President Donald Trump has announced that Republicans will hold their first-ever national convention ahead of the midterm elections, an unusual event aimed at boosting turnout in races that will decide whether the party maintains control of Congress.
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The convention will be held in Dallas, Texas, on September 9 and 10. Although both major parties traditionally hold blockbuster conventions during presidential campaigns, Trump has long floated the idea of a similar gathering this year to focus voters’ attention on a sprawling collection of House and Senate races.
This announcement comes after the Supreme Court’s ruling on birthright citizenship, which upheld the long-standing view that the Constitution’s 14th Amendment grants citizenship to everyone born on American soil, with very narrow exceptions. President Trump had previously pushed to end automatic citizenship for children born to parents in the US illegally or temporarily.
Original reporting: KCCI Des Moines — read the source article.
