{"id":1122,"date":"2026-09-05T23:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T23:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/05\/trump-vance-to-headline-rnc-midterm-convention-in-dallas\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T00:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T00:06:18","slug":"trump-vance-to-headline-rnc-midterm-convention-in-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/05\/trump-vance-to-headline-rnc-midterm-convention-in-dallas\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump, Vance to Headline RNC Midterm Convention in Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver the keynote address on the opening night of the Republican National Committee&#8217;s Midterm Convention in Dallas, according to reports. The event serves as a strategic gathering of party leaders and delegates, organized by Trump to mobilize support ahead of the November elections.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President JD Vance, viewed as a leading contender for Trump&#8217;s 2028 successor, is set to headline the second evening. Axios first reported the confirmed speaker lineup, which includes a mix of Cabinet secretaries, top Republican congressional leaders, and candidates competing in key House, Senate, and gubernatorial races.<\/p>\n<p>Among the speakers are former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who currently serves as an outside political adviser to the president; Donald Trump Jr.; Attorney General Todd Blanche; and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Notable absences from the current roster include Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Trump has frequently mentioned Rubio as a potential running mate or future nominee, while recent reports indicated Hegseth is weighing a presidential bid, a claim his aides have denied.<\/p>\n<p>On Capitol Hill, House Speaker Mike Johnson and Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming, the second-ranking GOP senator, are scheduled to appear. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who has had public disagreements with Trump recently, is not on the speaking list but is expected to attend fundraisers in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who has stated he does not believe Vance will have a clear path to the 2028 nomination, is also invited. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has trailed Democrat James Talarico in recent polling and fundraising, is scheduled to speak. Trump recently made his first major campaign contribution by donating $10 million from his MAGA Inc. super PAC to support Paxton&#8217;s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Governor Greg Abbott is also among the confirmed speakers. Recent polls suggest Abbott holds a narrow lead over his Democratic opponent, Gina Hinojosa.<\/p>\n<a class=\"wp-embedded-video\" href=\"https:\/\/prod.vodvideo.cbsnews.com\/cbsnews\/vr\/hls\/4798760_hls\/master.m3u8\">https:\/\/prod.vodvideo.cbsnews.com\/cbsnews\/vr\/hls\/4798760_hls\/master.m3u8<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump and Vice President JD Vance will lead speakers at the Republican National Committee&#8217;s mid-cycle convention in Dallas next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[210,449,2326,458,26],"class_list":["post-1122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-donald-trump","tag-jd-vance","tag-republican-national-committee","tag-texas","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1123,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1122\/revisions\/1123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}