Some of the best images from opening day of the Republican National Convention
Republicans are meeting in Charlotte, N.C., this week to renominate President Trump.
![Donald Trump Jr.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f9986ab/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4990x3327+0+0/resize/1440x960!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6a%2Fdf%2F280fbb9442ab9b4213d0b534ed1e%2Faptopix-election-2020-rnc-40828.jpg)
Donald Trump Jr. speaks on the first day of the Republican National Convention. (Susan Walsh / Associated Press )
![Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) at the Republican National Convention.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f9c74d1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5227x3485+0+0/resize/1440x960!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd1%2F2b%2F8eabd60f4c35add327029bcc06a2%2Fhttps-delivery.gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F1268373897.jpg)
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) at the Republican National Convention. (AFP/Getty Images)
![Patricia and Mark McCloskey, a couple from St. Louis who pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters, address the RNC.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e4e8ca8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4328x2520+0+0/resize/1440x838!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F91%2F26%2F61339a374f9fa429357819228d30%2Fhttps-delivery.gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F1268368017.jpg)
Patricia and Mark McCloskey, a couple from St. Louis who pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters, address the Republican National Convention. (Republican National Committee)
![Donald Trump Jr. addresses the convention.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ed0f7cf/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4487x2992+0+0/resize/1440x960!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe5%2Fc0%2F55e278af466fa152d714580d4f41%2Fhttps-delivery.gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F1268372750.jpg)
Donald Trump Jr. addresses the convention. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
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![Donald Trump Jr., right, watches his girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, as she records her address to the convention.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/afe98f7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6720x4480+0+0/resize/1440x960!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbe%2Fd6%2Fc6c5be6243258a5b691a641cf50d%2Fhttps-delivery.gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F1268368732.jpg)
Donald Trump Jr., right, watches his girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, as she records her address to the convention. (Getty Images)
![Kimberly Guilfoyle records her address to the Republican National Convention at the Mellon Auditorium in Washington.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8e98169/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5316x3544+0+0/resize/1440x960!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F25%2F9f%2F73fbcbbe461089ff78ea563750d2%2Fhttps-delivery.gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F1268368703.jpg)
Kimberly Guilfoyle records her address to the Republican National Convention at the Mellon Auditorium in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
![Retired football star Herschel Walker speaks at the convention.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/85c04c8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4456x2520+0+0/resize/1440x814!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fed%2F80%2F799c37ac41d39cc0e7ad05edb4ca%2Fhttps-delivery.gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F1268366253.jpg)
Retired football star Herschel Walker speaks at the convention. (Republican National Committee)
![Andrew Pollack, father of Meadow Pollack, who was killed in the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8ac79c5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4160x2496+0+0/resize/1440x864!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd8%2Fd1%2F65a776ac4ab39b998da859910dc6%2Fhttps-delivery.gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F1268367718.jpg)
Andrew Pollack, father of Meadow Pollack, who was killed in the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla., addresses the convention. (Republican National Committee)
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![President Trump speaks with front-line workers.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4060751/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4672x2496+0+0/resize/1440x769!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F82%2F83%2Fde266c71457e899c66a0181c1437%2Fhttps-delivery.gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F1268366225.jpg)
President Trump speaks with front-line workers. (Republican National Committee)
![Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) speaks at the convention.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/dae8896/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3936x2376+0+0/resize/1440x869!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F34%2Fc9%2Faabb6d594ca5948fc16b172689bb%2Fhttps-delivery.gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F1268362475.jpg)
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) speaks at the convention. (Republican National Committee)
![President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence on the first day of the Republican National Convention.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/96982d4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3282x2188+0+0/resize/1440x960!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5d%2F38%2F457ba0554aba9cc73abcc78544f8%2Fhttps-delivery.gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F1228185305.jpg)
President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence on opening day of the Republican National Convention. (Pool Photo)
![Delegates at the Charlotte Convention Center in North Carolina.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a02ce54/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3895x2190+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F98%2F00%2Fa49c37cd486a822f830e6b9c4ebb%2Fhttps-delivery.gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F1228186933.jpg)
Delegates at the Charlotte Convention Center in North Carolina. (Getty Images)
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![Party Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel greets Vice President Mike Pence.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bf8f98f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5421x3497+0+0/resize/1440x929!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F82%2F6c%2Fabf34acc4e47bc83fa84f4266089%2Fhttps-delivery.gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F1228186722.jpg)
Party Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel greets Vice President Mike Pence. (Getty Images)
![Delegates in cowboy hats](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a6e8094/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x4000+0+0/resize/1440x960!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8f%2F4b%2F36ad2aa94e488609d43b196e476f%2Fhttps-delivery.gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F1228188025.jpg)
Party delegates. (Pool Photo)
![A person holding a sign talks to a person holding a U.S. flag](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4a5395c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2604x1736+0+0/resize/1440x960!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F53%2F0c%2F4924f7b74a249d0361e54c308b13%2Fhttps-delivery.gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F1228186221.jpg)
Ken Lane, left, a supporter of President Trump and QAnon, and Ruben Israel of Bible Believers outside the GOP convention in Charlotte, N.C. (Octavio Jones / Getty Images)
![A police officer in Charlotte, N.C., pepper-sprays a protester outside the Republican National Convention.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/067ab77/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x4000+0+0/resize/1440x960!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F24%2Fe9%2F061d3c6e4e1a8899e7fa1989901f%2Fhttps-delivery.gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F1228189301.jpg)
A police officer in Charlotte, N.C., pepper-sprays a protester outside the Republican National Convention. (Logan Cyrus / AFP-Getty Images )