Sentinel |access-date=April 15, 2023 |date=September 29, 2022}}{{cite web |last1=DaBruzzi |first1=Anthony |title=Exclusive: Host Committee CEO talks 2024 RNC preps |url=https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/news/2023/03/01/exclusive--host-committee-ceo-talks-2024-rnc-preps |website=Spectrum News 1 |access-date=April 15, 2023 |date=March 1, 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Goldbeck |first1=Madison |title=Steve King steps down as CEO of Milwaukee RNC Host Committee |url=https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/steve-king-steps-down-as-ceo-of-milwaukee-rnc-host-committee |website=TMJ4 News |access-date=May 24, 2023 |date=May 18, 2023}} In May 2023, it was announced that Milwaukee businessman Ted Kellner would be replacing King as CEO, but that King would remain a member of the Host Committee.

The convention's host committee aimed to raise $65 million to fund the convention.{{cite web |last1=DaBruzzi |first1=Anthony |title=RNC host committee shares vision to bolster businesses |url=https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/madison/politics/2022/09/29/rnc-host-committee-shares-vision-to-bolster-businesses |website=Spectrum 1 News |access-date=April 15, 2023 |date=September 29, 2022}} Donors included WinRed, Turning Point USA, General Motors, and the American Beverage Association.{{Cite web |last=Hoff |first=Maya Marchel |date=July 17, 2024 |title=Who is sponsoring the RNC? A full guide to the financial backers |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/17/rnc-2024-sponsor-list/74442605007/ |access-date=July 18, 2024 |website=USA Today}}

Working with the host committee on behalf of the Republican National Committee is convention's Committee on Arrangements. On March 24, 2023, Anne Hathaway was appointed chairwoman of the committee and Ron Kaufman was appointed general chairman. Elise Dickens was named as chief executive officer on June 1, 2023.{{cite web |last1=Glauber |first1=Bill |title=Wisconsin native Elise Dickens named CEO of 2024 Republican Convention in Milwaukee |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/01/wisconsin-native-elise-dickens-named-ceo-of-2024-rnc-in-milwaukee/70278049007/ |website=Journal Sentinel |access-date=June 13, 2023 |date=June 1, 2023}} On June 29, 2023, further committee members were announced, including KC Crosbie as treasurer, Vicki Drummond as secretary,{{cite web |last1=Ryan |first1=Rachel |title=RNC announces Committee on Arrangements team for 2024 convention |url=https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/news/2023/06/29/republican-national-convention--committee-on-arrangements-team--2024--milwaukee |website=Spectrum News 1 |access-date=July 2, 2023 |date=June 29, 2023}} and David Bossie as co-chair. Other members of the committee that were announced included Maripat Krueger, Brian Schimming, and Tom Schreibel.{{cite web |last1=Glauber |first1=Bill |title=Journal Sentinel |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/06/30/ex-trump-aide-named-co-chair-of-2024-rnc-committee-on-arrangements/70370516007/ |website=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |access-date=July 2, 2023 |date=June 30, 2023}}

Milwaukee and its immediate metro area have a smaller number of hotel rooms than can be needed for a major party presidential nominating convention. As a result of this, the 2020 Democratic National Convention, before plans changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was originally expected to house a large share of convention delegates in hotel rooms located in Illinois.{{cite web |last1=Glauber |first1=Bill |last2=Spicuzza |first2=Mary |last3=Beck |first3=Molly |title=2020 DNC: 31 delegations to stay in Wisconsin and 26 in Illinois |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/08/22/2020-dnc-delegations-split-between-wisconsin-illinois-hotels/2086288001/ |website=Journal Sentinel |access-date=April 15, 2023 |date=August 22, 2019}} However, due to the fact that Republican conventions have fewer total delegates than Democratic conventions, it has been reported that the plans for the 2024 Republican Convention do not entail such far-flung accommodations for delegates.{{cite web |title=Milwaukee officially chosen as 2024 Republican National Convention host city |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1XTc2hQPyU |via=YouTube |publisher=TMJ4 News |access-date=April 15, 2023 |date=August 5, 2022}} Some visitors for the 2020 Democratic Convention were originally anticipated to stay in Madison, Wisconsin.{{cite web |last1=Kirchen |first1=Rich |title=Progressive groups' staff booked for Madison hotels during the DNC in Milwaukee |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2019/12/04/progressive-groups-staff-booked-for-madison-hotels.html |website=Milwaukee Business Journal |access-date=April 15, 2023 |date=December 4, 2019}} Madison, Wisconsin's visitors bureau have confirmed that, when Milwaukee city was bidding, Milwaukee officials inquired with them about Madison's hotel availability around the time of the convention.{{cite web |title=Madison tourism officials asked about hotel capacity ahead of '24 RNC |url=https://www.wkow.com/news/madison-tourism-officials-asked-about-hotel-capacity-ahead-of-24-rnc/article_48f51130-07b7-11ed-8a26-cfe49d2989e7.html |website=WKOW |access-date=April 15, 2023 |date=July 19, 2022}}

To accommodate convention visitors, the host committee is working with a Chicago-based firm to secure hotel rooms in more than 300 hotels and motels located within a 60-mile radius of the convention site.{{cite web |last1=Rojas-Castillo |first1=Elaine |title=Prep continues for 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee |url=https://www.tmj4.com/decision2022/republican-national-committee-to-give-update-on-2024-rnc |website=TMJ4 News |access-date=June 13, 2023 |date=February 2, 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Glauber |first1=Bill |title=What we know so far about the 2024 Republican Convention in Milwaukee |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/02/what-we-know-about-2024-republican-convention-in-milwaukee/69831774007/ |website=Journal Sentinel |access-date=June 13, 2023 |date=February 2, 2023}}

In addition to hotels, the original plans for the 2020 Democratic Convention in the city had dormitories at Milwaukee-area universities and colleges accommodating some convention guests and volunteers.{{cite web |last1=Hauer |first1=Sarah |title=Where dorm rooms fit into 2020 DNC puzzle of how Milwaukee will house 50,000 people |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/business/2019/11/01/2020-dnc-milwaukee-colleges-and-universities-housing-hundreds/2495734001/ |website=Journal Sentinel |access-date=April 15, 2023 |date=November 1, 2019}} Similarly, dorm rooms are expected to be utilized as accommodations during the 2024 Republican National Convention.{{cite web |last1=Kirchen |first1=Rich |title=RNC needs more dorm rooms for visiting police; which Milwaukee universities will bid? |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2023/06/14/rnc-dorms-visiting-police-republican-convention.html |website=Milwaukee Business Journals |access-date=August 20, 2023 |date=June 14, 2023}} Marquette University has adjusted their academic calendar to allow for the availability of their dorms during the convention.{{cite web |last1=Goods |first1=Jack |title=Important changes to campus operations, academic calendar for summer 2024 political convention |url=https://today.marquette.edu/2023/07/important-changes-to-campus-operations-academic-calendar-for-summer-2024-political-convention/ |website=Marquette Today |access-date=August 20, 2023 |date=July 27, 2023}}

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The convention was a National Special Security Event.{{cite web |last1=Holmes |first1=Isiah |title=Activists blast Milwaukee FPC for suspending video policy during RNC |url=https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/05/23/activists-blast-fpc-for-suspending-video-policy-during-rnc/ |website=Wisconsin Examiner |access-date=May 24, 2023 |date=May 23, 2023}} With the exception of the downscaled 2020 conventions, each presidential election since 2004 has seen $50 million in grants allocated to each convention host city for security costs. In early 2023, the eight Wisconsin members of the United States House of Representatives wrote a letter to the House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science urging that the amount allocated for security at each convention be increased to $75 million for the 2024 election.{{cite web |last1=Andrea |first1=Lawrence |title=Wisconsin House delegation seeks 50% bump in money to cover Milwaukee's security costs for the Republican National Convention |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/04/01/lawmakers-seek-75-million-security-grant-for-milwaukee-to-host-rnc/70065797007/ |website=Journal Sentinel |access-date=May 24, 2023 |date=April 1, 2023}} Security for the Republican National Convention was increased due to the consistent threats facing Trump.{{Cite web |date=June 21, 2024 |title=Republican National Convention Security Measures Press Conference |url=https://www.secretservice.gov/newsroom/releases/2024/06/republican-national-convention-security-measures-press-conference |website=SecretService.gov}}

In April 2023, Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson stated that he believed the considerations that should inform security plans for the 2024 Republican National Convention should include the original security plans for a full-scale 2020 Democratic National Convention in the city and input for the U.S. Secret Service. He also stated that the security plans should reflect the political climate, noting the January 6, 2021, United States Capitol attack.

As of April 2023, it was estimated that security for the Republican National Committee could necessitate 4,500 police officers from agencies outside of Milwaukee Police Department. This number is 1,500 greater than the number of outside police officers that had originally been expected in the plans for a full-scale 2020 Democratic National Convention in the city.{{cite web |last1=Dirr |first1=Alison |title=2024 Milwaukee RNC could include as many as 4,500 outside police officers |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2023/04/13/milwaukee-rnc-could-include-as-many-as-4500-outside-police-officers/70081387007/ |website=Journal Sentinel |access-date=May 24, 2023 |date=April 13, 2023}}

Acting upon a request by Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman, in May 2023, the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission has approved a suspension lasting from July 12 through July 26, 2024, of the city 15-day policy for the release of bodycam footage. The 6–3 vote of the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission to authorize this was held in closed session without public comment.{{cite web |last1=Huges |first1=Elliot |title=Milwaukee police's 15-day video release policy will not be in effect during 2024 Republican National Convention |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2023/05/18/milwaukee-police-video-release-policy-to-be-suspended-during-2024-republican-national-convention/70233494007/ |website=Journal Sentinel |date=May 18, 2023}} This move received criticism from community activists. The ACLU of Wisconsin published an opinion opposing the suspension of the policy.{{cite web |title=Why We Must Stop Police From Withholding Body Camera Footage |url=https://www.aclu-wi.org/en/news/why-we-must-stop-police-withholding-body-camera-footage |website=ACLU of Wisconsin|last1=Jones |first1=Jon McCray |access-date=May 24, 2023 |date=May 15, 2023}}

Following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, it was announced that the security perimeter would expand to create buffer zones around the event.{{Cite web |last=Milton |first=Pat |date=July 14, 2024 |title=Republican National Convention in Milwaukee has Law Enforcement on Heightened Awareness |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/republican-national-convention-milwaukee-law-enforcement-heightened-awareness/ |access-date=July 14, 2024 |website=CBS News}}

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The theme for July 15 was "Make America Wealthy Once Again," focusing on the economy.

The theme for July 16 was "Make America Safe Once Again," centering on crime and illegal immigration.

The theme for July 17 was "Make America Strong Once Again," highlighting national security and foreign policy.

The theme for July 18 was "Make America Great Once Again," to conclude the convention.{{Cite web|agency=The Associated Press|title=The Republican National Convention is this week. Here's what to expect|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/rnc-convention-milwaukee-what-to-know/5597502/|access-date=July 15, 2024|website=NBCNewYork|date=July 15, 2024 }}

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The 2020 Republican National Convention did not produce a new platform, instead reusing the 2016 platform and producing a document affirming support for Trump.{{cite web |last1=Kilgore |first1=Ed |title=Republicans Will Just Recycle Their 2016 Party Platform |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/republicans-will-just-recycle-their-2016-party-platform.html |website=Intelligencer |publisher=New York Magazine |access-date=August 2, 2020 |date=June 11, 2020 |archive-date=July 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730000020/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/republicans-will-just-recycle-their-2016-party-platform.html |url-status=live}}

On July 8, 2024, the Republican National Committee Platform Committee, led by Randy Evans, Russ Vought, and Ed Martin, adopted "Donald J. Trump's 2024 Republican Party Platform".{{Cite web|url=https://www.gop.com/press-release/icymi-rnc-platform-committee-adopts-2024-republican-party-platform/|title=ICYMI: RNC Platform Committee Adopts 2024 Republican Party Platform | GOP}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-republican-party-platform|title=2024 Republican Party Platform | The American Presidency Project|website=www.presidency.ucsb.edu}}{{cite web |last=Pratz |first=Megan |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/07/08/nx-s1-5033015/rnc-republican-party-platform-2024 |title=With just one mention of abortion, Republican Party lays out its 2024 policy platform |publisher=NPR |date=July 8, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-team-shift-rnc-gop-platform-abortion-marriage-rcna152677|first1=Matt|last1=Dixon|title=Trump team moves behind the scenes to shift the GOP platform on abortion and marriage|date=May 23, 2024|access-date=May 23, 2024|website=NBC News}}{{Cite web|url=https://gop.com/press-release/rnc-trump-campaign-announce-leadership-for-2024-republican-national-conventions-platform-committee/|title=RNC, Trump Campaign Announce Leadership for 2024 Republican National Convention's Platform Committee|date=May 15, 2024|website=Republican National Committee}}

In May 2024, it was reported in the media that the Trump campaign wanted to shift the platform positions on abortion and same-sex marriage. In June 2024, The New York Times reported that the Trump campaign also wanted to significantly shorten the platform, focusing on contrasting with the Democratic Party instead of providing extensive details on policy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/29/us/politics/trump-gop-platform.html|date=June 29, 2024|title=Memo Reveals Trump's Plan to Slash the Size of the G.O.P. Platform|first1=Shane|last1=Goldmacher|website=The New York Times}} Trump has a separate, but similar, platform called Agenda 47.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/17/trumps-agenda-47-project-2025/74439445007/|title=As Trump creates distance from Project 2025, the conservative Agenda47 comes into focus|first=Mary|last=Walrath-Holdridge|website=USA Today}}

Reportedly, the platform was drafted by Trump's campaign directly, and was approved without deliberation or amendments by the delegates unlike in prior years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncspin.com/rnc-platform-betrays-pro-life-base|title=RNC platform betrays pro-life base|date=July 18, 2024|access-date=July 20, 2024|first1=Mary|last1=Summa|website=NC Spin|quote=This year things took an unfortunate turn. At the delegation meeting the night before the platform proceedings, delegates were told they would not be given the platform. ... Platform deliberations lasted 30 minutes. There were no subcommittees. Every motion to amend the document was blocked. ... Tony Perkins, representing Louisiana, asked for the rules on filing a minority report. Chairman Blackburn refused to provide that information. After a few minutes, an assigned delegate read from a piece of paper at one of the two microphones in the room and "called the question," which ended debate. That motion passed and approval of the platform came shortly thereafter. Fewer than two dozen brave delegates voted no.}}

The first draft was described by The New York Times as "more nationalistic, more protectionist, and less socially conservative".{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/08/us/politics/trump-abortion-gop.html|title=Trump Presses G.O.P. for New Platform That Softens Stance on Abortion|first1=Maggie|last1=Haberman|first2=Shane|last2=Goldmacher|first3=Jonathan|last3=Swan|work=The New York Times |date=July 8, 2024 |quote=The platform is even more nationalistic, more protectionist and less socially conservative than the 2016 Republican platform that was duplicated in the 2020 election.}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/08/rnc-platform-national-abortion-limits-00166788|title=RNC poised in draft text to drop national limits on abortion from party platform|website=Politico|date=July 7, 2024|first1=Megan|last1=Messerly|first2=Natalie|last2=Allison}}

After the Republican platform was released, The Washington Post noted that the platform contained numerous paraphrases and direct quotes from Trump's speeches and Truth Social posts from his 2024 campaign, which is unlike previous major U.S. political party platforms.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/interactive/2024/republican-platform-changes-trump/ |title=Trump remade the GOP in his image — and its platform in his words |newspaper=Washington Post |date=July 15, 2024}}

The platform has 20 sections of content.{{Cite web|url=https://gop.com/press-release/icymi-rnc-platform-committee-adopts-2024-republican-party-platform/|title=ICYMI: RNC Platform Committee Adopts 2024 Republican Party Platform|date=July 8, 2024|website=Republican National Committee}}

• Two sections on immigration
• Four sections on the economy, energy, and taxes
• One on civil liberties
• One on foreign policy and the military
• One on government
• One on crime
• One on "rebuilding our cities"
• Another one on the military
• Another on economics
• One on entitlements
• One on eliminating electric vehicle tax credits
• One on education
• One on transgender athletes
• One on "pro-Hamas" protests on college campuses
• One on elections
• Conclusion of uniting the country "by bringing it to new and record levels of success"

The platform is 16 pages long, significantly less than the 60-page platform in 2016.

The platform removes opposition to same-sex marriage and drops calls for a national ban on abortion, instead saying abortion policy should be left to the states. It implies, but does not state, personhood begins before birth. "We believe that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees that no person can be denied Life or Liberty without Due Process, and the States are, therefore, free to pass Laws protecting those Rights," says the document in a section titled Republicans Will Protect and Defend a Vote of the People, from within the States, on the Issue of Life. Several anti-abortion activists had asked Trump to make the document more explicit prior to the convention, but dropped a formal protest after Trump's assassination attempt.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/08/trump-abortion-republican-platform/|title=Trump proposes scaled-back platform that softens language on abortion, same-sex marriage|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=July 8, 2024|first1=Michael|last1=Scherer|first2=Josh|last2=Dawsey}}

The platform calls for the deportation of millions of "Illegal Aliens" and "sealing the border". It supports tariffs on imports to the United States and removes support for statehood for Puerto Rico. The platform also proposes ending the Department of Education, but protecting Social Security and Medicare.

The term "common sense" appears twelve times in the document.

In 1972, in order to prevent a possible nominating speech for Pete McCloskey, the rules were changed and a candidate needed to have a majority in at least 5 states in order to have their names placed in nomination. In 2016, this number was raised to 7 in order to prevent speeches nominating Ted Cruz.

The last time more than one candidate's name was placed into nomination was in 1976.

Former President Trump's name was placed into nomination by Jeff Kaufmann, chairman of the Iowa Republican Party.{{Cite news |last=Pfannenstiel |first=Brianne |date=July 15, 2024 |title="Make America great again!": Iowa Republican chair gives fiery Trump nominating speech at RNC |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/15/rnc-2024-iowa-gop-chair-jeff-kaufmann-trump-nominating-speech-republican-national-convention/74411262007/ |access-date=July 18, 2024 |work=The Des Moines Register}}

Michael McDonald, the chairman of the Nevada Republican Party, seconded his nomination.{{Cite news |last=Boger |first=Paul |date=July 16, 2024 |title=Nevada Republicans pledge state's delegates for Trump, Vance |url=https://knpr.org/politics/2024-07-16/nevada-republicans-pledge-states-delegates-for-trump-vance |access-date=July 18, 2024 |work=Nevada Public Radio}}

The table below reflects the presumed delegate count as per the end selection process and the final tally at the convention.

As a courtesy to their followers, candidates who had suspended their campaigns usually formally withdraw shortly before the start of the convention after the deadline to replace them, thereby allowing their delegates to attend.

However, the delegations of some (but not all) states, territories, and the District of Columbia are required by convention rules to cast their votes in accordance with the results of the primaries, even if it means voting for a candidate who has already withdrawn.

In addition to these, there were also 51 unbound delegates who are not bound by the results of state primaries or caucuses.

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On July 15, the first day of the Republican National Convention, Trump announced JD Vance as his nominee for vice president.{{cite web |first=Alison |last=Main |title=Trump selects Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his running mate |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/15/politics/trump-vp-pick-jd-vance/index.html |website=CNN |date=July 15, 2024 |access-date=July 15, 2024}}

Vance was placed into nomination by Ohio Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted. U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno of Ohio moved for the nomination to be approved by acclamation, at which point House Speaker Mike Johnson proclaimed Trump and Vance the official nominees. Vance greeted convention guests alongside his wife, Usha Vance, after being introduced.{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4771940-rnc-trump-2024-live-updates/|title=Vance formally designated Trump's running mate|website=The Hill|date=July 15, 2024}}

In the 1988 Republican National Convention, in order to prevent opposition to the nomination of Dan Quayle, the rules were changed to permit the vice presidential nomination by acclamation. This method has since become traditional.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/rnc-republican-national-convention-07-15-24/index.html|title=Trump and VP pick JD Vance formally nominated at RNC|website=CNN|date=July 15, 2024}}

Theme: Make America Wealthy Once Again

For the rest of the convention, the agenda consists of motivational speakers. Among these are:{{Cite web|url=https://gopconvention2024.com/blog/2024-gop-convention-program-for-monday-july-14/|title=2024 GOP Convention Program for Monday, July 14|access-date=July 16, 2024|archive-date=July 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716140449/https://gopconvention2024.com/blog/2024-gop-convention-program-for-monday-july-14/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZAsTYI4uIU|title=Republican National Convention (Day 1)|date=July 15, 2024 |via=YouTube}}

Theme: Make America Safe Once Again

Notable speakers on day two included:{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/2024-rnc-republican-national-convention-milwaukee/speaker-list-and-schedule-for-day-2-of-rnc-released-haley-rubio-desantis-lara-trump-on-docket/3491415/|title=Who is speaking at the RNC today? Speaker list and schedule for Day 2 of RNC released|website=NBC Chicago|date=July 16, 2024}}

Theme: Make America Strong Once Again

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Theme: Make America Great Once Again

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