First Day of GOP Convention has Sean Parnell as speaker

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NO, NOT THAT SEAN PARNELL

Alaskans tuning into the Republican National Convention on Monday will see a lineup of speakers that includes several familiar names.

One of those names is Sean Parnell. But it’s not the former Alaska governor who will be headlining during the “Land of the Promise” theme that day. It’s the candidate for Congress from Pennsylvania.

The list of speakers on Monday is a conservative’s dream lineup:

Tim Scott, US Senator for South Carolina

Steve Scalise, US House of Representatives Minority Whip and representative for Louisiana’s 1st congressional district

Matt Gaetz, US Representative for Florida’s 1st congressional district 

Jim Jordan, US Representative for Ohio’s 4th congressional district

Nikki Haley, diplomat, businesswoman, and author who was the 116th governor of South Carolina and the 29th United States ambassador to the United Nations 

Ronna McDaniel, Chair of the Republican National Committee.

Vernon Jones, a Democrat from Georgia, where he was chief executive officer of Dekalb County and served in the Georgia House of Representatives

Amy Johnson Ford, a family nurse practitioner in rural Virginia

Kimberly Guilfoyle, attorney and television news personality who co-hosted The Five on Fox News. Former prosecuting attorney in San Francisco and Los Angeles, former Assistant DA of San Francisco.

Natalie Harp, Advisory board member for Donald J. Trump for President

Charlie Kirk, founder and CEO of Turning Point USA, a conservative college organization 

Kim Klacik, Republican House of Representatives candidate for Maryland District #7

Mark & Patricia McCloskey, the couple who brandished firearms and defended their homes from a mob that had stormed the gates of their private community.

Sean Parnell, retired Army infantry captain with the Elite 10th Mountain Division and veteran of 485 days of fierce combat on the Afghan-Pakistan border, and a Pennsylvania 17th Congressional District candidate

Andrew Pollack, whose daughter Meadow was killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre

Donald Trump, Jr., son of the president

Tanya Weinreis, coffee shop owner from Montana, her shop was the first small business in Montana to qualify for a PPP loan

During the day,  336 delegates will convene in Charlotte, conduct the roll call vote and formally renominate President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence for the party’s presidential ticket.

Trump will accept the nomination from the South Lawn of the White House on Thursday. He is planning to take part in all four nights of the convention.