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At the GOP midterm convention in Dallas, Vice President JD Vance invoked his newborn son and a ‘birthright’ to promote a family-centric vision for America, took aim at Democrats and two Michigan candidates, and signaled a possible 2028 presidential bid as Donald Trump loomed large at the event.
Late-night hosts mock the RNC’s underattended 'midterm convention' in Dallas while highlighting Trump’s disclosed cash gifts to staffers and the broader nervousness among Republicans ahead of the midterms. The roundups also cover efforts to ban New York’s Muslim mayor Zohran Mamdani from 9/11 remembrance and revisit Bush’s post-9/11 remarks on Islam, underscoring ongoing political and memory debates surrounding the event.
JD Vance used the GOP’s Dallas convention to position himself as Donald Trump’s political heir, delivering a combative, Trump‑style speech that attacked Democrats, pressed culture-war and immigration issues, praised Trump, teased a 2028 bid, and even blasted a protester, signaling his bid to unite the MAGA base.
The DNC announced the 2028 Democratic National Convention will run August 7–10 in one of five candidate cities—Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver and Philadelphia—and confirmed there will be no midterm convention this year, a strategic move to focus resources on the 2028 race as Republicans reportedly consider a midterm event tied to Trump.
The Republican National Committee approved a rule at its winter meeting to allow an off-cycle convention, moving the party closer to holding a 2026 midterm convention to spotlight GOP wins and its candidates; Las Vegas has been floated as a potential host while no decision on location has been finalized.