{"id":166719,"date":"2026-09-11T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/09\/11\/empty-seats-socialism-and-trump-dominate-the-republican-midterm-convention-npr\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T09:00:00","slug":"empty-seats-socialism-and-trump-dominate-the-republican-midterm-convention-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/09\/11\/empty-seats-socialism-and-trump-dominate-the-republican-midterm-convention-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Empty seats, socialism and Trump dominate the Republican midterm convention &#8211; NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxQWFlHNnFLc0VrQndRX2NNZFhxY0w4S3kteHJCdmdsUDBxV3BMcXNGVTJjd0lSakd1Ul9YVUo3MTE4Z0s1N2U1XzFlLUlTYVlVeDEzV3Y2Vk9uV1FWVVRUYmJiLVFRZDFFNzY3TGZ6SFZJZzREQXZIeC1URG4tejBjMmFXczA3eHEtY21QeGtGSDRUSWMxRHlPWHZVTm8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Empty seats, socialism and Trump dominate the Republican midterm convention<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxPSXRnRFB0Y3BGakdyZE94X2FhVVRLd3JLbGZld0FCeWNEZFNITUFvbmJnZGFJOEJScnlYNGZwOHBGal80Sm1iN2o3OXJhM2FwWWtjaDB2S0NBQ3I4TWYtc0pjak9oaXRMSE1ZOGZha2RkYVJFV0VxSGFsbnpOTHFlNWpWSVRkX1J1eTJOaHJzRnlFZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump steps on Vance\u2019s primetime moment and other takeaways from RNC convention\u2019s second night<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxNcXAzbFRSRzJXZTMwdEUtaVhRNXpmVFFzenFCb1hBNVhwajJFZ2JSVkdhNHFJdl9pTTBJQWV6dDhoX2xJX0hDZ3RmMGtMRi11djB2Q2NNX3poT1NUU3VLcG9ZTXlIcHQyalp1T2lSVC12OXRjbXh1aFZUNEtfR0ZaYjUyZDlZR3d2LUIwMmtJMHk3bV9QbXZQMU15TzhYYUVCcklsYg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Vance? Rubio? DeSantis? Cruz? Republicans at Dallas convention ponder options for post-Trump leader<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Dallas News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Crowd erupts as Vance smacks down protester waving Mexican flag: &#8216;Get your a&#8211; over there&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Fox News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxQRHBNX1RxTV82US16MFBqcGU3SFJMalNKdkJ3OEJ5QWlISFU0R0dfZEZmV3ozVXluMkdyYnFMYVpsLXRkRFJpcWEzUXZ2Qlh4LTV5aUxPQlBNdDVyc2NtZHFpZ2xWQ3ozeXBqQk1BaHhrbGNOQnRKclNRZGdXQWg2TUlvNmV6NmlpNnpTUVl2TEZlUUpVdTI5MjFOT3N5UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018You Know What Happens if You Don\u2019t Vote\u2019: 7 Takeaways From the G.O.P. Convention<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Empty seats, socialism and Trump dominate the Republican midterm convention&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR Trump steps on Vance\u2019s primetime moment and other takeaways from RNC convention\u2019s second night&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN Vance?&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/09\/11\/empty-seats-socialism-and-trump-dominate-the-republican-midterm-convention-npr\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166719\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}