GOP Convention Speakers List Includes Trump Kids, Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, Jerry Falwell Jr.

Cleveland, OH — Republican National Convention organizers on Thursday issued a still-in-the-works list of speakers for the GOP convention that begins Monday in Cleveland.

Donald Trump's children will speak, as will his wife Melania. The most notable names on the speakers list include Fox News host and former governor Mike Huckabee, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, UFC President Dana White, former presidential candidates Sen. Ted Cruz and Dr. Ben Carson, Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, and evangelist Jerry Falwell Jr.

Notably absent is Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, one of three people being vetted as Trump's running mate. The others are New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, both of whom are on the speakers list.

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2016 GOP Convention Speakers

• Pastor Mark Burns
• Phil Ruffin
• Congressman Ryan Zinke
• Pat Smith
• Mark Geist
• John Tiegen
• Congressman Michael McCaul
• Sheriff David Clarke
• Congressman Sean Duffy
• Darryl Glenn
• Senator Tom Cotton
• Karen Vaughn
• Governor Mike Huckabee
• Mayor Rudy Giuliani
• Melania Trump
• Senator Joni Ernst
• Kathryn Gates-Skipper
• Marcus Luttrell
• Dana White
• Governor Asa Hutchinson
• Attorney General Leslie Rutledge
• Michael Mukasey
• Andy Wist
• Senator Jeff Sessions
• Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn
• Alex Smith
• Speaker Paul Ryan
• Congressman Kevin McCarthy
• Kerry Woolard .
• Senator Shelley Moore Capito
• Dr. Ben Carson
• Co-Chair Sharon Day
• Natalie Gulbis
• Kimberlin Brown
• Antonio Sabato, Jr.
• Peter Thiel
• Eileen Collins
• Senator Ted Cruz
• Newt Gingrich
• Michelle Van Etten
• Lynne Patton
• Eric Trump
• Harold Hamm
• Congressman Chris Collins
• Brock Mealer
• Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn
• Governor Mary Fallin
• Darrell Scott
• Lisa Shin
• Governor Rick Scott
• Chairman Reince Priebus
• Tom Barrack
• Ivanka Trump
• Attorney General Pam Bondi
• Jerry Falwell Jr.
• Rabbi Haskel Lookstein
• Chris Cox
• Senator Mitch McConnell
• Tiffany Trump
• Governor Chris Christie
• Donald J. Trump Jr.
• Governor Scott Walker

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