Here's a recap of the second, and final, night of the GOP midterm convention
Donald Trump doubled down on his pledge to pay all US adults $5,000 if Republicans hold on to control of Congress in the midterm elections.
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Republicans → double → elections
He’s one of the few people to actually mention the pledge tonight, as many lawmakers and officials – including his vice-president, JD Vance – avoided mentioning the so-called “dividend” altogether.
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lawmakers → ’ → dividend
Trump defended his plan: “We can do that because our country has never done better.
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country → defend → that
We’re taking in trillions, trillions of dollars.”
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We → take → dollars
In a shorter address to voters than his nearly two-hour speech on Wednesday, Trump again pleaded with voters to “pretend I’m on the ticket” in November.
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I → plead → November
In an improvised pledge of allegiance to himself, Trump directed the audience to commit to voting in the midterm elections at all costs.
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Trump → direct → costs
The president asked Republicans in the arena to repeat: “I don’t care if I’m registered or not.
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I → ask → arena
I’m going to try.
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I → go → ?
And cheat like hell like they do.”
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they → cheat → hell
Trump also told those gathered in Dallas that they would “go to hell” if they didn’t vote.
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they → tell → hell
Earlier, JD Vanceurged Republicans who may oppose parts of the Trump administration’s agenda not to abandon the party in November’s congressional races.
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who → vanceurge → races
The vice-president pointed to Charlie Kirk – the conservative activist killed a year ago today – to argue that voters shouldn’t “throw the baby out with the bathwater” over “a policy issue here or there”, an apparent nod to dissent over the Iran war that he avoided naming.
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he → point → that
He spent much of his time on stage setting out the threats of the so-called “far left”, listing the administration’s greatest hits and slamming Joe Biden’s tenure in office.
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He → spend → office
Other cabinet officials and Trump allies addressed the crowd at the hastily organized convention in Dallas.
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officials → address → Dallas
Throughout the night we heard from health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, who said the “irony” of his “presence here is inescapable” – a former Democrat from a political dynasty.
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irony → hear → dynasty
“I mourn the fact that neither my father nor my uncle would recognize the Democratic party of today,” Kennedy said.
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Kennedy → mourn → today
Meanwhile, Karoline Leavitt, the former White House secretary, said it felt “much better speaking to a stadium full of patriots than a briefing room full of journalists”.
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it → say → journalists
Meanwhile, dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the arena to protest Trump’s policy agenda.
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dozens → gather → agenda
Dallas police said that two people were taken into custody after an alleged assault involving a counter-protester and for blocking a roadway.
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people → say → roadway
Also today, Trump said that he doesn’t think that Congress would need to approve the $5,000 checks that he wants to cut should Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in November.
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Republicans → say → November
“The country is doing so well, we’ve taken in trillions of dollars in tariffs and other things,” the president said in an interview with CBS News – inflating the revenue generated from the duties he’s implemented.
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he → do → duties
However, any money generated from tariffs is deposited to the US treasury, and then allocated by Congress through legislation.
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money → generate → legislation
Once again, the president tried to assuage the shock of oil prices increasing to more than $100 a barrel amid renewed hostilities with Iran.
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prices → try → Iran
“The prices will go back to where they were,” he insisted.
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he → go → ?
“The prices will go down to less than $2 a gallon for oil …
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prices → go → oil
I’m pretty sure.
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I → ’m → ?
I’m pretty good at it.
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I → ’m → it
A reminder that the average price for a gallon of gas is more than a dollar higher than before the war with Iran started in February.
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war → start → February
Trump also continued to praise JD Vance’s performance at the convention.
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Trump → continue → convention
“I think he did very well tonight, and he’s a very talented guy.
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he → think → ?
He’s a great been a great vice-president.
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He → ’ → ?
I think he did a very good job,” Trump said.
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Trump → think → job
Ahead of flying back to Washington, Trump told reporters on the tarmac that he isn’t pledging the $5,000 checks for every US adult to turn out the vote.
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he → fly → vote
“I did it as a reward,” he said, for “four years of horrible, a horrible situation caused by Biden”.
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he → do → Biden
Trump reiterated that the money, estimated to be well over $1tn, will come from tariff revenues and global investments.
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money → reiterate → revenues
“We have growth like no country has ever seen before.
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country → have → growth
We have trillions of dollars coming in, and that will end up being not a very big problem at all.
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that → have → dollars
And I think our people deserve it,” he said.
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he → think → it
Here are a few pictures as the second day of the GOP midterm convention wrapped up.
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day → wrap → convention
The press pool notes that Donald Trump has now boarded his flight from Dallas, back to Washington.
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Trump → note → Washington
…and 53 more, not listed.
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