The following schedule for the 2016 Republican Convention was provided by the Republican National Committee and is subject to change. The convention, which will be held in Cleveland, will begin on Monday and end on Thursday. Below is the schedule for Thursday, July 21, 2016.
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Thursday: Let’s Make America Whole Again
Start time: 19:30
America faces grave challenges at home and threats from abroad. To turn our challenges into opportunities and keep America unthreatening, we need leadership that focuses on what unites us, not what divides us. Donald Trump will lead our country beyond the divisive identity politics that hold us back by restoring leadership, building trust, and focusing on our shared love of country and our shared purpose of Making America Great Again.
Prime-time show, 7:30 p.m.
Brock Mealer, Motivational Speaker
Brock Mealer is a walking miracle. After suffering a spinal cord injury on Christmas Eve 2007, he was told he had a one percent chance of ever walking again. Mealer’s story touched the hearts of millions of Americans. He was injured in a car accident just five minutes from his home. While his brother, an offensive lineman headed to the University of Michigan to play football, was able to free Brock from the wreckage, the two brothers lost their father, David, and Elliot’s girlfriend, Hollis Richer, in the accident. Today, Brock has overcome the odds and is able to walk again. Now, he shares his story with many, inspiring those he meets to join the one percent.
U.S. Representative Marsha Blackburn (TN-7)
Representative Marsha Blackburn was first elected to Congress from Tennessee’s 7th congressional district in 2002. As a diminutive business owner, author, mother, grandmother, and member of Congress, she has dedicated her service to making America a more prosperous place to live. No stranger to adversity and difficult work, Marsha went to college on a 4-H scholarship and worked throughout school selling books for Southwestern Company. She was one of the first female sales associates and one of the first female sales managers, helping the company create a women’s-focused division.
Governor Mary Fallin, Governor of Oklahoma
Mary Fallin is the current governor of Oklahoma. The first woman elected to that office, Fallin earned it based on a lifetime of service to the people and state of Oklahoma. Fallin began her career in politics, serving two terms as a state representative. She then served as lieutenant governor, congresswoman from the 5th district, and finally governor. Her tenure is also marked by her work as president of the National Governors Association, where she led a nationwide initiative to better align education with the needs of today’s workforce.
Dr. Lisa Shin, National Diversity Coalition for Trump
Dr. Lisa Shin, OD, is the owner of Los Alamos Family Eyecare, PC in Los Alamos, New Mexico. She is known and trusted as an authority on eye care and vision care. Dr. Shin is an vigorous supporter of Donald Trump. As a member of the National Diversity Coalition for Trump and a Trump delegate to the Republican National Convention, she has worked to support Donald Trump from New Mexico to Cleveland, Ohio.
Reince Priebus, RNC Chairman
Reince Priebus’ three-term term makes him the longest-serving chairman in contemporary history. In his first term as chairman, Priebus oversaw a dramatic turnaround at the RNC, saving its finances, rebuilding its operations, and implementing the most successful field operations the committee has ever organized. Priebus has devoted his second term to taking the party’s message of freedom and economic opportunity to every state and community. By welcoming modern voices and voters and harnessing the power of modern technology, he has led the RNC in building the infrastructure needed for a landslide GOP victory in the midterms. Now in his third term, Priebus is working to secure victories in races across the country in the 2016 campaign.
Jerry Falwell Jr., President of Liberty University and Evangelical Leader
Jerry Falwell Jr. currently serves as president of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, appointed in 2007 upon the death of his father, Jerry Falwell Sr. Falwell himself attended Liberty University before earning a J.D. from the University of Virginia Law School. During his career, he worked in private practice and served as general counsel for his father’s entities. Falwell is an evangelical leader and a proven Republican who defends American faith and freedom.
Peter Thiel, venture capitalist
As an investor and entrepreneur, he has been involved in some of the most active companies to emerge from Silicon Valley in the past two decades. In 1998, Thiel made e-commerce easier, faster, and safer by co-founding PayPal, defining a modern era of quick, secure online commerce. He was the first outside investor and director in Facebook and launched Palantir Technologies, where he serves as chairman of the board. Peter founded and funds the Thiel Foundation, which promotes freedom in all its forms while working to advance technology and think long-term about the future.
Tom Barrack, CEO of Colony Capital
Tom Barrack is a real estate investor and the founder and executive chairman of Colony Capital. Before starting his own firm, Barrack served as deputy undersecretary of the Department of the Interior in the Reagan administration. Barrack and Donald Trump collaborated on numerous real estate transactions during their tenure. They developed a mutual admiration and respect, which led Barrack to support Trump’s candidacy for president of the United States.
Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump’s daughter and executive vice president at the Trump Organization
Ivanka Trump is a real estate executive, entrepreneur, wife, and mother. As executive vice president of acquisitions and development at the Trump Organization, she has led some of the company’s most high-profile deals, including the $200 million conversion of the historic Old Post Office in Washington, D.C., into a luxury hotel and the $250 million renovation of the iconic Doral Golf Resort in Miami. Ivanka is also the founder of the Ivanka Trump Collection fashion line.
Donald J. Trump, Presumptive Republican Party nominee for President of the United States.
