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Trump’s wild GOP convention speech was a ratings failure

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Donald Trump ’s mission to drum up votes for the upcoming midterm elections might be starting to backfire. In addition to drawing widespread criticism from within his own party, the president’s opening speech at the GOP’s Midterm Convention on Wednesday night also proved to be a bomb with TV viewers. The purpose of the Republican National Committee’s first-ever midterm convention was to highlight the Trump administration’s “achievements” and rally support for GOP candidates just ahead of the November elections. However, during opening night of the convention in Dallas, Texas, Trump delivered a meandering, two-hour speech that included a number of wild claims, promises, and statements that are already being widely disputed and discredited. Related : Trump admits anti-transgender attacks are one of GOP’s ‘great sound bites’ While Fox News’s coverage of the convention dominated the primetime time slot Wednesday night with an average of 2.3 million viewers, as Deadline reported , it was st

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