President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and supporters will make the case for four more years during the 2020 Republican National Convention, which kicks off on Monday.
Trump is slated to speak every night of the four-day event in the 10 p.m. Eastern hour, with campaign officials promising an upbeat message under nightly themes of “Land of Promise,” “Land of Opportunity,” “Land of Heroes” and “Land of Greatness.”
The proceedings will serve as a rebuttal to last week’s Democratic National Convention, which saw former Vice President Joe Biden and California Sen. Kamala Harris accept the party’s nominations as president and vice president — and was a largely virtual affair.
Though some RNC remarks will also be delivered remotely amid the coronavirus pandemic, delegates from each state will assemble in Charlotte, North Carolina, to formally renominate the Trump-Pence ticket on Monday to begin the proceedings.
Trump will accept the nomination in a climactic speech Thursday evening from the South Lawn of the White House in front of a crowd — and the RNC has requested approval to set off fireworks from the National Mall afterward.
But in addition to the president, his family and other big GOP names, campaign adviser Jason Miller said Sunday the event will highlight speakers who will challenge preconceived notions of what it means to be a Trump supporter.
The lineup includes congressional candidate Kimberly Klacik, whose video about “the reality for black people” in Baltimore recently went viral; Alice Johnson, the grandmother Trump freed from prison; and Andrew Pollack, whose daughter Meadow was killed in the Parkland shooting in 2018.
Here’s what else you need to know about the 2020 RNC:
When to watch the 2020 RNC
There will be four nights of prime-time programming, running Monday through Thursday, from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET.
Where to watch the RNC
The major broadcast networks and cable TV outlets, plus C-SPAN and PBS, will cover the RNC extensively.
It will also be livestreamed on the convention’s Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Twitch pages, plus Amazon Prime Video.
When the acceptance speeches will take place
Though Trump is expected to speak on all four nights, he will formally accept the nomination on Thursday in remarks from the White House.
Pence will deliver his nomination speech Wednesday at Fort McHenry in Baltimore.
Monday speakers:
Sen. Tim Scott
House Republican Whip Steve Scalise
Rep. Matt Gaetz
Rep. Jim Jordan
Nikki Haley
Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel
Georgia state Rep. Vernon Jones
Amy Johnson Ford
Kimberly Guilfoyle
Natalie Harp
Charlie Kirk
Kim Klacik
Mark and Patricia McCloskey
Sean Parnell
Andrew Pollack
Donald Trump Jr.
Tanya Weinreis
Tuesday speakers:
First lady Melania Trump
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Sen. Rand Paul
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds
Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron
Pam Bondi
Abby Johnson
Jason Joyce
Navajo Nation vice president Myron Lizer
Mary Ann Mendoza
Megan Pauley
Cris Peterson
John Peterson
Nicholas Sandmann
Eric Trump
Tiffany Trump
Wednesday speakers:
Vice President Mike Pence
Second lady Karen Pence
Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee
Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem
Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas
Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York
Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York
Former Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell
White House adviser to the president Kellyanne Conway
Keith Kellogg
Jack Brewer
Sister Dede Byrne
Madison Cawthorn
Scott Dane
Clarence Henderson
Ryan Holets
Michael McHale
Burgess Owens
Lara Trump
Thursday speakers:
President Trump
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky
Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy of California
Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey
Ivanka Trump
Ja’Ron Smith
Ann Dorn
Debbie Flood
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani
Franklin Graham
Alice Johnson
Wade Mayfield
Carl and Marsha Mueller
Dana White