‘Make it a thing’: Trump brings GOP’s midterm fight to Dallas

GOP Indulges Trump with Two-Day Pep Rally

“Two nights before Thanksgiving last year, President Donald Trump called House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to say, ‘Mike, we’ve got to do a midterm convention,’ the speaker recounted at a campaign event last month, faintly impersonating the president,” the Washington Post reports. “That’s not a thing,’ Johnson recalled replying. Trump responded: ‘Make it a thing.’” […]

‘Make it a thing’: Trump brings GOP’s midterm fight to Dallas

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump called House Speaker Mike Johnson last November with an urgent demand: Republicans had to hold a midterm convention.