This week kicks off the mostly virtual 4-day Republican National Convention, which will formally renominate President Donald Trump as the party’s candidate in the November 2020 presidential polls.

In Manila’s time zone, it will be held from Tuesday to Friday, August 25 to 28, from 8:30 am to 11 am each day.

The convention will stream live on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Twitch, and Amazon Prime, according to the Trump campaign.

Where will it be held?

There will be several places. Unlike Democrats, Republican delegates and officials will still gather in person in Charlotte, North Carolina.

It will, however, be a scaled down event. Instead of having thousands of attendees – as Trump originally wanted – there will just be a couple hundred.

Trump is expected to address the party each night – although not clear from where or if he will do so remotely. He is expected to deliver his acceptance speech on Thursday (Friday, Manila time) from the White House.

Vice President Mike Pence is expected to speak from Fort McHenry in Maryland.

Republicans earlier wanted to transfer the convention to Jacksonville, Florida, another swing state, but scrapped plans due to the spike of coronavirus cases there.

According to a report from The Washington Post, convention attendees “will be tested for the coronavirus before they travel to Charlotte, they will have their temperatures checked and symptoms tracked daily and masks will be handed out and required.”

Speakers

Almost everyone from Trump’s immediate family will speak, except for 14-year-old son Baron.

First lady Melania Trump, Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump, and the usually low-profile Tiffany Trump will speak for the patriarch.

The most controversial speakers so far are Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St Louis couple who were charged for waving guns at Black Lives Matter protesters.

Nicholas Sandmann, a Kentucky teenager whose interaction with a Native American at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC went viral last year, will speak to likely criticize media. He previously sued and later settled with the Washington Post and CNN over coverage of the incident.

Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani, who played a key role in the president’s Ukraine scandal leading to his impeachment in the House, will also speak.

It remains to be seen if there will also be celebrity performances in the RNC, like in the DNC.

Here are some names from the list released by the Trump campaign:

Tuesday, August 25, Manila time

• Senator Tim Scott (South Carolina)
• House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (Lousiana)
• Rep. Matt Gaetz (Florida)
• Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio)
• Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley
• RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel
• Mark and Patricia McCloskey
• Donald Trump Jr.
• Kimberly Guilfoyle
• Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk

Wednesday, August 26, Manila time

• First lady Melania Trump
• Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
• Sen. Rand Paul (Kentucky)
• Nicholas Sandmann
• Eric Trump
• Tiffany Trump

Thursday, August 27, Manila time

• Vice President Mike Pence
• Second lady Karen Pence
• Senator Marsha Blackburn (Tennessee)
• Senator Joni Ernst (Iowa)
• Representative Dan Crenshaw (Texas)
• Representative Elise Stefanik (NY)
• Former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell
• White House counselor Kellyanne Conway
• Lara Trump (daughter-in-law)

Friday, August 28, Manila time

• President Trump
• Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson
• Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Kentucky)
• Senator Tom Cotton (Arkansas)
• House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (California)
• Ivanka Trump
• Rudy Giuliani
• Franklin Graham
• Alice Johnson (granted clemency by Trump)
• UFC President Dana White

– Rappler.com