And here is another flare of the American president, who is speaking at the Republican National Convention being held in Dallas this Wednesday and Thursday, September 9 and 10.
This is the first time the party has organized such a gathering ahead of the electoral deadline, while the president’s policies are costing him more and more.
During this event, the 80-year-old billionaire delivered a long speech in which he boasted about his tax cuts, praised his anti-immigration crackdown, waved the specter of a “communist” victory if his Democratic opponents win, and defended the highly unpopular conflict with Iran, while also making a surprising promise.
“If the Republicans win both the House of Representatives and the Senate, thanks to our economic successes […], I will issue a dividend of $5,000 for every adult citizen of the United States,” he asserted, without explaining how such a potentially very costly measure would be funded.
A convention to galvanize the crowd
In the convention’s corridors, many candidates cross paths as well, including Aaron Del Mar, who is running for the position of lieutenant governor in Illinois, a Democratic state, and who sees no political risk in appearing at this event: “We need to convince all voters. Here, this is an opportunity to address a portion of our electorate, to listen to them, to exchange with them, and to hear which issues matter to them,” he explains.
Among the few states where the Senate race will be particularly tight is Maine, where Republican Susan Collins—one of the party’s most outspoken critics of the president within the party—is seeking reelection.
A representative from Maine within the party, Lauren LePage, believes this convention will have positive repercussions: “There is a strong tradition of independent voters in Maine,” she notes, before stating that the convention should help to “galvanize the crowd.”
