RNC Day 1: J.D. Vance Is Trump's Vice Presidential Pick
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🗓️ 16 July 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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| 0:25.0 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 0:30.0 | I'm Asma Khalid, I cover the White House. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm Frank Ordonez, I cover the White House. I'm Frank O'rdonez, I cover the campaign. |
| 0:34.0 | And I'm Domenical Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent. |
| 0:38.0 | And the time now is 1027 PM Central Time on Monday, July 15th, day one of the Republican National Convention. |
| 0:47.6 | And we are here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the Pfizer Forum Arena, where is now official Donald Trump is the Republican |
| 0:54.4 | Party's nominee and Senator J.D Vance from Ohio is the vice presidential |
| 0:59.2 | nominee. The chair announces that President Donald J. Trump hadn't received a majority of the votes |
| 1:05.0 | entitled to be cast at the convention has been selected as the Republican Party |
| 1:10.6 | nominee for President of the United States. |
| 1:17.0 | Delegance and Alternates, ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to announce that Senator J.D. Vance has the overwhelming support of this |
| 1:26.0 | convention to be the next Vice President of the United States. |
| 1:30.4 | So let's start with the big news of the day here. |
| 1:34.5 | Trump has named his vice presidential pick J.D. Vance, |
| 1:37.8 | Franco, tell us a little bit more about who he is. |
| 1:40.7 | Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio, I mean, he is a |
| 1:44.0 | a former marine who wrote a best-selling memoir hillbilly elegy he's a |
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