Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been widely praised online for what some say might have been the best speech of the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas, Texas.

The Health and Human Services secretary of the Trump administration demolished Democrats Thursday night in a scorched-earth speech excoriating the leaders of his former party.

‘RFK jr’s speech is an absolute tour de force! … This is history in the making.’

“I am 72 years old. And for 70 years of my life, I would’ve bet any amount of money that I would not be addressing a Republican convention!” Kennedy said to raucous applause. “The irony of my presence here is inescapable.”

He recounted the many times he had attended and even spoken at Democratic conventions in his life.

“I grew up in the Democratic Party of Franklin Roosevelt, my uncle John Kennedy, my father, Robert Kennedy. And ours was a party of strong principles, of clear policies, and an inspiring idealistic vision for America,” he continued. “My uncle ran on a platform of tax cuts, strong defense, and fighting communism. Does that sound familiar?”

The crowd roared.

And on social media many roared in support of the former Democrat’s speech.

“RFK jr’s speech is an absolute tour de force! He tore the DNC into shreds while invoking his family’s legacy. Incredible summary of the past few years. This is history in the making,” read one response.

“RFK Jr. is ripping the Democrat Party to shreds in his address,” replied Molly McCann Sanders of the Eagle Forum.

“This might go down as the best speech of the entire convention,” read another response. “The audience couldn’t stop cheering the moment they heard it. … Bobby brought the HEAT tonight.”

“Remarkable insight to the Democratic Party and its blatant hypocrisy and failures to the American people must not, can not be overlooked or ignored,” said another viewer.

“Secretary Kennedy was amazing. That was one of the most powerful speeches I have seen. Ever,” said another supporter.

Kennedy went on to heavily criticize Democrats for declaring Kamala Harris their nominee in 2024 after the debacle involving former President Joe Biden’s mental health.

“For the first time in history they canceled their own convention. No voter ever cast a primary ballot for Kamala Harris,” Kennedy recalled of the 2024 primary process.

“No elected delegate was ever consulted. The party of ‘No Kings’ simply anointed a queen,” he added, to great applause, “hand-picked by secretive party elites, who nobody even knows who they were.”

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“They’re just faceless guys with lanyards who are calling all the shots from the upper decks of that convention center,” Kennedy continued.

“And nobody can see their face,” he added. “… But that’s who was making the decision. And then they canceled the convention, and they held a coronation.”

He also lambasted the current Democratic Party as compared to that of prior decades.

“Neither my father nor my uncle would recognize the Democratic Party of today. It struck me that this was no longer about left and right. It was about sane and insane,” Kennedy said. “It was about common sense and communism!”

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President Donald Trump was in high spirits and made sure everyone else was too as he slammed Democrats and reminded voters of Republican accomplishments as the midterm convention drew to a close.

Trump took the stage Thursday night to Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.” after a well-received speech by Vice President JD Vance. The president promptly launched into a laundry list of his second-term accomplishments.

‘If the Democrats get in, they’ll destroy everything we’ve built.’

“I want to thank our great vice president, who did a fantastic job tonight,” Trump began.

“This place is packed. It was packed last night,” said Trump, who also addressed the convention on Wednesday. “But even more important is the spirit. … I’m seeing a spirit like we haven’t seen in this country in a long time.”

The president dated that spirit back to the popular mandate he received in the 2024 election.

“Less than two years ago, the American people gave us a mandate to save America,” Trump said. “In the last 19 months, I’ve delivered on every promise we made, and I think I’ve delivered on far more.”

Trump reminded the crowd about chaos at the country’s border under former President Joe Biden and asked them to remember that chaos when they were deciding whether to go out and vote.

According to the White House, releases at the border have been at zero for 15 months and net migration turned negative in 2025.

“[Democrats] gave us wide-open borders, with 25 million people pouring in from all over the globe,” Trump said. “We took that dark age of America and turned that into the golden age of America.”

From there, he ran through highlights of his second term.

“We delivered the largest tax cuts in American history, the largest regulation cuts in American history, the largest investment in our military in the history of our country, and made our country the energy and military superpower of the world,” Trump said.

He also reminded the crowd of drastic reductions to prescription drug prices as well as Democrats’ pro-transgender politics, exhorting his supporters to rally their friends and families to the polls in November.

“Get out and vote, please,” Trump said. “Get out and vote.”

The president then reminded the crowd about the signature proposal from his Wednesday speech: the Trump dividend.

“If we win the midterms … we’ll provide a Trump dividend: $5,000 for every adult citizen in this country,” Trump said. “We can do that because we’re doing so well as a country. We’re taking in trillions of dollars.”

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Trump asked the room to vote as if he were on the ballot, citing turnout woes for Republicans when he isn’t at the top of the ticket.

“I’m not on the ticket. You gotta pretend. You gotta do me the biggest favor you’ve ever done me,” Trump said with his signature sense of humor. “You gotta pretend I’m on the ticket. I’m on the ticket — I’m on the ticket!”

He reminded the crowd of the stakes.

“If the Democrats get in, they’ll destroy everything we’ve built,” Trump said. “So on November 3, you’ve gotta do me a favor and vote like I’m on the ballot.”

As he closed his remarks, Trump had the crowd raise their right hands and pledge to get out and vote.

“I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States, that loves us so much he can’t even breathe, that I am going to go out and get my friends and family, and we are going to vote on November 3 or vote before that!”

“So help me God,” Trump said. “You know what happens if you don’t vote, right? You go to hell. I don’t want that to happen to you, so go out and vote!”

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To raucous applause, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told his story about how he became a member of the GOP.

At the Republican Midterm Convention on Thursday night, Kennedy launched into a monumental speech about how Democrats turned their backs on Americans and pushed him away from the party after 70 years.

‘The party of “my body, my choice” forced citizens to wear masks.’

Kennedy’s speech lasted nearly 30 minutes and had him receiving huge ovations as he listed off the ways the Democratic Party had changed since his family has been involved with it.

To that end, RFK Jr. spent a significant amount of time focusing on how the donkey party “obliterated” the Bill of Rights during the COVID-19 era.

“During COVID I watched the Democratic Party turn against every one of its essential values, its principles, and all the policies that defined my party,” the HHS secretary began.

“Democrats turned away from gold-standard research and blindly defended industry-sponsored, agenda-driven science, written by corrupt and captured regulatory agencies,” he continued.

Going through a seemingly endless list of wrongdoings, Kennedy said Democrats also censored hundreds of scientists under the guise of stopping misinformation, pushed social distancing, and eliminated the freedom to worship while keeping liquor and big-box stores open as “essential” services.

“The party of ‘my body, my choice’ forced citizens to wear masks,” Kennedy said, describing Democrats as the party of elites and of “Big Tech, Big Pharma, [and] Big Food.”

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Still referring to the COVID era, Kennedy recalled how his social media channels were immediately blocked at the start of President Joe Biden’s term, as Democrats turned away from “freedom of speech” and “abandoned” the principles Kennedy once knew the party to stand behind.

Recalling his uncle Ted Kennedy helping to bring about Title IX, RFK Jr. mocked Democrats for turning their backs against “real women,” who should have a “safe and guaranteed” spot in sports.

Kennedy said these and other examples of Democrat delusions changed his point of view on the political battleground within the United States. It was no longer about Republicans vs. Democrats or left vs. right, he claimed. Rather it was “sane vs. insane.”

In place of any real values, the secretary declared, Democrats pushed forth only one worldview: hating President Trump.

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Kennedy referenced the day Trump was shot in Butler, Pennsylvania, and explained that the president called him just hours later to have a discussion.

“Everything” the media said about Trump was a lie, Kennedy announced to the crowd in Texas. After their conversation, Kennedy said the president kept “every promise” he had ever made to him.

The relationship he fostered with Trump, Kennedy added, couldn’t have happened without the help of Charlie Kirk either, and Kennedy honored Kirk on the anniversary of his assassination, September 10.

Kirk played a “critical” role in bringing him and Trump together, and for that reason, RFK Jr. stated that he believes “Charlie is looking down on all of us now.”

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The mood remained high in Dallas as the Republican Midterm Convention moved into its second day. The American Airlines Center was full by mid-afternoon Thursday for another slate of speakers, featuring a number of congressional candidates from around the country.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) took the stage around 5 p.m. to loud applause and spoke about the importance of the upcoming midterms — echoing what has been a constant refrain from speakers throughout the event: “We are gathered here at a time for choosing … the most consequential midterms in our lifetimes.”

‘It’s been good to see everything that has been accomplished by the administration.’

Cruz also emphasized the radical nature of Democrat candidates, emphasizing the “mainstream versus extreme” distinction that has become a key talking point for the GOP: “They hate Christians, they hate Jews, they hate capitalism, and they hate America.”

Attendees said they felt energized by the convention and thought it would help with voter turnout in November. Mark Knoderer, who traveled from Georgia to attend the convention, said he was motivated by the extreme nature of Democrat positions.

“This election is extremely important, and the Democrats are going so far left it’s crazy that anyone would vote for them,” Knoderer told Blaze News.

Isaac Laster, chairman of the Young Republicans of Texas, added that he’s optimistic about voter enthusiasm heading into the midterms: “It’s been good to see everything that has been accomplished by the administration. I think that will energize people.”

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Laster also pointed to areas where GOP politicians can continue to gain ground with younger voters, such as opposition to the H-1B visa program. He called Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent ban on the program for taxpayer-funded institutions “an excellent step” and pointed out that young voters support the continued expansion of job protection for American workers.

“Those jobs should be going to Texans first,” Laster noted to Blaze News.

The crowd continued to grow as high-profile speakers such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Karoline Leavitt addressed onlookers, touting Trump administration accomplishments and castigating the Democrat opposition. President Donald Trump is scheduled to address the convention at the end of the night.

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One Republican congressional candidate has told Democrats where to go after they failed to support working American families.

Laurie Buckhout didn’t mince words as she left a stark message on the stage at the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas Thursday: Every Democrat who voted to raise taxes on working families has to go.

‘This November, every Democrat who voted to raise taxes on working families deserves … to be relieved of command.’

Buckhout, who is running for the 1st Congressional District of North Carolina, is not an incumbent looking to maintain her seat in the House. She’s fighting against the current elected Democrat, whom she nicknamed “Do-Nothing Don Davis.”

That nickname isn’t completely accurate, even in Buckhout’s estimation. Davis did something, all right, she said, but it was in opposition to the American people.

When the Working Families Tax Cuts Act was up for a vote in July 2025 as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Davis and the rest of the Democrats attempted to block it. They were unsuccessful.

But it hasn’t sat well with Buckhout that Davis and other Democrats have tried to “take credit” for certain aspects of the bill nevertheless.

She claimed in her speech:

Democrats clearly have a playbook in Washington — block it in D.C., and then take credit for it back home. Vote no, then show up with the ribbon-cutting. In the Army, if you fail to keep your promises and not stand by your people, you get relieved of command. So this November, every Democrat who voted to raise taxes on working families deserves exactly that — to be relieved of command.

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Buckhout concluded with a call to action:

I’m a soldier. I’m a businesswoman who made payroll. I’m a fighter who keeps her word. And the road to holding this majority runs through districts like mine. So stand with me. Fight with me. Let’s retire every Democrat who voted against your paycheck, and let’s finish the job.

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Ross Ulbricht spent 11 years in prison after founding an alternative online marketplace called the Silk Road. He would have lost his entire life behind bars if not for a pardon from President Donald Trump.

Thursday, he walked across the stage at the Republican Midterm Convention to hammer home the delicate fragility of freedom when corrupt politicians are in control.

‘This is how a free country falls to tyranny.’

Ulbricht was convicted of seven offenses, including distributing narcotics, engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, and conspiring to commit money laundering. He was supposed to be locked up for two life sentences with no parole.

Only the relentless support of his wife, mother, and President Trump, who pardoned Ulbricht almost immediately upon returning to office, spared him.

When corrupt politicians are at work, Ulbricht claimed, freedom can be stolen from ordinary Americans in an instant.

“It can be pointed at political opponents or anyone who stands in the way of those seeking power,” Ulbricht warned at the convention. “This is incredibly dangerous. This is how a free country falls to tyranny. President Trump understands that, and that’s why he freed me.”

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Ulbricht also claimed that since retaking office, Trump has taken notice of many other beleaguered defendants swept up in the system and helped them without much fanfare.

“It’s just easy to miss all of his wins for liberty among the torrent of headlines out there. So let me tell you what he’s been doing,” Ulbricht said. “There are hundreds of decent Americans you have never heard of who this president has pardoned or freed from prison. No cameras, just his signature and a family getting their loved one back.”

“President Trump has put our rights and our freedoms at the very center of his administration,” he said.

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Dallas riot police responded to the American Airlines Center Thursday after socialist agitators reportedly blocked traffic to protest the Republican Midterm Convention.

President Donald Trump will be speaking at the convention, intended to fire up Republicans with only 53 days until the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.

‘These losers are about to learn the HARD way that this BS WILL NOT be tolerated in Texas!’

Outside the convention center Thursday, protesters clashed with Trump supporters, leading to police action. Several independent journalists documented the chaos outside.

One video showed one Antifa flag being held by a masked agitator. Another radical held a sign that read, “Down with billionaires. We need socialism.”

“Antifa has arrived at the anti-Trump, anti-RNC convention protest in Dallas,” claimed independent journalist Charles Downs. “Even more scary is the fact that all the Antifa members I just interviewed informed me they have no remorse that Charlie Kirk was killed one year ago today by one of their supporters.”

Downs also captured an apparent altercation between the masked agitators and at least two Christians.

“Antifa members outside the RNC Midterm Convention in Dallas, Texas, in full military gear, got in formation and began attacking Christians while also lunging at me,” he wrote.

Another video from activist Nick Sortor showed hundreds of protesters blocking streets before riot police rolled in.

“Dallas Riot Police are rolling in HEAVY to take on leftist rioters who are BLOCKING ROADS outside the RNC,” he wrote. “These losers are about to learn the HARD way that this BS WILL NOT be tolerated in Texas!”

Carlos Turcios of the Dallas Express captured video of what he said were Antifa members arrested by police after allegedly attacking two people.

Turcios also posted video of the anti-Trump protesters surrounding Christian counter-protesters.

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“Several masked individuals identifying with Antifa were present. Where’s the police?” he added.

Democrats are hoping to seize control of Congress in order to stymie the implementation of Republican policies.

Some current polling shows that they are likely to win enough seats to take the House of Representatives, but Republicans hope to persuade voters in the last two months before Election Day to keep them in power.

Blaze News is offering live coverage of the second night of the convention on BlazeTV, which can be viewed below:

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