Republicans open highly unusual, midterm convention billed as a two days of 'Trump-a-Palooza'
Coinciding with the gathering, Trump’s political operation, which has been sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars, began spending heavily through a new group, the No Going Back PAC Inc., The New York Times first reported Wednesday. The group has reserved $49 million in six competitive Senate races and one competitive House race.
DALLAS (AP) — Republicans opened their unusual midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday by offering speech after speech bashing Democrats and celebrating President Donald Trump, putting their party's undisputed leader at the center of the upcoming midterm elections — whether the candidates running like it or not.
Many Republicans, including those facing tight races, are skipping the two-day affair, while others hope their appearance will put them in the national spotlight as they work to turn out Trump's supporters in a year without him on the ballot.
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