{"id":70690,"date":"2026-09-04T14:49:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T21:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70690"},"modified":"2026-09-04T15:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T22:00:27","slug":"fox-news-shamelessly-shills-for-the-trump-a-palooza-while-republicans-avoid-it-like-the-plague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70690","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Shamelessly Shills for the Trump-a-Palooza While Republicans Avoid it Like the Plague"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When a political party finds itself in an unrecoverable downward spiral they often resort to extraordinary measures to attempt to avoid disaster. And with the midterm elections rapidly approaching, that&#8217;s where the Republican Party finds itself as it flounders near the bottom of the Mariana Trench of approval ratings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Fox News Shamelessly Shills for the Trump-a-Palooza While Republicans Avoid it Like the Plague%0D&#038;url=https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70690\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post this article on Twitter<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/intent\/compose?text=Fox News Shamelessly Shills for the Trump-a-Palooza While Republicans Avoid it Like the Plague%20https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70690\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post on Bluesky<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-drain.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump Circling the Drain\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45948\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To be fair, the abysmal prospects of the GOP (Greedy One Percent) aren&#8217;t attributable solely to their own broadly unpopular policies. They are being driven down by the even greater unpopularity of their Dear Leader, Donald Trump, who they they blindly cling to like good, obedient cult disciples. For Trump&#8217;s part, he seems to be too cognitively impaired to recognize his sorry state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE THIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70436\" target=\"_blank\">Delusional Trump: \u2018My REAL Polling Numbers Are the Best They Have Ever Been\u2019 \u2013 OK Grandpa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Given their dire electoral diagnosis, Republicans have scheduled a first-of-its-kind mid-term political convention to juice their standings with voters who are frustrated by the incompetence of the Trump regime. They are tired of paying more for gas, groceries, healthcare, housing, etc. They are sick of persistent wars that serve no national security purpose. They are appalled by trivial projects (ballrooms, arches, reflecting pools, etc.) aimed at satiating the ego of Trump.<\/p>\n<p>How this convention &#8211; better known as Trump-a-Palooza &#8211; will help the GOP&#8217;s approval is a mystery. It&#8217;s being held in Texas, a state where Republicans shouldn&#8217;t need any help. And unlike ordinary conventions, there is no official business to conduct. No candidates will be nominated. No platforms will be drafted. In fact, it&#8217;s just another project to fluff Trump&#8217;s massive yet fragile ego.<\/p>\n<p>The foregoing notwithstanding, Fox News is assuming their customary role as Trump&#8217;s Ministry of Propaganda. In a segment devoted to the TrumpFest, Cheryl Casone interviewed Joe Gruters, the chairman of the Republican National Committee&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Casone:<\/strong> The RNC just confirmed to Fox that more than 2,000 tickets have been distributed ahead of the convention. So tell us more about this convention and also the cash advantage for you and the RNC. The big question is &#8216;Where are you gonna deploy the money?&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>Gruters:<\/strong> Well, listen, I think that people are giving us money because they believe in the agenda that we&#8217;re selling to the American people. and I think they believe in what the president is doing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"embed-x\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fox Business reports that only about 2,000 tickets have been distributed to the RNC&#39;s &quot;Trumpapalooza&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2Mygt06c0W\">pic.twitter.com\/2Mygt06c0W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/2095482156172619898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Notice that Casone asked Gruters two questions: Tell us more about this convention, and where are you gonna deploy the money. He didn&#8217;t answer either one.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t seem like they have much to brag about. To begin with, Casone says that <em>&#8220;2,000 tickets have been distributed.&#8221;<\/em> Not sold. Which is significant because the tickets when purchased by GOP candidates, officials, and corporate sponsors, are reported to cost between $25,000 and $100,000. And much of that money goes straight into Trump&#8217;s SuperPAC. What&#8217;s more, the venue for the event is the American Airlines Center in Dallas, that has a capacity of 20,000. So with just five days left, they have only <em>&#8220;distributed&#8221;<\/em> 10% of the tickets.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, the expectations for attendance are, to say the least, disappointing. As <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/post\/215030\/dozens-republicans-donald-trump-midterms-convention\" target=\"_blank\">reported by The New Republic<\/a><\/strong>, <em>&#8220;Republicans Are Fleeing Trump\u2019s Weird Midterms Convention.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;A Politico survey of more than 70 Republican candidates and party members found that most were not planning to attend the two-day function that begins September 9.&#8221; [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Many] were planning to dodge the event, which has been dubbed &#8216;Trump-a-palooza,&#8217; in order to avoid being held accountable for the president\u2019s inflammatory rhetoric.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Avoiding Trump&#8217;s <em>&#8220;inflammatory rhetoric&#8221;<\/em> is only part of the story. Republican candidates nationwide are telling Trump to stay away because they don&#8217;t want his stench of failure rubbing off on them. More specifically, they don&#8217;t want to be associated with his fiasco in Iran, or his inflationary tariffs, or his support for AI data centers, or his embrace of America&#8217;s adversaries in Russia, China, and North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>So dozens of Republicans aren&#8217;t gong to his convention that takes place two months before the election. It&#8217;s also one day before the anniversary of 9\/11, that every living former president is memorializing in New York. Trump, however, is not attending because, like every other politician, he wasn&#8217;t permitted to speak.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, since pocketbook issues generally dominate political campaigns, Trump&#8217;s GOP comrades don&#8217;t want to be associated with his rampant corruption and the financial misconduct that is filling his bank accounts. The American people are through tolerating Trump enriching himself while they suffer, and then trying to tell them that everything is going great.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED STORIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70602\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Blasts the Republican Party, Whining \u2018They Don\u2019t Fully Grasp How Badly They Are F*ing Up\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70587\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Begs His MAGA Cult to \u2018Pretend That I\u2019m on the Ballot\u2019 \u2013 And Democrats Concur<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70537\" target=\"_blank\">New Trump Campaign Slogan: The Economy is Doing Unbelievably From the Standpoint of Wall Street<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70482\" target=\"_blank\">HALLELUJAH! 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And with the midterm elections rapidly approaching, that&#8217;s where the Republican Party finds itself as it flounders near the bottom of the Mariana Trench of approval ratings. 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