page_title: 2016 Republican National Convention
section_title: Schedule
hierarchical_section_title: 2016 Republican National Convention / Convention speakers / Schedule
caption_attribution_description: English: Mike Pence speaking at an immigration policy speech hosted by Donald Trump in Phoenix, Arizona.
context_page_description: The 2016 Republican National Convention, in which delegates of the United States Republican Party chose the party's nominees for president and vice president in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, was held July 18–21, 2016, at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The event marked the third time Cleveland has hosted the Republican National Convention and the first since 1936. In addition to determining the party's national ticket, the convention ratified the party platform.
  There were 2,472 delegates to the Republican National Convention, with a simple majority of 1,237 required to win the presidential nomination. Most of those delegates were bound for the first ballot of the convention based on the results of the 2016 Republican presidential primaries. On July 19, 2016, the convention formally nominated Donald Trump for president and Indiana Governor Mike Pence for vice president. Trump and Pence went on to win the general election, defeating the Democratic ticket of Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine.
context_section_description: On July 17, 2016, the convention planners released the convention's official schedule of events and speakers, along with themes. (An early, preliminary roster of speakers, "confirmed by two people with direct knowledge of the convention planning," had been obtained and published by the New York Times several days earlier.) The schedule of speakers is as follows:
  Monday, July 18–"Make America Safe Again"
  Invocation: Mark Burns of South Carolina, televangelist, prosperity gospel preacher. Burns' controversial prayer was described as "perhaps the most politically charged benediction ever heard at a national convention"; Burns stated that "our enemy is not other Republicans, but is Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party."
  Willie Robertson, star of the reality television show Duck Dynasty
  Rick Perry, former Governor of Texas, candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination
  Marcus Luttrell, former Navy SEAL
  Scott Baio, actor and television producer
  Patricia Smith, mother of Benghazi victim Sean Smith
  Mark Geist, Benghazi veteran
  John Tiegen, Benghazi veteran
  Kent Terry and Kelly Terry-Willis, brother and sister of a killed Border Patrol agent
  Antonio Sabàto Jr., actor and model
  Mary Ann Mendoza, Sabine Durden, and Jamiel Shaw – parents of sons killed by illegal immigrants
  U.S. Representative Michael McCaul, Republican of Texas, chairman of House Homeland Security Committee
  David A. Clarke Jr., sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin and critic of Black Lives Matter movement
  U.S. Representative Sean Duffy, Republican of Wisconsin, former star of MTV's The Real World
  Rachel Campos-Duffy, spokeswoman for the Libre Initiative, a Koch brothers-funded Hispanic outreach group
  Darryl Glenn, County Commissioner in El Paso County, Colorado
  U.S. Senator Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas
  Karen Vaughn – mother of a Navy SEAL who was killed in Afghanistan
  U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions, Republican of Alabama
  Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City
  Melania Trump, wife of Donald Trump – listed as headliner
  Michael T. Flynn, retired U.S. Army lieutenant general – listed as headliner
  U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, Republican of Iowa – listed as headliner
  Jason Beardsley of Concerned Veterans for America – listed as headliner
  U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke, Republican of Montana – listed as headliner
  Tuesday, July 19–"Make America Work Again"
  Sharon Day, co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee
  Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship
  Asa Hutchinson, Governor of Arkansas
  Leslie Rutledge, Arkansas Attorney General
  Michael Mukasey, former U.S. Attorney General
  Andy Wist, businessman – described as the "mystery man" of the convention and one of its most obscure speakers; Wist is president of a waterproofing company in the Bronx
  U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, Republican of Wisconsin
  Chris W. Cox, executive director, National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action
  Natalie Gulbis, professional golfer
  U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, Senate majority leader, Republican of Kentucky
  U.S. Representative Paul Ryan, speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Republican of Wisconsin – Ryan's speech is in addition to his duties as official chair of the convention, a largely ceremonial role; he reportedly planned to tout his conservative House agenda and call for Republican unity in the speech.
  U.S. Representative Kevin McCarthy, House majority leader, Republican of California
  Chris Christie, Governor of New Jersey, candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.
  Tiffany Trump, Trump's daughter – listed as headliner
  Kerry Woolard, general manager, Trump Winery
  Donald Trump Jr., Trump's son – listed as headliner
  U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Republican of West Virginia – listed as headliner
  Ben Carson – retired neurosurgeon, candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination – listed as headliner
  Kimberlin Brown, actor – listed as headliner
  Wednesday, July 20–"Make America First Again"
  Rick Scott, Governor of Florida
  Laura Ingraham, talk radio host
  Phil Ruffin, Las Vegas casino owner
  Pam 
caption: Vice presidential nominee Mike Pence gave a speech on the third night of the convention
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