Trump Leads Convention Crowd in Pledge to Vote, Tells Them to 'Cheat Like Hell'. Here's what each side is saying, and what none of them are telling you.
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📰 THE FULL STORY
President Trump closed the Republicans' first ever midterm convention in Dallas on Thursday by leading attendees in a pledge to vote in November's midterm elections. He led the crowd in raising their right hands and repeating a pledge, which included the line about doing it any way, whether registered or not, and going to try to cheat like hell like they do.
He told the crowd to vote and cheat like hell, like they do, and said there had never been bigger cheaters. He said he would vote on Nov. 3rd or before that, and that it went without saying people would vote Republican. He ended the pledge with 'So help me God.'
Trump added that if you do not vote 'You go to hell,' and urged the crowd to vote so that together they will defeat the communists. The Guardian reported the pledge was made before a crowd of about 20,000, and that Trump asked supporters to do him the biggest favour and pretend they are voting for him.
⬅️ HOW THE LEFT COVERS IT
The Guardian frames the event as an unusual midterm convention staged like a Trump mega-rally, foregrounding the spectacle of a president asking supporters to pretend they are voting for him despite not being on the ticket. The coverage centers the stakes of a party that polls suggest lose the House and possibly the Senate, emphasizing base enthusiasm as the real motive behind the cheat like hell rhetoric. (The Guardian, New York Times)
⬛ HOW THE CENTER COVERS IT
The Hill treats the pledge as a straightforward campaign event, foregrounding the specific quotes and the mechanics of Trump urging attendees to vote by Nov. 3rd. It notes the speech was notably succinct compared to his Wednesday remarks and frames the whole exercise as an effort to boost base enthusiasm ahead of midterms where Republicans face historical headwinds. This institutional read centers electoral context and the you go to hell warning without the partisan framing of bribery or spectacle. (The Hill, Roll Call)
➡️ HOW THE RIGHT COVERS IT
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⚠️ WHAT THEY AREN'T TELLING YOU
The Hill records that Trump framed the pledge around defeating the communists, a line that gets less emphasis in coverage focused on the cheat like hell remark. The Hill also notes the speech was notably succinct compared to his Wednesday remarks, a detail that cuts against the mega-rally framing. Both The Guardian and The Hill confirm the cheating line was paired with the claim that Democrats are the bigger cheaters, which sits alongside the vote pledge itself.
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