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GOP's Big Midterm Convention Kicks Off With Comically Unfortunate Malfunction

A missing letter sparked mockery online.

GOP's Big Midterm Convention Kicks Off With Comically Unfortunate Malfunction

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.”

Republican National Committee Chair Joe Gruters opens the Republicans’ midterm convention at the American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas on Wednesday.
Republican National Committee Chair Joe Gruters opens the Republicans’ midterm convention at the American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas on Wednesday.
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It was later fixed.

But, as at least one wag on X noted, the jokes practically wrote themselves: