Republicans select Trump as nominee

CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 19: Delegates celebrate after the Speaker of the House Paul Ryan announces the official nomination of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on the second day of the Republican National Convention on July 19, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump received the number of votes needed to secure the party's nomination. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicked off on July 18. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Republicans crowned Donald Trump as their presidential nominee, ending a divisive primary and giving him control over the party?s future.

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United for a night, Republicans nominated Donald Trump on Tuesday as their presidential standard-bearer.

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FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2016 photo, Moderator Megyn Kelly waits for the start of the Republican presidential primary debate in Des Moines, Iowa. Donald Trump says people who are bullied ?gotta get over it? and fight back. It?s a message he delivers to Megyn Kelly, the Fox News anchor who sat down with him for an interview months after he savaged her on Twitter and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

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