Trump’s Big Midterm Event Faces Major GOP Turnout Problems
September 6, 2026
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5 min readTrump’s Midterm Convention Flop: 90% of GOP Congress Stays Away
The MeidasTouch Podcast lays out a striking set of numbers: of the 201 Republican House members, only about 17 are speaking at Donald Trump’s so-called “midterm convention” — roughly 8 percent. In the Senate, just 5 of 53 Republican senators are on the speaking list. That means roughly 90 percent of Republican members of Congress are skipping or staying silent at an event Trump billed as a historic party gathering. The hosts argue this is not a scheduling conflict but a symptom of a deeper problem: Republican incumbents are quietly distancing themselves from Trump even as he tries to make the 2026 midterms a referendum on himself.
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What you'll learn
- 1 Trump’s Big Midterm Event Faces Major GOP Turnout Problems
- 2 The MeidasTouch Podcast
- 3 (01:00) **Trumpalooza Midterm Convention Is a Flop** - The host reveals that only a tiny fraction of Republican members of Congress are actually attending or speaking at Trump's marquee midterm event
- 4 (03:35) **Trump Hoards Cash While Cutting a Self-Promotional Ad** - The host notes Trump's PAC is sitting on $400 million while he cuts an ad called "The Toughest Guy" that's entirely about himself
- 5 (04:13) **RNC Speaker List Confirms the Mass No-Show** - The host walks through the official speaker list released by the RNC, showing the same key MAGA figures and Trump family members
- 6 (05:04) **Drudge Report and Gallup Show Democrats Surging** - The host points to major polling and media signals that the political environment is turning sharply against Republicans
- 7 (07:01) **GOP Congress Members Scrub Trump From Their Websites** - The host highlights a Washington Post article showing Republican candidates deleting all references to Trump
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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump's midterm event getting even worse as 90 percent of Republican Senators and Congress Members will not be showing up.
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