#2020 RNC guide: When it’s on, how to watch, plus speaker schedule

President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and supporters will make the case for four more years during the 2020 Republican National Convention, which kicks off on Monday.

Trump is slated to speak every night of the four-day event in the 10 p.m. Eastern hour, with campaign officials promising an upbeat message under nightly themes of “Land of Promise,” “Land of Opportunity,” “Land of Heroes” and “Land of Greatness.”

The proceedings will serve as a rebuttal to last week’s Democratic National Convention — that saw former veep Joe Biden and California Sen. Kamala Harris accept the party’s nominations as president and vice president — and was a largely virtual affair.

Though some RNC remarks will also be delivered remotely amid the coronavirus pandemic, delegates from each state will assemble in Charlotte, North Carolina to formally re-nominate the Trump-Pence ticket on Monday to begin the proceedings.

Trump will accept the nomination in a climactic speech Thursday evening from the South Lawn of the White House in front of a crowd — and the RNC has requested approval to set off fireworks from the National Mall afterwards.

But in addition to the president, his family and other big GOP names, campaign adviser Jason Miller said Sunday the event will highlight speakers who will challenge preconceived notions of what it means to be a Trump supporter.

The lineup includes Congressional candidate Kimberly Klacik — whose video about “the reality for black people” in Baltimore recently went viral; Alice Johnson, the grandmother Trump freed from prison; and Andrew Pollack, whose daughter Meadow was killed in the Parkland shooting in 2018.

Here’s what else you need to know about the 2020 RNC:

When to watch the 2020 RNC

There will be four nights of prime-time programming, running Monday through Thursday, from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET.

Where to watch the RNC

The major broadcast networks and cable TV outlets, plus C-SPAN and PBS, will cover the RNC extensively.

It will also be live-streamed on the convention’s Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Twitch pages, plus Amazon Prime Video.

When the acceptance speeches will take place

Though Trump is expected to speak on all four nights, he will formally accept the nomination on Thursday in remarks from the White House.

Pence will deliver his nomination speech Wednesday at Fort McHenry in Baltimore.

Monday speakers:

Senator Tim Scott


House Republican Whip Steve Scalise


Representative Matt Gaetz


Representative Jim Jordan


Nikki Haley


Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel


Georgia State Representative Vernon Jones


Amy Johnson Ford


Kimberly Guilfoyle


Natalie Harp


Charlie Kirk


Kim Klacik


Mark and Patricia McCloskey


Sean Parnell


Andrew Pollack


Donald Trump, Jr.


Tanya Weinreis

Tuesday speakers:

First Lady Melania Trump


Secretary of State Mike Pompeo


Senator Rand Paul


Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds


Florida Lieutenant Gov. Jeanette Nuñez


Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron


Pam Bondi


Abby Johnson


Jason Joyce


Navajo Nation vice president Myron Lizer


Mary Ann Mendoza


Megan Pauley


Cris Peterson


John Peterson


Nicholas Sandmann


Eric Trump


Tiffany Trump

Wednesday speakers:

Vice President Mike Pence


Second Lady Karen Pence


Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee


Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa


South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem


Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas


Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York


Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York


Former Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell


White House adviser to the president Kellyanne Conway


Keith Kellogg


Jack Brewer


Sister Dede Byrne


Madison Cawthorn


Scott Dane


Clarence Henderson


Ryan Holets


Michael McHale


Burgess Owens


Lara Trump

Thursday speakers:

President Trump


Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson


Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky


Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas


House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy of California


Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey


Ivanka Trump


Ja’Ron Smith


Ann Dorn


Debbie Flood


Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani


Franklin Graham


Alice Johnson


Wade Mayfield


Carl and Marsha Mueller


Dana White