特朗普在历史性共和党中期选举代表大会上成为焦点，共和党奋力打破政治惯例
2026-09-08 05:00:36 EDT / 福克斯新闻
作者：保罗·施泰因豪泽 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年9月8日 美国东部时间早上5:00
众议院议长迈克·约翰逊告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，特朗普将利用中期选举代表大会“动员” MAGA 选民
众议院议长迈克·约翰逊在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时预览了共和党中期选举代表大会，表示该大会将“激发”共和党选民的热情。
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达拉斯——距离中期选举不到两个月，唐纳德·特朗普总统和共和党人本周将在德克萨斯州举行首次共和党中期选举代表大会，他们旨在激励党内基础选民参与关键竞选，这些竞选将决定共和党能否保住国会控制权。
传统上，民主党和共和党会在总统选举年举行大型提名代表大会。但特朗普在一年前提出了在中期选举前举办类似集会的想法，以展示他和国会共和党人过去两年取得的标志性政策成就。
特朗普在今年夏天早些时候宣布此次大会时称其为“真正具有历史意义的活动”和“前所未有的集会！”
特朗普将出席周三和周四晚间在达拉斯市中心美国航空中心举行的大会会议。特朗普将在两晚发表演讲，并在首日晚间发表主题演讲，副总统JD·万斯将在第二日晚间担任压轴演讲嘉宾。
约翰逊议长的中期选举预言：打破历史惯例
唐纳德·特朗普总统和右方的副总统JD·万斯将在德克萨斯州达拉斯举行的共和党中期选举代表大会上发表两场压轴演讲。（肯特·西岛/法新社通过盖蒂图片社拍摄）
此次大会召开之际，共和党既要应对士气高涨的民主党人，也要面临严峻的政治逆风，他们需要捍卫自己在众议院和参议院的微弱多数席位。有人担忧，这场被共和党领导人称为“特朗普狂欢节”的为期两天的集会或许并非最佳选择，因为特朗普的支持率正深陷低谷。
但共和党预计将鲜明对比两党差异，他们将利用此次大会聚焦民主党左倾的转向，并将整个民主党与极左翼和社会主义提案绑定。
“这不像以往任何一次中期选举，因为我们如今实际上正与共产主义展开较量，这是一件非常严肃的事情。它将在全美各地激发选民的热情，”众议院议长迈克·约翰逊上个月在福克斯新闻数字频道的竞选巡回采访中强调道。
民主党人正试图夺回国会多数席位，他们早已在与一个民意调查显示极不受欢迎的政党形象作斗争。更糟糕的是，今年春夏左翼和社会主义候选人在民主党初选中击败建制派对手的高调胜利，给了共和党额外的弹药，将所有民主党人描绘为极端分子。
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“我们将在此次大会上强调的是，这已经不是你父辈时代的民主党了，”约翰逊说。“这是一场鲜明对比的选举，民众正在在常识性的解决方案和候选人，与另一方所代表的真正疯狂的主张之间做出选择。”
但共和党也有自身的问题。
作为当前执政党，共和党早已面临传统的政治逆风，这类逆风在历史上都会导致执政党在中期选举年丢失国会席位。再加上持续的通胀——美国人每天在杂货店都能感受到——以及与民调显示不受欢迎的伊朗战争相关的高油价，还有特朗普的负面支持率，让本就艰难的选举环境雪上加霜。
“民主党将夺回政权，”民主党全国委员会（DNC）主席肯·马丁上个月在该党夏季会议上展望中期选举时预测道。
但他的 counterparts、共和党全国委员会（RNC）主席乔·格鲁特斯今年夏天告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“我们有机会打破历史惯例，赢得中期选举。”
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两年前特朗普和共和党人赢得白宫和参议院控制权、保住众议院席位的胜利，得益于受生活成本高涨困扰的美国人的支持。两年后，通胀成为共和党最大的软肋。
在最新的福克斯新闻全国民调中，四分之三的受访选民表示通胀给他们带来了经济困难，54%的人预计经济会进一步恶化。
“唐纳德·特朗普发动了一场无人想要的战争，现在美国人正在为此付出代价。油价飙升，在特朗普执政时期本就举步维艰的家庭，不得不在为这场战争买单的同时进一步紧缩预算，”民主党全国委员会的马丁指责道。
但格鲁特斯和其他共和党领导人则重点强调了国会共和党人通过并由特朗普签署成为法律的针对小费、加班费和社会保障的重大减税政策。
“此次中期选举代表大会为我们提供了一个机会，一个直接向美国人民展示这位总统和本届政府所取得的所有伟大成就的机会，”他说。
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但共和党面临着选民投票意愿低迷的问题：MAGA选民在特朗普的名字不在选票上时，并不总是会前往投票站投票。
格鲁特斯称特朗普是“政界有史以来最优秀的表演家，无人能及……他知道如何吸引这些投票意愿低迷的选民。他知道如何让民众振作起来，激发他们对中期选举的热情，而这正是我们所需要的。”
约翰逊预览此次大会时告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“两晚的免费媒体报道将覆盖美国所有电视台。我们将让所有明星登台亮相，谈论我们非凡的执政成就。总统最终将对着镜头说，‘我就在选票上’，因为我们需要他的基础选民出来投票。”
民主党全国委员会目前仍背负债务，并决定不举办类似的代表大会，他们将共和党此次集会视为抨击共和党的机会。
“当普通美国人努力支付账单、给汽车加油或在餐桌上摆上食物时，共和党却在举办一场耗资数百万美元的庆祝活动，以讨好年迈且反复无常的特朗普，并将弱势共和党候选人与他失败的议程更紧密地绑定在一起，”民主党全国委员会快速响应总监肯德尔·威特默指责道。
威特mer辩称，“美国人不想要‘特朗普狂欢节’——他们想要更低的成本和负担得起的医疗保健。”
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2026年8月21日，南卡罗来纳州默特尔比奇，唐纳德·特朗普总统在为参议员达琳·格雷厄姆举行的竞选集会上抵达现场并挥手致意。（索尔·洛布/法新社通过盖蒂图片社拍摄）
资深共和党战略家道格·海耶表示，共和党举办此次代表大会并非坏主意。
但这位前共和党全国委员会通讯主管表示：“具体实施方式很重要。如果只是举办‘特朗普狂欢节’，说‘美国从未如此火热或富裕’，那将适得其反。如果他们能将重点放在他们已经做过和正在做的降低物价的事情上，再加上筹款，或许能取得一些成功。”
但他警告称：“我们迄今为止看到的一切都表明，焦点将放在特朗普身上，而非选民们热切关注的议题上。”
在中期选举的较量中，共和党在此次大会召开前拥有远超民主党人的竞选资金优势。
“我们有大量资金可以投入使用，”格鲁特斯上周告诉福克斯商业频道。“我们手握现金，我们将以确保我们保住多数席位的方式部署这些资金。”
共和党还打算在本周的大会期间筹集数百万美元，以充实他们的竞选资金库。
这包括邀请捐赠者花费超过8.8万美元，才能在私人圆桌会议上与总统合影，据《华尔街日报》最先报道的一份邀请函显示，福克斯新闻数字频道已证实该信息。
此次大会的其他主要演讲嘉宾包括：司法部长托德·布兰奇、卫生与公众服务部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪、医疗补助和医疗保险服务管理员穆罕默德·奥兹博士、住房和城市发展部长斯科特·特纳、前白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·利夫特，以及在MAGA支持者中颇受欢迎的总统长子小唐纳德·特朗普。
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众议院议长迈克·约翰逊（路易斯安那州共和党）将在大会上发表演讲，但参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩（南达科他州共和党）并未出现在共和党全国委员会公布的演讲嘉宾名单中，这一点值得注意。
但一位知情人士告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，图恩将前往达拉斯，行程满满，包括帮助参议院候选人筹款。
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GOP faces brutal midterm headwinds as Republicans paint election as ‘competition with communism’
Trump takes center stage at historic GOP midterm convention as Republicans fight to defy political history
2026-09-08 05:00:36 EDT / Fox News
By Paul Steinhauser Fox News
Published September 8, 2026 5:00am EDT
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House Speaker Mike Johnson previews the GOP midterm convention, saying in a Fox News Digital interview that it will ‘animate’ Republican voters.
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DALLAS— With less than two months to go until the midterm elections, President Donald Trump and Republicans gather in Texas this week for the first ever GOP midterm convention, as they aim to energize the party’s base to turn out in key races that will determine if Republicans keep control of Congress.
Democrats and Republicans traditionally hold large nominating conventions during presidential election years. But Trump a year ago floated the idea of a similar gathering ahead of the midterms, to showcase the signature policy achievements he and the Republicans in Congress produced the past two years.
The president called the convention “a truly Historic Event” and “a RALLY like none other!” when he announced it earlier this summer.
Trump will be at the American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas for the convention’s Wednesday and Thursday evening sessions. Trump will speak on both nights, and will deliver the keynote address on the first night, with Vice President JD Vance headlining the second night.
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President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, right, will deliver the two headliner addresses at the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas, Texas.(Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)
The convention comes as Republicans face energized Democrats and stiff political headwinds as they defend their slim House and Senate majorities. There are concerns that the two-day confab that’s been described by GOP leaders as a “Trumpapalooza” may not be the best approach with the president’s approval ratings deep underwater.
But Republicans are expected to paint a contrast, as they use the convention to spotlight the Democrats’ leftward lurch and tie the entire Democratic Party to far-left and socialist proposals.
“This is not a midterm like any other, because we actually have a competition against communism now, and that’s a very serious thing. It’s going to animate voters coast to coast,” House Speaker Mike Johnson emphasized in a Fox News Digital campaign trail interview last month.
Democrats, as they try to win back congressional majorities, were already battling a brand that public opinion polling indicates is extremely unpopular. Making matters worse, the high-profile victories this spring and summer by left-wing and socialist candidates over establishment rivals in Democratic primaries, which gave Republicans extra ammunition to portray all Democrats as extremists.
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“What we’re going to highlight at that convention is the fact that this is not your father’s Democrat Party,” Johnson said. “It’s a contrast election, and people are making a contrast between common-sense solutions and candidates, and really crazy, which is represented by the other side.”
But Republicans have their own issues.
As the party currently in power, the GOP was already up against traditional political headwinds that have historically led to a loss of congressional seats during midterm election years. Add to that the challenging climate fueled by persistent inflation Americans see daily at the grocery store, high gas prices tied to what polls show is an unpopular war with Iran and Trump’s negative numbers.
“Democrats are going to win back power,” Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin predicted last month at the party’s summer meeting as he looked towards the midterms.
But his counterpart, Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Joe Gruters, told Fox News Digital this summer, “We have a chance to defy history and win the midterms.”
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The victories by Trump and Republicans two years ago in winning back the White House and Senate and holding the House were fueled by Americans fed up with the high cost of living. Two years later, inflation is the Republicans’ biggest liability.
Three out of four voters questioned in the most recent Fox News national poll said inflation had caused financial hardship, while 54% expected the economy to worsen.
“Donald Trump started a war that no one wanted, and now Americans are paying the price. Gas prices are soaring and families who were already struggling in Trump’s economy are forced to stretch their budgets even further while footing the bill for this war,” the DNC’s Martin charged.
But Gruters and other GOP leaders are spotlighting the major tax cuts on tips, overtime and Social Security that congressional Republicans passed and Trump signed into law last year.
“This midterm convention gives us a chance, an opportunity to showcase all the great things this president has done, and this administration, to the American people in a direct way,” he said.
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But Republicans are facing a low-propensity problem: MAGA voters who don’t always go to the polls when Trump’s name isn’t on the ballot.
Gruters called Trump the “best showman that’s ever existed in politics, bar none… He knows how to deliver these low-propensity voters. He knows how to get people up, motivated, excited about the midterms, and that’s what we’re going to need.”
Johnson, painting a preview of the convention, told Fox News Digital: “Two nights of earned media on every station in America. We’ll parade all of our stars across the stage, talk about our extraordinary record of achievement. The president will look into the camera at the end and say, ‘I am on the ballot,’ because we need his base to turn out.”
The DNC, which remains in debt and decided against holding a similar convention, sees the GOP confab as a chance to blast Republicans.
“While everyday Americans struggle to pay their bills, fill up their tanks, or put food on the table, Republicans are hosting a multi-million dollar celebration to satisfy an aging and erratic Trump and tie vulnerable Republican candidates closer to his failed agenda,” DNC Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer charged.
Witmer argued that “Americans don’t want a ‘Trumpapalooza’ — they want lower costs and affordable healthcare.”
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Veteran Republican strategist Doug Heye said the GOP convention isn’t a bad idea.
But Heye, a former RNC communications director, said “the implementation is important. If it’s Trumpapalooza and ‘America has never been hotter or richer,’ it will fall flat. If they can be focused on what they’ve done and are doing to lower prices, that, along with fundraising, could have some success.”
But he cautioned, “everything we’ve seen thus far suggests the focus will be on Trump, not on the issues voters are screaming about.”
In the midterm battle, Republicans come into the convention with a major campaign cash advantage over the Democrats.
“We have a ton of money to spend,” Gruters told Fox Business last week. “We have the cash, and we’re going to deploy it in a way to make sure that we hold the majority.”
And Republicans aim to pad their war chest, as they plan to raise millions of dollars this week during the convention.
The American Airlines Center, as preparations are underway for the Republican National Midterm Convention in Dallas, Texas, U.S., September 7, 2026(Jessica Koscielniak/Reuters)
That includes asking donors to fork more than $88,000 for a photo with the president at a private roundtable, according to an invitation first reported by the Wall Street Journal and confirmed by Fox News Digital.
Among the other major speakers at the convention: Attorney General Todd Blanche, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Medicaid and Medicare Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner, former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son who’s popular among MAGA supporters.
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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) will be addressing the convention, but his Senate counterpart, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota), is notably absent from the list of speakers released by the RNC.
But a source familiar tells Fox News Digital that Thune will be in Dallas, with a full schedule that includes helping Senate candidates fundraise.
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