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CLEVELAND. — Donald Trump was officially named as the Republican presidential nominee on Tuesday after having rebuffed attempts from anti-Trump delegates to change party rules at the beginning of the 2016 Republican National Convention.
US House Speaker Paul Ryan officially announced Trump’s nomination after a state-by-state vote on Tuesday night.
“The chair announces that Donald J. Trump, having received a majority of these votes, entitled to be cast at this convention, has been selected as the Republican Party nominee for president of the United States,” Ryan said.
The real estate mogul from New York clinched the nomination as party delegates from the country’s 50 states, five territories and Washington D.C. cast their votes. — Xinhua.
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Peter Tanyanyiwa