What you should know ahead of the Republican National Convention
As the Republican National Convention kicks off, learn more about what to expect.
MILWAUKEE — Weeks of Democratic pressure on President Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race had already turned the 2024 campaign on its head right as Republicans were readying to gather this week and crown former President Donald Trump as their nominee.
Then a would-be assassin grazed Trump’s ear with a bullet at a Pennsylvania rally.
Both developments have shaken up a race that had remained stagnant — but close — for months, and they will be top of mind for attendees going into this week’s Republican National Convention.
The conversation surrounding the race has been flipped — and flipped again — after months when the discussion was centered on the possibility Trump could return to office following the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol and amid the handful of ongoing prosecutions he faces.
But a more disciplined campaign, some beneficial court rulings — aside from his guilty verdict in a New York City courtroom in May — and Biden’s sparking an intraparty firestorm after a disastrous debate performance last month have set Trump up in a position he’s unfamiliar with in his near-decade in running for the presidency: as the odds-on favorite to win.
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