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Republicans to showcase Trump’s “achievements” at unprecedented pre-election convention

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • The Republican Party will hold its first midterm convention in a nonpresidential year in Dallas as President Donald Trump’s approval ratings decline ahead of the November 3 legislative elections.
  • Hispanic RNC spokesman Jaime Flórez said the event will promote the administration’s record and introduce Republican candidates, rejecting the idea that it is a rescue mission.
  • Trump is expected to attend both days, while Republicans argue that their positions on the economy, Iran, immigration and Venezuela will not cost them key support.

The Republican Party is preparing to put Donald Trump’s record at the center of an unusual midterm convention, even as the president’s approval rating sits well below his disapproval rating less than two months before the legislative elections.

The event, scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday in Dallas, Texas, will be the first Republican convention of its kind in a nonpresidential year. Jaime Flórez, the Republican National Committee’s Hispanic spokesman, described it as a chance to defend the administration’s “achievements” and present its candidates. He rejected the suggestion that the gathering amounts to a rescue mission before the November 3 elections.

achievements

· Jaime FlórezThe RNC spokesman used the term to describe what the convention will promote.

Trump will attend both days. The latest national polling cited in the report puts his approval at 36%, compared with 60% who disapprove. Flórez said Republicans were “determined to challenge the tradition that says the governing party always loses seats in the House and the Senate” during midterm elections.

determined to challenge the tradition that says the governing party always loses seats in the House and the Senate

· Jaime FlórezHe described the party’s effort to retain its congressional majorities.

Flórez said Trump himself proposed the convention. He argued that it would highlight results many citizens do not know about, including border control, a lower crime rate, “significant” control of inflation, reduced medicine prices and national security in relation to Iran. He said grocery and fuel prices “will not be resolved if the president loses support in the House and Senate.”

The spokesman acknowledged that “wars are unpopular per se” but defended maintaining military pressure on Tehran to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons. He also rejected the possibility that mass deportations, immigration policy changes, the end of temporary protected status for Venezuelans and changes to Cuban immigration benefits would cause a significant loss of the Latino voters Trump won in 2024, when Pew Research Center put his share at 48%.

will not be resolved if the president loses support in the House and Senate

· Jaime FlórezHe linked food and fuel prices to continued Republican control of Congress.

Flórez likewise dismissed concerns that Trump’s Venezuela policy, which brought Chavista politician Delcy Rodríguez to the interim presidency, could reduce Republican support among Venezuelan voters in key South Florida districts represented by María Elvira Salazar and Carlos Giménez.

wars are unpopular per se

· Jaime FlórezHe acknowledged the political difficulty of the conflict with Iran.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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