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Make it official: The Republican Party has nominated Donald Trump for president. The New York billionaire has completed a remarkable rise from political outsider to major party nominee for the White House. (July 19) AP
It’s day two of TrumpFest 2016, and Donald Trump has<span style="color: Red;">*</span>gone from “presumptive” nominee to actual Republican nominee for president. Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening now:
[h=2]Hillary Clinton: 'Let's do this'[/h]As Trump officially clinched the Republican nomination for president, Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton was ready.
It was New York state that put Trump over the vote threshold he needed.
Donald Trump Jr., alongside siblings Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany, made the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>announcement that the state threw 89 votes on his father's total.
The official process had started<span style="color: Red;">*</span>shortly after 6 p.m. when the presiding officer began calling the roll asking each state how many delegates they are pledging to what candidates. It's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>often the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>favorite part for political convention geeks.
There were all manner of ceremonial machinations, like the sometimes cheesy introductions state delegates deliver.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The representative from<span style="color: Red;">*</span>American Samoa, for example, before announcing its nine delegates for Trump, noted that Samoa is the greatest exporter of players to the National Football League.
And it is also ceremonial to allow the presumptive nominee's home state to put the candidate over the top. USA TODAY's David Jackson has<span style="color: Red;">*</span>more on the clinching moment here.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
Such a great honor to be the Republican Nominee for President of the United States. I will work hard and never let you down! AMERICA FIRST!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 19, 2016
[h=2]Keep up moment-by-moment with a livestream of the speakers[/h][h=2]<span style="color: Red;">*</span>[/h][h=2]<span style="color: Red;">*</span>[/h][h=2]Former foes, Trump children to take the stage[/h]Following the roll call in tonight's program, are the parade of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>speakers who are<span style="color: Red;">*</span>once again a little ... unconventional.
Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White, professional golfer Natalie Gulbis<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and soap star Kimberlin Brown of The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful are on the roster. So is the executive director of the National Rifle Association’s lobbying arm, Chris Cox.
Also slated for prime-time slots: Two of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Trump’s former opponents for the GOP nod, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.
Some of the more humanizing moments will no doubt come from Trump’s children, who will deliver remarks about their father.<span style="color: Red;">*</span> Tiffany Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania this year and is a “fashion model, singer, and influential presence on social media,” according to her official bio. Donald Trump Jr. is executive vice president of the Trump Organization. He suggested earlier Tuesday that he may be a little nervous:
[h=2]Speaking of The Donald Junior …[/h]He seems to have a good sense of humor about his father’s, um, hair. It started with a for-the-record-books tweet from former GOP presidential candidate and senator Bob Dole.
[h=2]Melania and the 'My Little Pony' Defense[/h]We may be officially jumping the shark today here in Cleveland as Melania speechgate fallout is forcing Republicans into verbal pretzels to explain why portions of the prospective first lady’s speech mimicked word-for-word those of Michelle Obama’s convention speech in 2008.
Sean Spicer, communications director at the Republican National Committee, actually quoted Sparkle from “My Little Pony” in an explanation on CNN.
“Melania Trump said ‘the strength of your dreams and willingness to work for them.’ Twilight sparkle from My Little Pony said, ‘This is your dream, anything you can do in your dreams you can do now,’ ” Spicer said, adding that the inspirational phrases in Melania Trump’s speech have been used by many people, including John Legend and Kid Rock.
He said the portions that mirrored the first lady’s remarks comprised only 70 words in three passages in a 2,000-word address. “It’s sad that we’ve taken this amazing moment with the world introduction of Melania Trump and gone through and allowed the (Hillary) Clinton campaign to say, ‘Hey we googled a bunch of phrases and matched it up to three things Mrs. Obama said.' "
Well, the media — and Twitter — don’t seem to want to let it go anytime soon.
And John Legend delivered an epic response, quoting Taylor Swift:
[h=2]Justice Department gets involved ... sort of[/h]An employee at the Department of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Justice<span style="color: Red;">*</span>took to the agency's official Twitter account to share thoughts on Melania's speech and they were dutifully captured before being deleted.
The Huffington Post's Ryan J. Reilly reports<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the agency's response.
[h=2]Director Spike Lee unloads on Omarosa[/h]One day after Omarosa Manigault announced the Trump campaign had tapped her as the new director of outreach to the African-American community, film director Spike Lee unleashed an insanely cutting diatribe against her on Instagram.
“Who’s next? Step N’ Fetchit? Aunt Jemina? Uncle Ben?” he wrote alongside a photo of her with a clown nose.
She replied in a now-deleted tweet accusing him of using divisive terms and taking a cheap shot. USA TODAY’s Jaleesa M. Jones has more on the exchange here.
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Spike Lee calls out Omarosa Manigault over her new appointment to Trump's campaign
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