GOP midterm convention last week draws over 100 million live stream views

That number was tallied based on social media live streams, including Facebook, TikTok and YouTube, along with cable news.

Published: September 16, 2026 7:44pm

Republicans held their first ever midterm national convention (RNC) last week in Dallas, Texas, and it drew over 100 million live stream and cable news views. 

That number was tallied based on social media live streams, including Facebook, TikTok and YouTube, along with cable news. 

The Republican Convention was a massive success and accomplished exactly what we set out to do — energize our base, tout the Administration’s achievements, and expose the Democrats’ far-left agenda to tens of millions of people,” Republican National Committee National Press Secretary Natalie Baldassarre told Breitbart News in a statement.

President Donald Trump spoke for more than an hour and a half the first night, and he was the final speaker the second night, at the American Airline Center. Vice President JD Vance gave Thursday’s keynote address.

Trump described the midterm elections as a critical crossroads for America. 

“In 55 days, Americans will be going to the polls in one of the most important elections in our country’s history. Your vote will decide whether our country stumbles at the starting gate of the next 250 years or surges forward and never ever looks back,” he said. 

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