A Republican Party midterm convention, which President Donald Trump floated last week, is likely a “done deal,” House Speaker Mike Johnson told members of the press on Wednesday.
“The president called me when I was on the road, maybe a week ago or whenever this made news in the morning,” the Louisiana Republican said during his press briefing. “He said, ‘Mike, I got a great idea … how about a midterm convention?'”
And that idea, Johnson said, is “genius.”
The speaker added that Trump told him that a midterm convention had “never been done before like that” and that it would be “‘such a great rallying point for us in the fall right before the election to lead up to that, to the momentum that we have so much to sell and talk about and, and, and celebrate.'”
Trump “loves the big show,” Johnson continued, adding that Trump planned to call Senate Majority Leader John Thune and new Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters with his planning.
“I think everybody’s on board,” said Johnson, noting that the news broke about a potential GOP convention almost as soon as he got off the phone with Trump.
