Republican National Convention: Day One

July 19, 2016

Cleveland, Ohio. July 18, 2016. A Donald Trump bobblehead with his signature “thumbs-up” and the “Make America Great Again” hat was one of the many items available for purchase on Monday outside the Quicken Loans Arena, the site of the Republican National Convention. Photo by Pankaj Khadka/BUNS

Cleveland, Ohio. July 18, 2016. Members of Prophets of Rage rock the crowd in Cleveland Public Square. Photo by Pankaj Khadka/BUNS

Cleveland, Ohio. July 18, 2016. Members of Prophets of Rage perform a set through megaphones at the Public Square in Cleveland on Monday. Photo by Pankaj Khadka/BUNS

Cleveland, Ohio. July 18, 2016. Gabby Oneil, 47, from Los Angeles, right, purchases the Donald Trump Whoopee Cushion from its creator, LA-based animator Chris Hume at the Cleveland Public Square on Monday, the first day of the Republican National Convention. Photo by Pankaj Khadka/BUNS

Cleveland, Ohio. July 18, 2016. Shawn Witte, a marine who claimed to be anti-establishment, talks about his beliefs at the Public Square in Cleveland on Monday, the first day of the Republican National Convention. Photo by Pankaj Khadka/BUNS

Cleveland, Ohio. July 18, 2016. Emily Davis, wearing a shirt she made, came to Cleveland all the way from Ferguson, MO, to protest against hatred, bigotry and the Trump campaign on Monday, the first day of the Republican National Convention. Photo by Pankaj Khadka/BUNS

Cleveland, Ohio. July 18, 2016. Don King, famed boxing promoter who was apparently booted from speaking at the opening night of the Republican National Convention even though the presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump wanted him to, speaks to reporters in the media section at RNC. Photo by Pankaj Khadka/BUNS

Cleveland, Ohio. July 18, 2016. Cathy Sherman from Columbus, Ohio, came to Cleveland to show her support for Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention on Monday . Photo by Pankaj Khadka/BUNS

Cleveland, Ohio. July 18, 2016. Patricia Eguino, 27, from Cleveland, holds a “Latinos against Trump” sign right outside the Quicken Loans Arena, the site of the Republican National Convention on Monday. Photo by Pankaj Khadka/BUNS

Cleveland, Ohio. July 18, 2016. Sam Ditzhazy, 28, from Michigan, and Conrad Schultz, 21, from Detroit, members of Students for Trump, hold a Trump banner and stand in front of a group of protestors outside Quicken Loans Arena, the site of the Republican National Convention on Monday. Photo by Pankaj Khadka/BUNS

Cleveland, Ohio. July 18, 2016. Members of CodePink, “a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement” hold banners and sing songs against Donald Trump outside the Quicken Loans Arena, the site of the Republican National Convention on Monday. Photo by Pankaj Khadka/BUNS

Cleveland, Ohio. July 18, 2016. Charley Baylor, 52, from Topeka, KS, was one of the many Trump supporters in Cleveland for the Republican National Convention. Photo by Pankaj Khadka/BUNS

Cleveland, Ohio. July 18, 2016. An overwhelming presence of law enforcement officers in Cleveland around Quicken Loans Arena, the site of the Republican National Convention, ensured lack of violent protests at the convention. Photo by Pankaj Khadka/BUNS

Cleveland, Ohio. July 18, 2016. Senator Richard Black, a delegate from Virginia, thanks law enforcement officers outside Quicken Loans Arena, the site of the Republican National Convention. Photo by Pankaj Khadka/BUNS

Cleveland, Ohio. July 18, 2016. Lauren Arbeiter, 57, from New York, places signs on the street outside the Quicken Loans Arena, the site of the Republican National Convention. Arbeiter said she was in Cleveland to present a case for humanity and said this election “is an insult to our mind.” Photo by Pankaj Khadka/BUNS

Cleveland, Ohio. July 18, 2016. Johnny Rice came to Cleveland from Washington, D.C. to show his support for his candidate Donald Trump at the Quicken Loans Arena, the site of the Republican National Convention. Photo by Pankaj Khadka/BUNS

Cleveland, Ohio. July 18, 2016. Mike Huckabee, former Arkansas governor and 2016 presidential candidate, leaves the Quicken Loans Arena, the site of the Republican National Convention, on Monday night. Photo by Pankaj Khadka/BUNS

Cleveland, Ohio. July 18, 2016. Tower City was lit up in red, white, and blue on the opening night of the Republican National Convention, on Monday. Photo by Pankaj Khadka/BUNS

Cleveland, Ohio. July 18, 2016. Vermin Supreme made an appearance in Cleveland at the Republican National Convention on Monday. Photo by Pankaj Khadka/BUNS

Cleveland, Ohio. July 18, 2016. Lauren Gleason, a senior at Cleveland State University, offers a seahorse necklace to an Ohio State trooper as a gesture to “spread love, not war,” at the Public Square on Monday night, the opening day of the Republican National Convention. Photo by Pankaj Khadka/BUNS

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