<p>Democrats are preparing to counter the GOP’s midterm convention in Dallas next week, sending key representatives to address issues related to affordability and their agenda for 2026.</p>
<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced counterprogramming plans for the GOP’s two-day event.</p>
<p>Jeffries is dispatching four members of his Democratic caucus — Oversight ranking member Robert Garcia (D-CA) and Representatives Jason Crow (D-CO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) — to Texas.</p>
<p>While in Dallas, these members will engage with constituents, emphasize the cost of living crisis, and address perceived failures of the Republican Party, according to a press announcement.</p>
<p>“While swing seat House Republicans try to hide from their record of raising costs on working families, gutting Medicaid to fund tax breaks for billionaire donors and supporting a reckless war of choice in Iran, House Democrats will be present to hold them accountable,” Jeffries stated. “Americans are drowning in the failed Republican economy. Rather than taking a single step to lower costs, MAGA extremists are partying with their super rich donors in Dallas.”</p>
<p>The DNC is also scheduled to hold a press conference on Wednesday morning, the first day of the convention, with speakers including Governor JB Pritzker (D-IL) and Texas Democratic Party Chairman Kendall Scudder.</p>
<p>The DNC claims that the speakers will remind voters that “Trump and Republicans are the reason why families are unable to pay their bills.”</p>
<p>In addition to national Democrats' appearances, the progressive research organization American Bridge is launching a satirical website that mocks the convention. The site suggests that attendees will learn how to evade difficult questions from voters and maintain loyalty to Trump.</p>
<p>The Republican National Committee (RNC) is expected to feature a total of 109 items and speakers during the convention, including speeches from President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.</p>
<p>RNC Chairman Joe Gruters previously stated that “Over two action-packed days, we will take Americans through the defining issues of our Party’s agenda and what is at stake in November.”</p>
<p><em>Mabinty Quarshie contributed to this report.</em></p>