The roll call of states has been concluded, and Donald Trump is now officially the Republican presidential nominee. Discuss.
Donald Trump was formally nominated for the presidency by Republican delegates here on Tuesday night, a landmark moment in American political history that capped the business mogul’s surprising conquest of the GOP.
Trump formally reached the threshold of 1,237 delegates at 7:12 p.m. Eastern time, with votes cast by delegates from his home state of New York.
Trump’s clinching votes were cast by his own son, Donald Trump Jr., who spoke for the New York delegation.
