RNC 2024 live: Trump in Milwaukee for high-profile Republican convention after rally shooting

Donald Trump has arrived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to attend this year’s Republican National Convention, a matter of hours after surviving a dramatic attempt on his life.

The presumptive GOP presidential nominee – who will be coronated by his party as its 2024 candidate at the convention and finally unveil the identity of his running mate – was speaking at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night when a would-be assassin opened fire on the stage. Trump was struck in the ear by a bullet but otherwise escaped unscathed.

The shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was killed at the scene by Secret Service agents, but not before he had shot dead one bystander and critically injured two more.

Bloody but unbowed, Trump can now expect a hero’s welcome when he appears in Milwaukee – despite recently referring to the city as “horrible” – and has already revealed that he has completely revised his keynote speech to reflect a new message of national unity in the wake of the assassination attempt.

JD Vance, Marco Rubio and Doug Burgum are thought to be the front-runners to be his running mate.

Fox & Friends co-hosts Brian Kilmeade and Lawrence Jones called on speakers at the GOP convention to “tone down” the rhetoric in their speeches this week whatever “righteous anger” they may be feeling about Saturday’s events, according to Mediaite.

After Steve Doocy applauded Trump for tearing up his “humdinger” of a speech following the shooting, Kilmeade told viewers: “The Trump campaign said they are raising concerns about the speeches, Lawrence. And they are going to be delivered at the convention. They are worried about him being overly aggressive in the shadow of the assassination attempt.

“So, I would say, everybody, if