Former President Donald Trump appeared ascendant as he became the Republican Party’s official nominee for president on Monday following a failed assassination attempt over the weekend that claimed the life of one innocent bystander and resulted in the wounding of two others.

Trump himself was shot in the right ear, appearing at the Republican National Convention (RNC) with a bandage covering the wound.

As previously reported by The Dallas Express, the big news of the afternoon was the announcement that Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) would be Trump’s running mate.

However, the unity on display and the way the party rallied around the former president at the convention also warrant attention.

For those who missed the day’s events and speakers, here’s a play-by-play of the first day of the RNC published by Breitbart:

The first night of the Republican National Convention begins in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with an emphasis on “unity” in the aftermath of Saturday’s assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.

This afternoon, Trump announced Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate. The 39-year-old senator from the Rust Belt—whose bestselling memoir Hillbilly Elegy was viewed by many as a chronicle of the forgotten men and women that Trump’s 2016 campaign and MAGA movement championed—is tied as the youngest Republican nominee for vice president in history with Richard Nixon, who was also a 39-year-old first term U.S. senator when President Dwight Eisenhower picked him as his running mate in 1952.

Vance has been a rising star in the populist conservative movement and has shown himself to be a passionate advocate in the Senate for the working-class Americans who have been ignored by both parties.

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In the roll call vote today, Republican delegates gave Trump the GOP’s nomination for an historic third time, making him one of only six Americans to receive a major party’s nomination more than twice. The five others are Thomas Jefferson, Grover Cleveland, William Jennings Bryan, Franklin Roosevelt, and Richard Nixon.

Among tonight’s scheduled speakers are:

  • Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI)

  • Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)

  • Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R-NC)

  • Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX)

  • Rep. John James (R-MI)

  • Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL)

  • Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)

  • Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA)

  • Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD)

  • Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL)

  • Charlie Kirk, the executive director of Turning Point USA

  • Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)

  • Sean O’Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters