In an effort to fire up enthusiasm among his base, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Republicans will hold a midterm convention to showcase “the great things we have done” since the 2024 election.
In the announcement on social media, he did not provide a time or place for the convention, but added that it will be “quite the Event.”
The convention would come ahead of a midterm election in which Republicans hope to keep their thin control of Congress despite historical headwinds for the president’s party. The Trump administration and congressional Republicans are already laying the groundwork for the effort by firming up messaging efforts around the One Big Beautiful Bill.
Last month, Trump floated the idea of a convention, saying Republicans are poised to “WIN BIG IN THE MIDTERMS.”
“We have raised far more money than the Democrats, and are having a great time fixing all of the Country Destroying mistakes made by the Biden Administration, and watching the USA heal and prosper,” the president wrote in August. “The results are incredible, a record pace!!! In that light, I am thinking of recommending a National Convention to the Republican Party, just prior to the Midterms.”
Democrats are reportedly considering a similar move ahead of the midterms, according to multiple outlets.
Historically both parties have only held conventions in presidential election years. But in the 1970s and ‘80s, Democrats held “mini-conventions” or “conferences” to show off their accomplishments.
The announcement also comes as Republicans and Democrats engage in a redistricting war following pressure from the president to redraw the lines to favor Republicans — a departure from the precedent of redrawing lines every 10 years following the decennial census.
Last month, Texas passed new congressional maps that would produce five more Republican-leaning districts. And Missouri last week passed similar legislation that would likely flip longtime Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s district.
