RNC Day 4: Trump delivers longest acceptance speech in history

Former First Lady Melania Trump is scheduled to arrive at the arena around the 8 p.m. CT, publicly joining former President Donald Trump on a major campaign event for the first time this election cycle.

Donald Trump is scheduled to take the stage at 9:02 p.m. CT.

Other notable speakers include:
8:35PM CT / 9:35PM ET - Eric Trump
5:58PM CT / 6:58PM ET - Sen. Steve Daines
6:02PM CT / 7:02PM ET - Rep. Richard Hudson
6:13PM CT / 7:13PM ET - Diane Hendricks
6:29PM CT / 7:29PM ET - Linda McMahon
6:34PM CT / 7:34PM ET - Mike Pompeo
6:58PM CT / 7:58PM ET - Steve Witkoff
7:21PM CT / 8:21PM ET - Alina Habba
7:28PM CT / 8:28PM ET - Tucker Carlson
8:53PM CT / 9:53PM ET - Dana White

Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson is a Democrat, but he pushed hard for his city to host the Republican National Convention.

"I am a Democrat, like I said, I am going to the DNC next month and I am proudly going to cast my ballot to support President Joe Biden and his re-election," Mayor Johnson said. "That's on the political end. On the business end, I am looking at this as an opportunity to elevate Milwaukee, to bring economic development, to bring economic impact here."

The Republican National Convention is estimated to bring in $200 million in revenue for Milwaukee.

Next month, the Milwaukee mayor will be coming to Chicago, where he will serve as a delegate at the DNC.

Republicans throughout the week in Milwaukee have suggested the combative former president take a gentler tone in light of the shooting and have suggested the crisis provides a chance to de-escalate the divisive political rhetoric that has marked the 2024 campaign.

Trump told the Washington Examiner that he had rewritten his acceptance speech in the wake of the Saturday shooting, emphasizing a call for national unity.

"The speech I was going to give on Thursday was going to be a humdinger," he said. "Had this not happened, this would've been one of the most incredible speeches," aimed mostly at the policies of President Joe Biden.

"Honestly, it's going to be a whole different speech now," he said.

Any such dialing down by Trump will come before a delegation, many of whom have been moved by Trump's own defiant words in the grasp of U.S. Secret Service agents Saturday, and have sparked their echo in the form of chants of "fight, fight, fight."

"I do believe that after going through that his message will be better, and I do think he will appeal to our better emotions," Pennsylvania Republican Party Chairman Lawrence Tabas said. "He has an enormous compassion and empathy that doesn't always come through."

Unlike most national conventions, Trump's wife Melania and daughter Ivanka who both spoke at the previous two conventions are not expected to address the convention but are expected to attend.

Lara Trump, his daughter-in-law, ended the program Tuesday with a speech about Trump's personal warmth and love for his family.