JUST IN: House Speaker Mike Johnson Kicks Off Roll Call At The Republican National Convention

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At the RNC Convention on Monday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) spoke about the rules of the convention.

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00:00is laid on the table.

00:06Delegates and alternates,

00:08ladies and gentlemen,

00:10I now have the distinct honor

00:12of introducing the speaker

00:14of the United States

00:16House of Representatives and the

00:18permanent chairman of the convention,

00:20Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana.

00:22Applause

00:48Good afternoon, everybody.

00:50It's such an honor to be here.

00:52Before we begin, I'd like to remind

00:54the delegates of the provisions of the rules

00:56which require that each candidate

00:58for nomination for President of the

01:00United States demonstrate sufficient

01:02support prior to the

01:04presentation of the name of the candidate

01:06for nomination.

01:08The chair wishes to inform the delegates

01:10at this time that it has been furnished

01:12in a timely manner and

01:14with evidence of sufficient support

01:16of the candidates who will be presented

01:18for President and Vice President

01:20of the United States in compliance

01:22with the rules of the convention.

01:24Also as prescribed

01:26under the rules, the total time for

01:28nominating speeches and seconding speeches

01:30for any candidate for President or

01:32Vice President shall not exceed 15 minutes.

01:34It has also been the custom at

01:36past conventions to permit the chair

01:38to recognize non-delegates

01:40for the purpose of making nominating

01:42speeches and seconding speeches.

01:44Without objection,

01:46the reading of the roll call of states

01:48for presenting the names for candidates for nomination

01:50is dispensed with, and non-delegates

01:52shall be permitted to make nominating

01:54and seconding speeches.

01:56At this time, the chair now

01:58recognizes the delegate from Iowa

02:00and the chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa,

02:02Jeff Kaufman, for the purpose

02:04of nominating. Please give him

02:06a warm welcome.

02:08Good afternoon. I'm Jeff Kaufman,

02:18and I'm humbled and honored

02:20to stand before all of you

02:22this afternoon.

JUST IN: House Speaker Mike Johnson Kicks Off Roll Call At The Republican National Convention

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