DALLAS—President Donald Trump on Thursday evening addressed a crowd in Dallas, touting his administration’s achievements on the closing night of the two-day midterm convention and asking voters to back Republican candidates in the upcoming elections.
“I’m seeing spirit like we haven’t seen in this country for a long time, long time,” Trump said. “But it came back about a year and a half ago. We went through four years of embarrassment, hurt, harm, sickness, filth was bad, but now it’s good, and it’s going to soon be greater than ever before, better than ever before.”
Trump laid out a flurry of proposals that he said Republicans would pursue in the coming two years.
First, Trump said that Republicans would make most-favored nation prescription drug discounts “permanent in law.”
He also mentioned the “No Invasion of Our Country Act,” a proposed bill from the president to make it illegal for future presidents to “open the border again.”
“We don’t want any more invasions of our country,” Trump said.
He also mentioned the related Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, which would require most Americans to present documented proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.
Trump also vowed that with the help of Vice President JD Vance, “we will win the war on fraud,” and reiterated his past calls to end cash bail.
The speech is the capstone to a two-day meeting of Republicans in Dallas for their party’s first-ever midterm convention, with Trump placed at the center of what has been dubbed a “Trump-a-Palooza” by Republican organizers.
A flurry of key Republican-aligned policymakers, candidates, social media personalities, and political organizations have descended on the Texas metropolis, with a litany of additional events, candidate speeches, and organization activities also taking place across Dallas.
This story will be updated with additional details.
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