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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowPresident Donald Trump suggested Thursday that the Republican Party host a national convention before next year’s midterm elections to showcase its talent, an unusual move that Democrats are also considering.
Such a gathering would come ahead of a historically difficult election year for the party in power. But Trump predicted in a social media post that the GOP would nonetheless “WIN BIG IN THE MIDTERMS” based on the party’s achievements since he returned to the White House.
“In that light, I am thinking of recommending a National Convention to the Republican Party, just prior to the Midterms,” Trump said. “It has never been done before. STAY TUNED!!!”
The major parties typically hold their national conventions every four years, during the summer before presidential elections.
The Democratic National Committee has already been mulling a midterm Democratic convention, and Chair Ken Martin supports the idea, according to a Democratic official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal plans. Trump suggested a Republican convention the day after Axios first reported that the DNC was considering the idea.
Republicans are looking to defend both their House and Senate majorities in the November 2026 election. Trump is especially concerned about the House majority, which is razor-thin, and has been pushing Texas and other red states to redrew their district maps to give the party more of an advantage leading into the midterms.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) appeared to quickly back the idea of a pre-midterms convention, writing on X, “YES, Mr. President! Let’s go!!!!”
The party that controls the White House usually fares poorly in its first midterms. Republicans are also grappling with an unpopular president in Trump, who had a 37% approval rating in a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday.
The decision to hold a convention would ultimately be up to the Republican National Committee, which recently elected a new chair, Joe Gruters, who is a staunch Trump ally.
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What accomplishments?
The tax cut for wealthy Americans paid for by cuts to services for everyone else, or the tax increase we are all paying (tariffs) that he insists we aren’t paying?
The increased food prices that he claimed would go down day one?
That war between Ukraine and Russia that is still ongoing?
The farmers reliant on government handouts to get by since his trade policies tanked their ability to export to other countries?
Just wait until he gets control of the Fed and introduces hyperinflation and wipes out our retirement savings. Explains the need to gerrymander and just not have elections … remember, he told us all we wouldn’t have to vote again …
Joe B. +1
Did the DOGE idiots approve the costs?
Trump is trying to make a spectacle because he knows he’s failing. Democrats should definitely do their own, be big and loud about it, and make the theme all about mocking and embarrassing Trump, Vance, Mike Johnson, and Stephen Miller. Fascists hate being made fun of. They have incredibly fragile egos and will spin out when you poke them enough. Make it a big show, tell the world how much they suck, and make the world laugh at them.