Here’s what they didn’t say at the Republican midterm convention

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There was a dilemma at the heart of the Republican midterm convention that every speaker had to navigate in their own way.

The midterm convention was designed to address a specific decade-long problem: support for President Donald Trump isn’t easily transferable to other Republicans, especially when he isn’t on the ballot. Some Trump voters don’t bother to turn out in midterm elections when he isn’t the main attraction.

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