Welcome to the lead I'm Jake Tapper in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on day three of the

Republican National Convention where just moments ago behind me we saw former

President Donald Trump take the stage for a walkthrough ahead of his highly anticipated speech, his acceptance speech, tomorrow night.

Tonight we're going to hear from his running mate, J.D. Vance of Ohio, who will introduce himself to a national audience.

The new Magda torchbearer was preceded last night by speeches from big bold-faced names,

Nicky Haley, Ron DeSantis, rivals turned endorsers.

It's all a big display of Republican Party Unity.

In just a moment I'm going to talk about that with Governor Chris Sununu of New Hampshire,

another Trump detractor turned Trump supporter.

Democratic Party unity, meanwhile,

well, that seems hardy to come by.

Earlier today, Congressman Adam Schiff of California,

the Democratic nominee for Senate,

became perhaps the most prominent elected official to publicly

call on President Joe Biden to drop out of the race and pass the torch to a new generation

of leaders.

But Biden and his accolades at the Democratic National Committee

are ignoring all of these calls and all of the data.

proceeding full scheme ahead, presumably,

with the controversial plan to virtually

nominate Joe Biden before the Democratic Convention next month.

That virtual roll call could start as soon as August 1st despite protests from Democratic

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