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RNC Day 1: Here’s what to expect as the RNC kicks off in Milwaukee after Trump assassination attempt
Washington – The Republican National Convention kicks off Monday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where the GOP is set to formalize the nomination of former President Donald Trump just days after an assassination attempt against the former president.
Republicans from across the country are descending on Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum arena to nominate Trump, who clinched the nomination in March having amassed the 1,125 delegates needed.
How the shooting reshapes the convention remains to be seen. Secret Security officials said Sunday that the agency has been working on the RNC security plan for more than a year, and the plan will remain in place.
Trump said Sunday that he wouldn’t delay his trip to Wisconsin for the Republican National Convention.
“Based on yesterday’s terrible events, I was going to delay my trip to Wisconsin, and The Republican National Convention, by two days, but have just decided that I cannot allow a ‘shooter,’ or potential assassin, to force change to scheduling, or anything else,” Trump wrote in a social media post.
Trump’s nomination is considered a formality, but it is still a mystery who the former president will select as his running mate. Highly anticipated on Monday is the possible announcement. Though the events run through Thursday, the announcement could come as early as Day 1 of the convention.
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What’s on the agenda?
The roll call delegate count is expected to begin Monday afternoon, when around 2,400 delegates from around the country will come together to officially nominate Trump. Proceeding in alphabetical order, states are expected to announce how many delegates they will be delivering to each candidate. Trump is expected to officially accept the nomination in a speech on Thursday.
Each day of the convention features a theme that plays off of Trump’s “Make America Great Again” tagline. Monday’s theme is “Make America Wealthy Once Again,” in a nod to the economic policies under the Trump administration and the promise to “usher in a new age of prosperity” should the former president return to office, his campaign outlined.
For a detailed schedule of events, see the RNC’s master calendar on their website.
Who’s speaking?
The RNC and the Trump campaign announced a list of speakers for this week’s convention on Saturday, which includes lawmakers, television personalities and artists, members of the former president’s family and others. A detailed, daily schedule of the speakers has yet to be released.
Among Trump’s family members, his two older sons are slated to speak, along with his son Donald Jr.’s fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle and RNC co-chair Lara Trump, who is married to Eric Trump. Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, has not been named as a speaker, nor has his daughter Ivanka Trump, who worked in his first administration.
Though the list of speakers is primarily dominated by governors, lawmakers and officials, others like country music stars Lee Greenwood and Chris Janson, along with rapper Amber Rose are also on the list of speakers, as is Tucker Carlson.
Top contenders for Trump’s vice presidential pick, like North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Sen. J.D. Vance and Sen. Marco Rubio are also slated to speak.
Trump’s former rival for the GOP nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, is also scheduled to speak. And in a surprise reversal, Nikki Haley, another Trump primary rival, has also accepted an invitation to speak at the convention, two sources familiar with the planning told CBS News.
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Nowadays, what makes a martini a martini? Robert Simonson, who wrote a book about the martini, said, “It’s funny: it’s strict and loose at the same time.”
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Everyone seems to have an opinion about the cocktail: “Ingredients, proportions, garnishes – it’s all subject to debate,” Simonson said. “I’m a purist. I would think it needs to be gin and vermouth. But I’m willing to bend and say, ‘Okay, vodka and vermouth as well.’ [However,] if there’s no vermouth in there, I don’t know how you can call it a cocktail.”
Simonson says the martini was probably named after a vermouth company. It was invented in America in the 1870s or ’80s when bartenders mixed gin with vermouth, a fortified wine made with herbs and spices. “It’s a very big player in cocktail history,” he said.
In the early 20th century, the “very-dry” martini became very-popular: Ice cold gin or vodka, garnished with a lemon twist, or an olive, or an onion, but only a little vermouth (or maybe not even a little).
Samantha Casuga, the head bartender at Temple Bar in New York City, says the reason why many people might not want vermouth in their martini is because, for years, vermouth was stored improperly. “It should be in the fridge,” she said.
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Casuga’s classic martini is two parts gin, one part vermouth, with a twist of lemon. She suggests that you probably shouldn’t order it the way James Bond does – shaken, not stirred. Casuga says she’s always stirring, but some people like the show behind the bar when a bartender shakes their cocktail. “Definitely, people love a good shake,” she said.
People also love to have a martini made just the way they want it. But Casuga understands why they might be so specific: “To have your own preferences, not only listened to and then executed, is, like, that’s luxury itself.”
Writer Robert Simonson says that a martini can also add a little luxury to your Thanksgiving. “It actually makes very good sense for Thanksgiving,” he said. “It will whet your appetite for the meal to come.
“There are very few American inventions more American than the martini. So, an American holiday, American drink.”
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