Sep 9, 2026 · 48 min · 10 segments
Republicans descend on Dallas to unite for a midterm convention, with President Trump scheduled to speak later this evening. The party is looking to rally their base ahead of November and maintain…
Tara PalmeriGuest
Ben Domenech
Mary Margaret Olohan
Tim RiceHost
If we, I think if you even set the Trump of it all a little bit aside though, 'cause one of the things that you were saying, Tara, that I think, right, th- there's something very weird about this, and I'm not, I'm saying weird-
... not right, wrong, or indifferent, but I mean, look, right, this is a convention.
And again, I think it's a really interesting gambit for the party because obviously a midterm election, a very important and tight midterm election, is not the same as announcing a presidential nomination that's already been sewn up.
But I do think that there's a really good chance that the downstream effects of the kind of, like, team build, the coming together, I don't, m- maybe, maybe that even more than the Trump of it all will help energize voters.
But, but what is it that they're gonna say t- tonight and tomorrow that's gonna get Trump out? Like, granted I'll give it to you, Trump being on stage tonight, if he has a cohesive, normal speech, which I haven't seen in a really long time, will get picked up on Good Morning America.
That's a win as long as he's not being torn apart, and if it happens a second night, that's, that's good.
You control the airwaves, especially the local ones in Dallas and in Texas, like I talked about.
I mean, look, there's this legacy media narrative right now that God forbid Trump is aligned with any Republican because they won't win, and I think that's a little naive, and I think it's a little manipulative, to be frank, because, uh, all of these Republicans who are currently in office, most of them are in office because of the president.
Their dis- many of their constituents love the president, and the president loves them, and so when we talk about what's the message tonight, well, the message that the president has said he's gonna say is, "Look at your options.
You have us and the progress we've made, and then you have the radical Democrats and their socialist compadres.
If we, I think if you even set the Trump of it all a little bit aside though, 'cause one of the things that you were saying, Tara, that I think, right, th- there's something very weird about this, and I'm not, I'm saying weird-
... not right, wrong, or indifferent, but I mean, look, right, this is a convention.
And again, I think it's a really interesting gambit for the party because obviously a midterm election, a very important and tight midterm election, is not the same as announcing a presidential nomination that's already been sewn up.
But I do think that there's a really good chance that the downstream effects of the kind of, like, team build, the coming together, I don't, m- maybe, maybe that even more than the Trump of it all will help energize voters.
But, but what is it that they're gonna say t- tonight and tomorrow that's gonna get Trump out? Like, granted I'll give it to you, Trump being on stage tonight, if he has a cohesive, normal speech, which I haven't seen in a really long time, will get picked up on Good Morning America.
That's a win as long as he's not being torn apart, and if it happens a second night, that's, that's good.
You control the airwaves, especially the local ones in Dallas and in Texas, like I talked about.
I mean, look, there's this legacy media narrative right now that God forbid Trump is aligned with any Republican because they won't win, and I think that's a little naive, and I think it's a little manipulative, to be frank, because, uh, all of these Republicans who are currently in office, most of them are in office because of the president.
Their dis- many of their constituents love the president, and the president loves them, and so when we talk about what's the message tonight, well, the message that the president has said he's gonna say is, "Look at your options.
You have us and the progress we've made, and then you have the radical Democrats and their socialist compadres.
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