Donald Trump’s Midterm Convention Faces a Republican Attendance Problem
Trump will headline the two-day event at Dallas’s American Airlines Center, while most surveyed GOP candidates said they may skip it, Politico reported.
- President Donald Trump will deliver keynote speeches on both nights of the GOP Midterm Convention, scheduled for September 9-10 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.
- Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters called the event a 'primetime showcase' for party success, featuring presentations on tax cuts and border security over two action-packed days.
- A survey of more than 70 GOP candidates found most remain undecided or plan to avoid the event, with 45 Republicans citing various reasons for their absence.
- Dallas officials estimated a $1.8 million security cost for the event, which faces scheduling conflicts with NFL rivalry games dubbed 'Trump-a-palooza' by some critics.
- Persistent voter dissatisfaction and reports of 'Trump fatigue' raise the stakes for candidates, as strategists view the convention as a critical opportunity to rally support before November.
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'It smells': Wary Republicans take big step back from Trump
Congressional Republican leaders are betting their midterm strategy on putting Donald Trump front and center — even as a growing number of GOP lawmakers warn that leaning into the president could sink the party in November."Nobody better to turn out the base than President Trump," House Majority Leader Steve Scalise told the Wall Street Journal, previewing the Trump-centric approach set to dominate an unusual midterm GOP convention in Dallas nex…
Some Republicans to Skip GOP Midterm Convention
“Ahead of next week’s Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas, Texas, which is set to tout President Donald Trump’s record at a time when he still faces low approval ratings and a negative political environment, several battleground Republicans said that they either aren’t going to the convention or are still undecided,” ABC News reports.
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