President Donald Trump arrives to speak during the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on July 18, 2024. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
As first reported by Fox News Digital, the rule change was adopted Thursday evening by the RNC's Rules Committee during the party's winter meeting in Santa Barbara, California.
The full RNC membership, meeting Friday during the confab's general session, approved the rule change in a unanimous vote.
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A memo obtained by Fox News Digital highlighted "the possibility of an America First midterm convention-style gathering aligned with President Trump’s vision for energizing the party this fall."
And speaking with reporters on Friday, Gruters called the convention a "Trump-a-palooza" where "we can really highlight all the incredible things that this president has done."
But the president's approval ratings remain well underwater, with many Americans giving him a big thumbs down on the job he's doing with the economy and the issue of affordability.
"Trump has historically low approval ratings because he has put America last, sold out working families to hand out favors to billionaires, and made life unaffordable," Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin told Fox News Digital in a statement.
Incoming Republican National Committee Chair Joe Gruters speaks at the RNC's summer meeting, on Aug. 22, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
The DNC may also hold a midterm convention. Sources confirmed to Fox News Digital last summer that Martin and other party leaders were quietly pushing the idea of a convention ahead of the midterms.
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Democrats held a handful of midterm conventions in the 1970s and 1980s.
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast."
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