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Republican Midterm Convention Sees Trump-Style Rallies and Criticism of Democrats
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In Short: Vice President JD Vance solidified his 2028 presidential aspirations with a 'Trump-level' smackdown of a foreign-flag-waving protester at the GOP convention.
Vice President JD Vance solidified his 2028 presidential aspirations with a 'Trump-level' smackdown of a foreign-flag-waving protester at the GOP convention, according to reports from Fox News. Vance's keynote address at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas saw him blasting hecklers and warning Democrats as 'extreme.
Republicans gathered for the first-ever party convention eight weeks before the midterm elections mostly signaled they were ready to move on from the old guard of Democratic boogeymen, according to Roll Call. The event, which did not include any official party business, served as a rally and fundraising opportunity.
President Trump, who headlined the second night of the Republican midterm convention, promised to pay Americans if Republicans won and repeatedly warned of a communist takeover if Democrats retained control, as reported by FactCheck.org. Trump also pledged to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections.
Vice President Vance and Trump both spoke Thursday night to close out the first-ever midterm convention for the Republican Party. Vance repeated several of the themes heard from speakers over the last two days, describing Democrats as extreme, while Trump led his supporters in a pledge to vote in the midterms, warning them they would 'go to hell' if they didn't vote in November.
The two-day Republican midterm convention in Dallas has ended, with Trump and Vice President JD Vance among those to address the crowd. The event saw a mix of traditional Republican rhetoric and a focus on the party's political wins, banking on them to rebuff traditional headwinds, as the party in power traditionally loses congressional seats in the midterms.
What's confirmed
- The incident wasn’t captured by the convention’s official television feed, but Vance described it for viewers at home.
- Vice President JD Vance blasted a heckler waving foreign flags and yelling at him from the GOP convention floor during his primetime keynote address Thursday night.
- "Don't give the country over to a bunch of crazy people because you happen to disagree with us on a policy issue here or there," Vance said in his remarks at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas.
- Vice President JD Vance headlined the second night of the Republican midterm convention, rallying GOP voters while lacing into Democrats.
- Here are some key takeaways from Thursday night: President Trump closed out the convention with freewheeling remarks that echoed the themes of his two-hour speech the night before.
- He led his supporters in a pledge that they would vote in the midterms, warning them they would "go to hell" if they didn't vote in November.
What's still developing
- Vice president offers to buy a Mexican-flag waving protester at GOP convention a plane ticket to Mexico after interruption during speech.
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- "Please pretend that I'm running," Trump said.
- By Paul Cuno-Booth, D'Angelo Gore, Robert Farley, Lori Robertson, Jessica McDonald and Kate Yandell In a nearly two-hour speech at the first Republican midterm convention, President Donald Trump promised to pay Americans if Republicans won, and he repeatedly said communists could take over Congress if they didn’t, among other familiar claims.
- “The reason the Democrats can’t do that is because they don’t do tariffs, they don’t take in money,” he said.
- An appeals court on Thursday upheld a block on Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting.
- And the inflation and high interest rates that Trump pledged to fix are causing new financial jitters.
- “We were a laughingstock all over the world,” Trump said, referring to his predecessor.