DALLAS, Texas (AP) — US President Donald Trump and his Vice President JD Vance teamed up Thursday to close out the second and final night of the Republicans’ midterm convention in Dallas, imploring voters to stick together to save their party’s majorities in Congress.
Republicans know they are up against history, which traditionally rebuffs the party in power during midterms, but they’re relying on Trump’s personal appeal to voters. Vance, with a primetime speaking slot right before the president, was widely watched as a potential heir to the “Make America Great Again” movement.
Trump organized the convention hoping to rally voters who turn out for him, but not for other candidates.
“You got to do me the biggest favor you’ve ever done,” Trump told the crowd. “You’ve got to do this for me.”
At one point he led the crowd in a repeat-after-me pledge to swear to vote on November 3.
