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GOP Covers American Airlines Center In Trump Photos Including The Bathrooms
By Mor Michael, . BSN Network. Satire.
DALLAS, TX. The Republican National Committee held its first-ever midterm convention at the American Airlines Center this week, a two-day event officially titled "The People's Convention" and unofficially titled "Trump-a-Palooza" by everyone including, eventually, the RNC itself.
The arena, which normally hosts the Dallas Mavericks and the occasional Beyonce tour, was redecorated for the occasion with floor-to-ceiling portraits of President Donald Trump. The Oval Office Trump. The Butler, Pennsylvania Trump, fist raised, ear bandaged, flag enormous behind him. The golf Trump. The arraignment Trump. At least one attendee reported a Trump she could not immediately place, which she described to reporters as "a serious one, maybe a signing or something, very powerful either way."
The baseball caps were red, white, and blue. This detail was confirmed by seventeen separate press releases.
RNC Chair Michael Whatley told the crowd Wednesday that the convention represented a new chapter in Republican Party organizing, a statement he delivered in front of a forty-foot image of a man who is not running in 2026. "This is about the future," Whatley said. "This is about winning up and down the ballot in every state in this great nation." He then introduced a forty-minute video about 2024.
Speakers at the event included senators, governors, and a rotating cast of people whose primary qualification appeared to be that they had been on television recently saying positive things. Each of them mentioned Trump within the first ninety seconds of taking the stage, a pattern so consistent that a University of Texas political science professor, reached by phone, described it as "structurally identical to a toast at a wedding where nobody actually knows the couple but everyone has heard the speech."
Trump himself did not attend the first day. He addressed the convention by video, which is the format a man uses when he wants to be everywhere at once without the logistical inconvenience of being somewhere.
Attendees were enthusiastic. Gary Fielding, 58, a contractor from Plano who drove forty minutes to be there, said the convention felt different from other political events he had attended. "It feels like the party finally knows what it stands for," he said, wearing a shirt that said "Trump" on the front and "Trump" on the back. When asked what specifically it stands for, he said, "You know. America. Winning. All of it." He seemed satisfied with this answer, and honestly, who could argue.
The programming on day one included panels on election integrity, border security, and a segment titled "The Media Versus the Truth," which was moderated by a man who has a podcast. Day two was scheduled to include a live address from Trump, a prayer breakfast, and what the official agenda described as "an opportunity for movement."
It is worth noting that the midterms are eighteen months away, that the Republican Party controls the House, the Senate, and the presidency, and that the event was organized anyway, apparently because eighteen months of winning felt incomplete without a convention to confirm that the winning is happening.
The American Airlines Center has a capacity of just over twenty thousand. It was full.
A spokesperson for the venue confirmed that all surfaces had been returned to their standard configuration following a Mavericks preseason event in 2024 and were then re-papered for this convention. When asked whether the bathrooms were included, the spokesperson paused for four seconds and said, "The signage was comprehensive."
The midterms are in November 2026. Planning is underway.
The story we are making fun of: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6080104-trump-gop-midterm-convention-dallas/