Republicans were mercilessly mocked for taking a very early “L” at their midterm convention, which kicked off in Dallas on Wednesday.
Just minutes into the event, dubbed “Trumpapalooza” due to the widespread belief it will be all about Donald Trump, one of the Ls in “Dallas” was visibly missing from a sign on the lectern.
It’s unclear exactly how, why or when the letter disappeared.
And it meant that, for the very start of the two-day gathering, speakers appeared alongside a sign that read: “Da las.”

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It was later fixed.
But, as at least one wag on X noted, the jokes practically wrote themselves:
