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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives a thumbs up after his wife, Melania, spoke during the Republican National Convention, in Cleveland, July 18, 2016.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives a thumbs up after his wife, Melania, spoke during the Republican National Convention, in Cleveland, July 18, 2016.
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LIVE BLOG: Republicans Gather for Trump

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The theme for Monday, the first night of the Republican National Convention, was Make America Safe Again. Among the speakers were two Navy Seals and the mother of a man who died in the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. There were also a few Hollywood stars who took the stage. However, the speaker most people seemed to want to hear Monday night was Melania Trump, the wife of Republican candidate Donald Trump. Get the latest here.

Earlier in the night, a member of Code Pink -- a feminist anti-war organization that is known for sneaking into events and causing high-profile disruptions and has repeatedly interrupted Trump campaign events -- made it into the convention. She was escorted out.

People in the crowd try to block anti-war protestor Alli McCracken, center, of the "Code Pink" activist group during the opening session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, July 18, 2016.
People in the crowd try to block anti-war protestor Alli McCracken, center, of the "Code Pink" activist group during the opening session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, July 18, 2016.

Melania Trump tells the delegates and officials gathered that July 28, 2006, was the day she became a U.S. citizen and called it "the greatest privilege on planet Earth."

"I am so proud of your choice for president of the United States, Donald J. Trump," Melania Trump tells the delegates.

"We're gonna win so big, ladies and gentlemen," he says. "It is my great honor to present the next first lady of the United States ... Melania Trump."

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