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Republican delegates officially nominate Trump for president

The nomination solidifies Trump's name atop the Republican ticket as President Joe Biden's opponent in the November presidential election.
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump dances at a campaign rally Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Greensboro, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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Former President Donald Trump has officially secured the 2024 Republican presidential nomination after receiving support from a majority of delegates Monday at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

This marks the third consecutive time Trump has won the GOP presidential nomination after also being chosen as his party's nominee in the 2016 and 2020 elections. While it comes as no surprise, the largely procedural nomination process solidifies Trump's name atop the Republican ticket as President Joe Biden's opponent in the November presidential election.

The nomination came just moments after former President Trump formally announced that he had chosen Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio to be his running mate — and now vice presidential nominee. The highly-anticipated news of Trump's VP pick came following an assassination attempt against the former president at a Pennsylvania rally over the weekend

Despite Saturday's attack, Trump is in attendance at the RNC. He told the Washington Examiner he had planned an "extremely tough" RNC speech for Thursday, but has since changed it to be "more unifying" following the weekend's tragic events.

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

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