The Republican “midterm convention” kicked off last night in Dallas, Texas, with a yuge speech by President Trump wherein he promised to bribe all Americans with $5,000 just so long as they return a GOP Congress to Washington this November. Since nobody will ever see a dime from this — you’re still waiting for your DOGE savings checks and tariff rebates, after all — there is little need to waste time on fantasy. (Besides, my colleague Charles C. W. Cooke already eloquently denounced this pander; anything I might add would be superfluous.)
Rather, there were only two important takeaways out of last night’s get-together: (1) On evidence, Ken Paxton has all the charisma and human warmth of a soiled janitor’s mop; (2) one way or another, Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman will no longer be an elected Democrat come November 2028.
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