Delegates and top party officials from across the country are set to convene for the quadrennial Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Monday, hours after an apparent attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump at his rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
Trump, whose campaign declared the convention will go on after a bullet appeared to graze his ear at the rally, will be nominated at the event. But the convention will also be where delegates vote to establish an official party platform.
The shooting, which killed one rallygoer and critically injured two others, has further gal …