When Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., addresses the Republican National Convention Tuesday sometime after 10 p.m., her speech will be carried live on at least four cable news channels, but also by CBS, NBC, ABC and PBS.
As a "headliner" of Tuesday night's events, Capito will be joined in primetime not by governors or fellow senators, but by a soap opera actress, a retired neurosurgeon and former presidential candidate and by Donald Trump Jr.
Capito is, in fact, one of only three elected officials scheduled as "headliners" throughout the four-day convention, and the only one who held high-level office prior to last year.
Capito's brief biography on the convention's website even de-emphasizes her congressional experience.
It notes that she served four years in the West Virginia House of Delegates, beginning in 1996, and even lists her committee assignments. But it doesn't mention that she was in the U.S. House of Representatives for 14 years before being elected to the Senate in 2014.
"It's a different convention than typical," West Virginia Republican Party Chairman Conrad Lucas said in a phone interview from the convention in Cleveland. "The appeal of the Trump candidacy and the Trump campaign has been different than a typical candidate, and the convention speaking seems to be reflective of that."
Part of the reason for the different type of convention is that Donald Trump's divisive candidacy - he is adored by white supremacy groups and is the least popular presidential candidate in modern history according to polling averages - has caused many Republican officials to skip the convention.
More than a dozen Republican senators will not attend.
Of the Republican Party's five living previous presidential nominees, four will skip the convention, with only Bob Dole attending. Ohio's Republican governor, John Kasich, is skipping the convention even though it's in his own state, which caused Trump's top adviser to blast him for "embarrassing his state" on Monday.
"I certainly wish that many individuals who have held out their support of Mr. Trump would be on the team," Lucas said. "But everyone comes to their own decisions individually."
Capito's fellow headliners Tuesday night are Trump Jr., the executive vice president of his father's businesses, Dr. Ben Carson, who dropped out of the presidential race in March, and Kimberlin Brown, an actress and avocado farmer best known for roles on "The Young and the Restless" and "The Bold and the Beautiful."
Capito did not respond to an interview request.
Speaking on the Mike Queen radio show Monday morning, she said her speech would be about 15 minutes long and would be focused on "getting America back to work again."
"It's going to be West Virginia's story, the story of hardworking people who get up in the morning, who care about their families and their communities," she said. "This economy has left a lot of people out, and I think that's what Donald Trump has really tapped into, is that frustration."
The only other elected officials listed as headliners of the convention are Sen. Joni Ernst, of Iowa, and Rep. Ryan Zinke, of Montana, both of whom were elected for the first time in 2014.
While Zinke, a retired Navy SEAL, will speak at the convention, he resigned as an official delegate to the convention, citing a party platform that he called "more divisive than uniting."
Trump launched his campaign by calling Mexican immigrants rapists. His two best known policy proposals are a religious test for entering the United States and getting Mexico to pay for a 2,000-mile wall along our shared border. He repeatedly said that an American-born federal judge could not do his job because he was of Mexican descent. He frequently claims that he opposed the Iraq war before it began, which is not true.
But, in a state where Trump has soaring popularity, neither Capito nor Lucas have any doubts about supporting his candidacy.
"I view the convention as a launching pad for the general election, where Mr. Trump will be seen by the country as a potential president," Lucas said. "I hope that his rhetoric and campaign are reflective of what our nation would want our next president to be."
Capito praised Trump's choice of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as a running mate, calling him an "excellent pick."
She said his "calm presence" is needed, "certainly a contrast to Donald Trump's personality."
But Capito said the election eventually will come down to the top candidates, not their running mates.
"At the end of the day, I'm not sure how much a vice presidential pick can really matter," she said.
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