“For the first time ever, the Republican Party will hold a MIDTERM CONVENTION. It will be in Dallas, Texas — One of my favorite places in the World. It will be fantastic! It has never been done before, and will be a truly Historic Event,” Trump posted on Truth Social.
The event will take place from Sept. 9-10 in Dallas, home to what has been one of the most closely watched midterm election races, namely the Texas Senate race between state Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton and Democratic state Rep. James Talarico.
“At the Event, we will have hardworking Americans, our Great Innovators, Entrepreneurs, Manufacturers, First Responders, and Job Creators who are powering our Nation’s Golden Age, and proving that America’s best days are still ahead of us. We will also have lots of Great Entertainment — It will be a RALLY like none other!” Trump said.
The Democratic Party has not made any public indications that it will host a midterm convention of its own. The Democratic National Committee had been toying with the idea of hosting a smaller convention for the 2026 midterm, but officially decided against the idea in early March to focus on the 2028 convention, despite the GOP’s plans to host one.
RNC Chairman Joe Gruters previously told the Washington Examiner that this year’s convention would be “a Trump-a-palooza that will showcase the strength of the Republican Party and the candidates carrying President Trump’s America First agenda forward.”
The RNC’s decision to host its first-ever midterm convention to engage more voters highlights the importance of this fall for the GOP as it looks to maintain its majorities in both chambers of Congress.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) emphasized the weight of November’s elections last week at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference.
“If we were to lose the midterms, heaven forbid, these Democrats, y’all, impeachment is not even the big concern,” Johnson said. “They will turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body, and they’ll go after the president’s family, the Cabinet, his donors, and friends. Half of you in this room will be targeted.”
“I run the protection program,” Johnson continued. “I’ll take care of you. We’re gonna win. We’re gonna win the midterms.”
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The Democratic Party has held midterm conventions in the past but not since the 20th century. DNC Executive Director Roger Lau said in a March statement that the party would instead lean into its 2025 playbook this year, in which the party focused on affordability messaging.
“Republicans were baited into wasting time and money on a midterm convention that will sink their swing-seat candidates by tying them directly to Trump’s wildly unpopular policies,” Lau said of the Republican midterm convention back in March.
President Donald Trump took a shot at the Supreme Court on Tuesday by congratulating China and Chinese President Xi Jinping after the court decided to uphold a broad definition of birthright citizenship.
“I would like to congratulate President Xi, and the Great Country of China, on their massive Birthright Citizenship WIN!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
The Supreme Court ruled, 6-3, that Trump’s executive order stipulating that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens is unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment.
The Trump administration has criticized birthright citizenship for creating and contributing to so-called “birth tourism” through which pregnant foreign nationals travel to the U.S. to give birth, providing their child with American citizenship.
“It is unacceptable for foreign parents to use a U.S. tourist visa for the primary purpose of giving birth in the United States to obtain citizenship for the child,” the State Department wrote on X. “Those who abuse our immigration system through birth tourism may be ineligible for future visas or travel to the United States.”
Although Trump suggested Chinese foreign nationals have the most to gain from the Supreme Court’s decision, Pew Research Center data indicate about one-third of all children born to foreign-born mothers in the U.S. have mothers from Mexico. The next two most popular countries of origin are China and India, with 5% apiece.
Trump’s social media post was one of many on Tuesday in response to the Supreme Court’s decision, including one in which if he implored Congress to “easily” compensate for the “too bad” majority opinion “through Legislation.”
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“No long and unwieldy Constitutional Amendment is necessary!” he wrote. “Congress should start TODAY to work on ending expensive and unfair to our Country, Birthright Citizenship. They will have my Complete and Total Support!”
The White House did not clarify to which legislation Trump was referring, with a constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds vote in the House and Senate or two-thirds vote of the country’s state legislatures at a national convention. It would then have to be ratified by three-fourths of the states, either through those state legislatures or special ratification conventions.