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GOP plans to center the president at rare two-day Texas event as party hopes to retain control of House in midterms
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Republicans are gathering in\u00a0Texas<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday for a rare \u201cmidterm convention\u201d, as they attempt to convince Americans to vote for a party led by a deeply unpopular president who has overseen inflation and led the US into an\u00a0increasingly<\/a>\u00a0unpopular<\/a>\u00a0war<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0will dominate the two-day convention, appearing both nights as the GOP works to\u00a0cling to<\/a>\u00a0control<\/a>\u00a0of the House of Representatives in November. Republicans plan to put the president at the center of the event, a bold strategy given his approval rating is hovering at about 38%, while accusing the Democratic party of being socialist and out of touch with Americans.

However, in a sign of Trump\u2019s toxicity, some vulnerable Republicans<\/a> have said they will not attend the Dallas event: risking the potential ire of the president, but avoiding a public association with a deeply unpopular leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than two months out from the midterm elections, the Republican party faces a serious battle to retain its slender control of the House, while Democrats are increasingly hopeful<\/a> they could pick up Senate seats. Winning either would put the Democratic party in position to stymie Trump\u2019s aims during his final two years in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The convention represents perhaps Republicans\u2019 final opportunity to make a large-scale, high-profile pitch to Americans. Joe Gruters, the chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC), which is organizing the convention, said the program would attempt to demonstrate how Republicans<\/a> are \u201clowering costs, securing our border, making our communities safer, and putting American workers and families first\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether voters buy that is a different matter, given costs, including gas prices<\/a>, have risen during Trump\u2019s presidency. Forecasters give Republicans a slim chance of holding on to the House, in particular, and some members of Congress have been keen to distance themselves from the event. Several Republican members of Congress said they will skip it entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some Democrats are congregating in Dallas to counter the convention\u2019s narrative. On Wednesday, JB Pritzker, the Illinois governor, joined a Texas Democratic party event and accused Republicans<\/a> stumping for Trump of \u201cbootlicking\u201d. He also alleged that Trump\u2019s efforts to enact restriction on mail-in voting amount to a promise to end fair elections in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf Democrats don\u2019t win, if they don\u2019t win in this election, we may not have other elections,\u201d Pritzker said. \u201cOr certainly we\u2019re going to have future elections, every single one of which will be rigged.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, said a contingent of Democrats on Thursday will \u201ccounter the falsehoods and extremism\u201d on display in American Airlines Center.

Republicans facing close re-election bids have proved particularly likely to dodge the event, mindful that their Democratic opponents are looking for any opportunity to tie them to Trump. Tom Barrett, facing a close re-election fight in Michigan, and Zach Nunn, locked in a tight race in Iowa, are among those who have said they won\u2019t be in Texas, and on Thursday Axios reported<\/a> that \u201conly about 100 lawmakers and candidates are expected to attend\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As well as risking association with Trump, there was the issue of cost. Multiple reports have suggested that House Republicans were being asked to donate at least $25,000<\/a> to the party to get a ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the few who are confirmed to be attending are JD Vance and the former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, along with Ken Paxton, the Republican candidate for Senate in Texas<\/a> who is polling neck-and-neck with Democrat James Talarico in a state that hasn\u2019t elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are signs too, that enthusiasm is low among the rank and file. The RNC announced in mid-August that Americans could apply for tickets to attend the event, suggesting that applicants would enter a lottery, and only a lucky few would be granted access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet on Friday, days before the event was due to begin, applications for tickets were instantly being granted on an RNC sign-up page, suggesting the event was not yet at capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Should the attendance be lacklustre, it will be a clear indictment of Trump himself, given RNC marketing materials in the buildup had made it clear it was the president\u2019s show<\/a>. Indeed, some messages billed the event as \u201cTrump\u2019s midterm convention\u201d \u2013 ditching the term \u2018Republican\u2019 altogether \u2013 while every press release has been at pains to stress Trump will be there both nights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump himself was bullish about the convention in\u00a0a podcast interview<\/a>\u00a0last week, telling the Texas lieutenant governor, Dan Patrick: \u201cIt\u2019s going to be big stuff.\u201d

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