The Republican National Committee’s two-day Midterm Convention has put Dallas at the center of the national political spotlight Sept. 9-10, as Republicans gather at American Airlines Center to build momentum ahead of the November elections.<\/p>\n
President Trump, Vice President JD Vance and other prominent Republicans are attending, while Democrats and allied groups plan counterprogramming, demonstrations and rallies.<\/p>\n
Politics and the midterms: The event seeks to energize Republican voters and candidates as the GOP tries to maintain majorities in Congress, with Texas races part of the national battle.Traffic and transportation: There are road closures around AAC, potentially creating congestion and access problems in Victory Park and surrounding parts of downtown Dallas.Businesses and economic impact: Thousands of delegates, supporters, vendors and other visitors could provide a boost for Dallas-area hotels, restaurants and businesses.Security, protests: Nearly $2 million in security costs, increased law enforcement presence and anticipated demonstrations will change the atmosphere around Victory Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Republican National Committee’s two-day Midterm Convention has put Dallas at the center of the national political spotlight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,145,147,40390],"class_list":["post-430893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-donald-trump","tag-jd-vance","tag-republican-national-committee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}