Wednesday night RNC speakers include a Milwaukee WWII veteran, vice presidential candidate JD Vance, former Speaker Newt Gingrich

The RNC has released its Wednesday night schedule and list of speakers.

The list includes vice presidential candidate JD Vance and his wife, Usha Chilukuri Vance, as well as Donald Trump Jr.

The list of speakers also includes Peter Navarro, the former director of U.S. Office of Trade & Manufacturing, who got out of jail Wednesday morning after serving four months for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Also speaking will be Gold Star families and several decorated veterans in keeping with the night's theme, "Make America Strong Once Again." One speaker will be Sgt. William Pekrul, a Milwaukee native who is also a decorated World War II and D-Day veteran.

Wednesday night's schedule also includes a musical performance by country music artist Brian Kelley and the Holy Redeemer Church of God in Christ Choir.

JD Vance was chosen to be former President Trump's VP nominee in Milwaukee during the first day of the Republican National Convention.
JD Vance was chosen to be former President Trump's VP nominee in Milwaukee during the first day of the Republican National Convention.

Here are more of Wednesday night's speakers:

6 to 6:30 p.m.

  • Rep. Nancy Mace (South Carolina)

  • Rep. Ronny Jackson (Texas); Jackson was also the White House doctor during the Obama administration and served as physician to the president during the Trump administration.

  • Rep. Matt Gaetz (Florida)

6:30 to 7 p.m.

  • Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich

  • Peter Navarro, former director of U.S. Office of Trade & Manufacturing

7 to 7:30 p.m.

  • Gov. Greg Abbott (Texas)

  • Trent Conaway, the mayor of East Palestine, Ohio, which was in the news last year as the site of a February 2023 train derailment

  • Gov. Doug Burgum (North Dakota), who was thought to be on Donald Trump's shortlist of vice-presidential nominee possibilities

  • Kellyanne Conway, who served as counselor to the president in the Trump administration

7:30 to 8 p.m.

  • Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (Florida)

  • Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former Fox News host and Donald Trump Jr.'s fiancee

8 to 8:30 p.m.

  • Rep. Michael Waltz (Florida)

8:30 to 9 p.m.

  • Sgt. William Pekrul

9 to 9:30 p.m.

  • Donald J. Trump Jr.

  • Usha Chilukuri Vance

9:30 to 10 p.m.

  • Sen. J.D. Vance

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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Vice president candidate JD Vance to speak at RNC Wednesday night