Republican National Convention News

JD Vance - a venture capitalist and a senator from Ohio once described himself as a ’never Trumper’. In fact, he called Trump an ’idiot’ in 2016, and even a ’potential American Hitler’. But Trump seems to have won him over during his first term as president - and now, the two are running mates - if Trump becomes President, Vance will be the Vice President. When the announcement was made, Vance was standing with his wife, Usha, who is of Indian-origin and a practicing Hindu. But despite his lack of experience & relative lack of recognition, here’s 5 big reasons why Trump may have chosen Vance, as opposed to several other Republicans who were in the mix - watch

Clinton led Trump 50 to 42% among registered voters, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll

Peter Thiel is only the second openly gay man to address the Republican National Convention

Conventional wisdom dictates that he will lose to Hillary Clinton, but conventional wisdom had also dictated that he had no chance of winning the nomination

His eldest child, Donald Trump Jr., announced the support of New York, their home state, during a roll-call vote at the Republican National Convention

Melania Trump’s speech at Republican National Convention drew attention after the discovery that 2 passages matched with the speech that Michelle Obama delivered in 2008

Donald Trump is Republicans’ presumptive presidential nominee, but instead of uniting behind him, leading figures are withholding their support