Dallas to host first-ever Republican midterm convention

In a first of its kind midterm convention hosted by the Republican Party, Dallas will be hosting it in a month. So today convention leaders met with reporters to talk about the logistics and that Republicans hope will keep them in control of Congress. Fox 4's Stephen Dyle is at the American Airlines Center with more. Stephen. Heather, no political party has ever hosted a midterm convention. If you ask Democrats, they'll say Republicans are scared about losing seats in November and Republicans today told me that they believe this is them highlighting quote the wins from the Trump administration. Now this morning that's when the Dallas host committee met with members of the media to go over logistics. This convention will be two days starting September 9th here at the American Airlines Center. Typically the party in the White House loses seats after two years in an office. I talked to an RNC regional communications director about why they're having this convention here at this time. No party has ever had a midterm convention. What would your response be to Democrats saying this is a this is Republicans being scared? I think there's nothing scared about this. We are putting our policies front and center and we are challenging Democrats to put their policies front and center. Republicans are offering lower prices, a secure border, and a historic reduction in crime. I think it's at a 125 year low. There's nothing scared about this. The Republicans are putting our money where our mouth is and we are challenging Democrats to do the same with their policies and let the American people choose which one is better for their lives. Now this will be a big media spectacle. Of course President Trump expected to at the very least talk in primetime on the second day. I talked to SMU political scientist Matthew Wilson about the optics of this and how voters will receive it. If Republicans can emphasize two main things, that is first of all the radicalism of a lot of Democratic candidates that are getting nominated around the country and their coherent, united, plausible message on affordability and on inflation, then I think it will do them a lot of good. If on the other hand the message is all over the place and you have a bunch of the party's more extreme figures going off on tangents, that's not going to do the party much good. Now again this convention never done before and so a lot of unknowns. We know one thing for sure, state representatives will be on the floor but there's no nominating process. They won't do any important votes. We know again President Trump will be speaking at least on one night. Multiple members of his cabinet will be here as well guys. All right Stephen Dyle, thank you.