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Trump leads GOP convention in pledge to 'cheat' in midterms: 'So help me God!’
U.S. President Donald Trump leads supporters in an oath to vote in the midterms at the Republican National Midterm Convention in Dallas, Texas, U.S., September 10, 2026. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
The Loyalty Oath Now Comes With an Alibi
A Pledge to One Man
Donald Trump did not merely ask Republicans in Dallas to vote. He ordered them to raise their hands and pledge themselves “to the greatest president in the history of the United States”—meaning him.
That is not ordinary campaign enthusiasm. It is a political hierarchy stated out loud: the leader casts himself as the object of devotion, the crowd…
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