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RNC Midterm Convention in Dallas: Jim Pfaff on Lindell TV | Sep 2, 2026

RNC Midterm Convention in Dallas: Jim Pfaff on Lindell TV | Sep 2, 2026

Published: September 2, 2026
Network: Lindell TV
Analysis: Conservative Caucus President Jim Pfaff

On Lindell TV September 2, host Vanessa Broussard opened one week out from Dallas: the RNC’s first-of-its-kind midterm convention, September 9–10, headlined by President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance. Conservative Caucus President Jim Pfaff treated the RNC midterm convention as the kickoff of Trump’s on-ballot midterm run — the two years after November become a nightmare if Republicans do not get this right — and walked the agenda hours from tax and waste to election integrity and border security.

Topics Covered

Dallas as Kickoff: Delegates, Media, and Trump’s Fourth Run Logic

Pfaff said the Caucus will do a lot of media, invite donors, and work the room — and that the event is effectively the start of Trump’s fourth presidential run logic: win this year or the next two years are a nightmare. Delegates, senators, representatives, governors, and November candidates will be there. He called the midterm convention unprecedented for either party and expected Fox, Newsmax, Lindell TV, and the rest of the nets to blanket it.

“This is the kickoff of Donald Trump’s fourth presidential run, if you really think about it. Because he’s got to win in this year and Republicans need to get off their butts and get behind him.”
— Jim Pfaff, President, The Conservative Caucus

Democrats have some energy even while sitting at historic lows in favorables. The question is whether Republicans rise to oppose that. Trump and Vance will be there to help; the Caucus suite and live media are how TCC turns the room into turnout. Continuity with Pfaff’s other Dallas previews is at low-propensity voters and turnout.

“Donald Trump’s going to be there to help us. So we’re excited about it.”
— Jim Pfaff, President, The Conservative Caucus

Hour One: Waste, Fraud, Abuse, Healthcare, and Tax Cuts That Stuck

Broussard walked the first-hour topics: getting rid of waste, fraud, and abuse, plus affordable healthcare. Pfaff said those are the three most important topics and joked he would have put them later as a crescendo because of how much Trump has already moved on the economic file.

He reminded viewers the prior tax framework was headed toward what would have been the largest tax increase in American history if it expired, and that small-business owners who used to itemize now often do better on the standard deduction — a concrete Trump tax-policy change that expands the pie and feeds the medium- and small-business job engine rather than regulatory-capture corporatism.

America First Economics

Pfaff’s Dallas message test for hour one: do not stop selling tax, growth, and anti-waste wins on day one of the convention — carry them all the way through November.

Election Integrity and Border Security as Non-Optional Hours

Hour two turns to election integrity — a daily Lindell TV theme and a Caucus core fight, including the Save America Act track covered at voter ID and the Save America Act. Hour three is border security. Broussard noted the border was the top 2024 voter concern in many polls, ahead of the economy, and that Democrats still talk about defunding ICE.

Pfaff radically disagrees with pundits and polls that claim the border is no longer salient. Trump’s closure work has to continue; the current posture should be normal, not an anomaly. He also called for restructuring abused programs such as H-1B. Tom Holman and a zero-tolerance posture are why the border can stay shut — and why the convention has to keep the issue hot.

“Where we are at the border right now is not, and then should not be, an anomaly. It should be the normal.”
— Jim Pfaff, President, The Conservative Caucus

Bring the Energy Home to the States

Beyond the stage, Broussard and Pfaff stressed the delegate function: 50-state energy carried home after Dallas. Pfaff’s watch item for the event is a message that can take Republicans into November — not a one-weekend sugar high. That is the same crescendo-not-finish-line argument he has made on Fredericks and McKenna this cycle.

“Watch for a good message that can take us into November.”
— Jim Pfaff, President, The Conservative Caucus

Key Takeaways

  1. Dallas is a midterm kickoff, not a reunion – Pfaff frames it as Trump’s on-ballot run logic for 2026; lose the Congress fight and the next two years are a nightmare.
  2. Unprecedented media stage – First midterm convention of its kind; delegates, candidates, and wall-to-wall conservative media.
  3. Economic wins still need selling – Waste/fraud/abuse, healthcare costs, and tax cuts that protected small business belong at the center of the program.
  4. Election integrity and border are not optional hours – 2024’s top concerns remain live; border success should be normalized and defended.
  5. Delegates must export the energy – The test is a message that survives the flight home and still works in November.

More from Dallas: see all of TCC’s RNC Midterm Convention 2026 coverage — every booth interview, host segment and media hit, plus the floor speeches.

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Originally broadcast Sep 2, 2026 on Lindell TV.

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