                                        {"id":8520,"date":"2026-09-10T06:36:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T06:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8520"},"modified":"2026-09-10T06:36:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T06:36:55","slug":"republican-midterm-convention-live-updates-trump-honors-charlie-kirk-as-widow-erika-looks-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8520","title":{"rendered":"Republican midterm convention live updates: Trump honors Charlie Kirk as widow Erika looks on"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>DALLAS \u2014 President Trump\u2019s dream of a Republican midterm convention, a \u201crally like no other\u201d to bolster GOP candidates ahead of November\u2019s high-stakes elections, came to fruition Wednesday in the Lone Star State.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8518\">Trump pushes new bill making it illegal for future presidents \u2018to open the border again\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Post\u2019s politics team is on the ground in Dallas to capture all the action during the two-night event that\u2019s facing stiff competition from the NFL\u2019s opening games \u2014 with a keynote from the commander-in-chief to close out both nights.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump took the stage to cheers, loud applause and a live rendition of his rally staple, Lee Greenwood\u2019s \u201cProud to Be an American.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 55 days, Americans will be going to the polls in one of the most important elections in our country\u2019s history,\u201d the president said during his nearly two-hour remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour vote will decide whether our country stumbles at the starting gate of the next 250 years, or surges forward and never, ever looks back.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The president vowed to end cashless bail and increase death penalty use, slash \u201cout-of-control credit card swipe fees,\u201d pass \u201cThe Great Healthcare plan\u201d and pushing a new bill making it illegal for future presidents \u201cto open the border again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Early speakers blasted Democrats \u2014 including the slate of socialist candidates who swept the primary elections. Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman made a surprise appearance to introduce his fellow Keystone State colleague, Sen. Dave McCormick. <\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Todd Blanche touted the Trump administration\u2019s \u201claw and order\u201d agenda, highlighting the deportation of \u201c2.6 million criminal aliens.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A whopping 109 big-name pols and red-party superstars will take the stage across the two nights to also showcase achievements so far in Trump\u2019s second term.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow live updates from the midterm RNC for all the speeches, photos, news, reactions and more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<header>\n<div>\n\t\t3 hours ago\t<\/div>\n<h2>Trump honors Charlie Kirk at GOP midterm convention with his widow Erika in attendance on eve of 1-year anniversary of his assassination&#8217; <\/h2>\n<p><span><br \/>\n\tBy<br \/>\n\t\t\tVictor Nava\t\t<\/span><\/header>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Erika Kirk attended President Trump\u2019s speech at the GOP midterm convention in Dallas \u2014 and was recognized by the commander-in-chief \u2014 on the eve of the one-year anniversary of her husband\u2019s assassination.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExactly one year ago tomorrow, a far-left extremist assassinated my great friend and conservative voice, Charlie Kirk \u2014 because Charlie Kirk spoke the truth,\u201d Trump said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat shocked millions of Americans was not only the fact that Charlie was murdered \u2014 as bad as it was \u2014 but also how many people made an excuse for it or cheered for it,\u201d the president continued. \u201cThey were cheering, some people, sick people.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump added, \u201cI just want to say we love you. Charlie.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The president then revealed: \u201cAnd Erika is here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I think Erika is going to be here tomorrow, too,\u201d Trump said. \u201cShe&#8217;s put up with something. Boy, oh, boy. What she&#8217;s had to go through. And it was a beautiful family.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s just terrible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ericka Kirk was seated in the VIP box with Vice President JD Vance and other Trump administration officials.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article>\n<header>\n<div>\n\t\t4 hours ago\t<\/div>\n<h2>Trump jokes Texas Senate candidate James &#8216;Talafreako&#8217; ran a &#8216;campaign to beat meat&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p><span><br \/>\n\tBy<br \/>\n\t\t\tRyan King\t\t<\/span><\/header>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>DALLAS \u2014 President Trump once again trashed Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico, claiming the Democrat once &#8220;ran a campaign to beat meat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8516\">Trump vows to pass \u2018The Great Healthcare plan\u2019 cracking down on insurance companies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was also somebody that hated eating meat. But he ran a campaign to beat meat. He called it beat meat. I don&#8217;t know what the hell he meant,&#8221; Trump quipped. <\/p>\n<p>Talarico and his campaign have insisted that he&#8217;s never been vegan and occasionally released photos of him wolfing down meat. <\/p>\n<p>Trump appeared to be referencing Talarico&#8217;s boast in 2022 that his reelection effort was a &#8220;non-meat campaign.&#8221; It doesn&#8217;t appear that Talarico ever had a campaign that used the dirty phrase &#8220;beat meat.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The president&#8217;s riff about &#8220;Talafreako&#8221; drew laughs from the crowd. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div><\/div>\n<article>\n<header>\n<div>\n\t\t4 hours ago\t<\/div>\n<h2>Trump promises $5,000 dividend to every adult American citizen if Republicans win the midterm elections\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p><span><br \/>\n\tBy<br \/>\n\t\t\tVictor Nava\t\t<\/span><\/header>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>President Trump pledged to give every US citizen a $5,000 dividend Wednesday if Republicans keep the House and Senate after the midterm elections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere is my promise: If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, both of them, because of our economic, tremendous economic success \u2026. I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000,\u201d Trump said at the GOP midterm convention in Dallas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The president said the so-called \u201cTrump dividend\u201d money must be spent in the US.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article>\n<header>\n<div>\n\t\t4 hours ago\t<\/div>\n<h2>Trump threatens to bomb Pickaxe Mountain: &#8216;I would advise Iran not to get cute&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p><span><br \/>\n\tBy<br \/>\n\t\t\tRyan King\t\t<\/span><\/header>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>DALLAS \u2014\u00a0President Trump made a not-so-subtle threat to bomb Pickaxe Mountain in Iran amid fears that the Islamic Republic is building a nuclear weapon in the underground facility.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s another place called Pickaxe Mountain,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;We may have to give them a shot there, too, because somebody said there was a little movement at the site. We don&#8217;t need much. We see everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would advise Iran not to get cute because you&#8217;ll have to hit them very hard,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We have no choice. We have no choice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The president also acknowledged the criticism he&#8217;s received over the spike in gas prices due to the war in Iran after the theocratic regime caused mayhem in the Strait of Hormuz oil chokepoint. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s the state sponsor of terror all over the world,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;Considered just about the most evil country, we cannot let them have a nuclear weapon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div><\/div>\n<article>\n<header>\n<div>\n\t\t4 hours ago\t<\/div>\n<h2>Trump vows to pass &#8216;The Great Healthcare plan&#8217; cracking down on insurance companies<\/h2>\n<p><span><br \/>\n\tBy<br \/>\n\t\t\tRyan King\t\t<\/span><\/header>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>DALLAS \u2014 President Trump will push for what he dubbed &#8220;the Great Healthcare plan,&#8221; featuring a crackdown on insurance companies, during his speech at the GOP midterm convention, according to prepared remarks. <\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s exact timetable for getting &#8220;the Great Healthcare plan&#8221; passed through Congress is not immediately clear, but the president is also expected to tease plans to make his policies to reduce prescription drug prices permanent and end surprise medical billing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will pass the Great Healthcare plan to stop all government payments to big insurance companies, and give the money directly to the people, for you to buy your own healthcare and have money left over,&#8221; Trump will say, according to a copy his remarks obtained by The Post. <\/p>\n<p>Last year, when the enhanced Obamacare subsidies were set to expire, Republicans floated multiple different proposals for an alternative policy. Trump had gravitated towards the idea of taking the subsidies and giving them directly to consumers rather than going through insurance companies. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8514\">Trump vows to end cashless bail and increase death penalty use at Republican midterm convention<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans are convening in Dallas ahead of the 2026 midterms to support GOP candidates and celebrate President Trump\u2019s second term. 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