Vice
President Mike Pence made brief comments at the convention. U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice
President Mike Pence were on Monday officially nominated for a second term at
the Republican National Convention, during a scaled down roll call vote in Charlotte,
North Carolina.
States
were limited to six delegates at the Charlotte Convention Center, 336 total for
the live roll call, unlike the Democratic National Convention where the roll
call was done virtually.
The
roll call is usually held on Tuesday but was moved up by the party’s updated
schedule.
The
event, scheduled to run through Thursday, will be largely virtual. Some small,
official business will still take place in Charlotte, N.C.
After
some last-minute wrangling to attempt to move the convention to Jacksonville,
Fla., the GOP settled on keeping Charlotte as its base, but severely limiting
the number of in-person events that take place there.
North
Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper warned in June it was likely that safety measures to
limit the spread of COVID-19 wouldn’t be lifted in time for Republicans to hold
their full program of events with thousands of supporters, delegates and
elected officials in attendance.
Originally
scheduled to be held at the Spectrum Center, the in-person events, including
Monday’s roll call of delegates, took place at the Charlotte Convention Center.
Most other events will be virtual, including Trump’s acceptance speech from the
South Lawn of the White House on Thursday.–UPI
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