Events will be mostly virtual but not entirely. Some will be conducted in Charlotte, while satellite events, like President Trump’s address, will take place in Washington and elsewhere.
Republicans’ mostly virtual convention continues into its second day Tuesday. The first night featured Nikki Haley, former ambassador to the United Nations; Tim Scott, the only Black Republican senator in Congress; the president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr.; and Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who waved guns at Black Lives Matter protesters this summer. The second night will go heavy on the culture wars as well, with speakers who will talk about abortion, undocumented immigrants and the media. Here’s what else we know about the schedule and how the convention will work. The public-facing part of the convention started Monday. It was originally scheduled to be four days long, with speakers all day and into the evening. But the convention will be significantly pared down because of the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of thousands of attendees, there will be a couple hundred. The actual nomination happened in Charlotte on Monday, and events are scheduled for the following three days and will end with President Trump giving his speech on Thursday — although from the White House, not with his party in Charlotte. (There will be a crowd in person for the speech.) Trump looks to Republican convention for campaign reboot Ronna McDaniel, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, has said Trump will make appearances in the prime-time lineup each night. She told Fox News there will be prime-time events from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern time. Washington Post live coverage starts at 8 p.m. every night with programming airing at 9 p.m. McDaniel told The Post in an interview that she believes the convention will convey an optimistic and uplifting tone, which could be a difficult balance to strike in the middle of a pandemic and economic downturn for which the president is getting poor marks. The Post will carry the convention live each night. A mix of places. A smaller group of party officials and delegates is meeting at a convention center in Charlotte, where Trump was officially nominated for a second term on Monday. Trump will deliver his Thursday night acceptance speech from the White House. Vice President Pence is expected to speak from Fort McHenry in Maryland. When Republicans were worried that coronavirus-related restrictions would keep them from having large in-person events, they said they were moving to a city in another swing state, Jacksonville, Fla. But they later canceled events there, as well, when coronavirus cases rose. Still, the New York Times reports that many speakers, wherever they are, will address a live audience.
