CNN reported that, early on the afternoon of July 15 local time, Mr. Donald Trump officially won the nomination in the vote at the Republican National Convention .
House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that Donald Trump won the majority of votes - 2,387 votes.
Inside the hall, delegates cheered wildly as state after state voted to support Donald Trump's second term.
Meanwhile, Ohio State Senator JD Vance was officially nominated as the Republican Party's candidate for US vice president.
Mr. Vance, a venture capitalist and author of the best-selling memoir "Hillbilly Elegy", was elected to the Senate in 2022 after receiving the support of Mr. Donald Trump in the contentious primary election. Republican Party controversy.
This is a reversal from six years ago, when Mr. Vance was a key voice in the "Never Trump" movement opposing Mr. Trump in the 2016 US presidential election and has a well-documented history. about publicly opposing the former president.
Republican governors congratulated Senator J.D. Vance after he was announced as Mr. Trump's running mate.
After receiving enough delegates to be nominated, former President Donald Trump will lead the Republican Party in the third consecutive presidential election. He won in 2016 but lost to incumbent President Joe Biden in 2020. He will face Mr. Biden again in the 2024 US presidential election next November.
The four-day Republican National Convention opened on July 15, just two days after Mr. Trump escaped death in a failed assassination attempt in Pennsylvania and a few hours after he won a major legal victory when a judge A federal judge dismissed one of the criminal charges against him.
Hours before the first congress session, the federal judge handling the case of classified documents related to Mr. Trump dismissed the prosecution case because of concerns about the appointment of the prosecutor who prosecuted the case. , the move gave the former president a major victory in court.
Reuters said this is the latest good news in a series of legal victories for the former president, while he will be sentenced in New York in September for trying to cover up hush money payments. paid to porn star Stormy Daniels in the weeks before he won the 2016 election.
Mr. Trump posted on his Truth Social network, calling for other cases against him to also be dropped.
Republican Party Chairman Michael Whatley said the convention program would not change after the failed assassination . Mr. Whatley said that the Republican Party's central message will have little to do with President Joe Biden's political difficulties, Mr. Trump's complaints about the 2020 election or the former president's statements. agreement on prosecuting political opponents.
The Republican convention, held less than four months before Election Day, is taking place in heavily Democratic Milwaukee , the largest city in Wisconsin, a crucial swing state. The decision that Mr. Trump lost with a margin of less than 1 percentage point 4 years ago.
