This week over 50,000 people are expected to travel to Milwaukee for the 2024 Republican National Convention, where more than 2,400 delegates will gather to approve a party platform and formally nominate their political party’s presidential ticket for the Nov. 5 election.
The televised event, held every four years, is largely expected to be a victory lap for former president Donald Trump and a party in lockstep with his policies as he accepts the nomination.
The four-day event also comes in the aftermath of what federal law enforcement is investigating as an attempted assassination of Trump that left the former president injured on Saturday, killed one attendee and critically injured two others. Several people with knowledge of convention planning said additional security measures were put in place to ensure that events, including those outside the hardened security perimeter in Milwaukee, would be safe to attend. Those people also said that they expected the program to go forward largely as planned.
Here’s what to know about the Republican convention: