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Republican midterm message: Democrats are the threat

Republican speakers portrayed Democrats as a threat to America on night two of their midterm convention in Dallas. Grouped from 9 articles across 6 sources.

9 reports6 sourcesSep 11, 2026, 10:50 AM
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Al JazeeraSep 11, 2026, 10:50 AM

Republican midterm message: Democrats are the threat

Republican speakers portrayed Democrats as a threat to America on night two of their midterm convention in Dallas.

Al JazeeraSep 10, 2026, 9:31 PM

Republican midterm convention updates: Trump says ‘Democrats are nervous’

US Republicans returned to the stage to close their midterm convention, still betting on Trump's political magnetism.

Financial TimesSep 11, 2026, 4:27 AM

Trump-Vance’s midterm pitch: vote Republican or live with the ‘lunatics’

Party far more comfortable raising fear of Democratic alternative than discussing own policies, including Iran war

Al JazeeraSep 11, 2026, 4:07 AM

Trump jokes Republicans can ‘cheat like hell’ in the midterms

US President Donald Trump has jokingly asked Republican voters to ‘cheat like hell’ in the midterms, ‘like Democrats’.

The Globe and MailSep 10, 2026, 11:50 PM

Trump, Vance rally Republicans at convention as party faces midterm test

Vance calls Democrats ‘the party of hatred,’ urges Republicans to stay united amid rifts over Trump’s war in Iran

The GuardianSep 11, 2026, 3:52 AM

JD Vance pitches himself as Trump’s political heir on day two of Republican midterm convention

Vice-president dog-whistled, exaggerated claims of success and echoed Trump talking points to excited audience JD Vance made a clear pitch that he should be the heir to Donald Trump on Thursday night, closing out the Republicans ’ midterm convention with a blistering speech that featured exaggerated claims of success, criticism of Democrats as “lunatics” and an aggressive dismissal of a protester waving a Mexican flag. Speaking in Dallas, the vice-president showed he could channel the basest instincts of his boss, filling his remarks with dog whistles and echoing Trump’s false claims that Democrats “cheered” the 7 October massacre of Israelis. Continue reading...

Al JazeeraSep 10, 2026, 2:13 PM

Trump promises $5,000 payouts if GOP wins midterms: Can the US afford it?

Trump's $1.3 trillion promise would heavily increase national debt, already at a historic $40 trillion.

CNBCSep 10, 2026, 12:35 PM

Republicans to tout congressional stock-trading ban at midterm convention as Trump trades

Trump disclosed more than 21,000 trades in 2025, while the House-passed restrictions Republicans are promoting apply only to Congress.

The Straits TimesSep 11, 2026, 12:29 AM

Vance seizes MAGA spotlight as Republicans begin looking beyond Trump

The US vice-president took centre stage in a speech seen as an early test of his White House prospects.

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