Former first lady Melania Trump won't speak at RNC. When was she last in Arizona?
Former first lady Melania Trump will make an appearance at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this week but is maintaining her low profile on the campaign trail and isn't scheduled to give a speech.
Donald Trump was named the Republican nominee on Monday and will address attendees on the convention's last day on Thursday. It has not been revealed when Melania Trump will appear. Several of the Trump children were in attendance Monday during their father's nomination.
Melania Trump has spoken at the last two conventions, which is common for the husband or wife of a nominee. Trump’s oldest sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, are scheduled to speak at the four-day convention.
When was Melania Trump's last visit to Arizona?
She made one of her rare solo appearances in Tuscon and Phoenix in 2018 to visit an immigration holding facility. She spent almost five hours with detained migrant children and asked immigration officials questions about the facility's operations.
Melania Trump visited Arizona a week after she got pushback for wearing an army green jacket with the words "I really don’t care, do u?" when leaving Washington, D.C., to visit an immigration detention center in Texas. The outcry about her controversial jacket came when the Trump administration was also rolling out a family-separating "zero-tolerance" policy.
Trump hosted a rally in early June at Dream City Church in Phoenix, which the former first lady did not attend.
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What did Melania Trump say in her last RNC speech?
Melania Trump's latest RNC speech in 2020 covered Donald Trump's last four years as president and her own perspective as a first lady.
"For many years, I watched him grow concerned and frustrated, and I’m so proud to see the many things he has done in such a short time," Melania Trump said in her 2020 RNC speech. "America is in his heart. So while at times, we only see the worst of people in politics on the evening news, let’s remember how we come together in the most difficult times."
After Melania Trump's 2016 RNC speech, she was accused of plagiarizing a speech former First Lady Michelle Obama gave in 2008.
Melania Trump issues statement after husband's attempted assassination
The former first lady issued a statement on Sunday after a gunman attempted to assassinate her husband at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.
One spectator was killed and two others wounded. Trump was rushed offstage with blood running down his cheek, later confirming that a bullet pierced his ear.
Melania Trump urged Americans to “ascend above the hate, the vitriol, and the simple-minded ideas that ignite violence" in her statement.
“When I watched that violent bullet strike my husband, Donald, I realized my life, and Barron's life, were on the brink of devastating change,” she wrote in a statement Sunday.
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