Franklin Graham, NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson chosen to speak at RNC, Trump campaign says

Evangelist Franklin Graham and North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson will be among the keynote speakers at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and RNC officials announced Saturday.

The North Carolina Republican Party previously announced Robinson as one of 72 N.C. delegates to the convention. Robinson is the Republican nominee for governor in this year’s election, facing off against Democrat Attorney General Josh Stein.

Graham is president of the Charlotte-based Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, which is named after his late father Billy Graham. He also leads the Boone-based Samaritan’s Purse international crisis-response organization.

The Republican National Convention begins Monday and ends Thursday.

Also chosen to speak at the convention: Annette Albright, a former Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board candidate; and a group of UNC-Chapel Hill fraternity brothers who held up an American flag during a campus protest.

On Saturday, U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., was selected as the only member of North Carolina’s congressional delegation to speak at the convention, Trump’s campaign said.

Hudson also is chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.