The RNC chair said a midterms convention will allow the party to "defy history."

The rule authorizes the RNC to “conduct a special ceremonial convention between presidential conventions, such as a midterm convention,” said Bill O’Brien, the national committeeman from New Hampshire. “President Trump has expressed interest in holding that convention.”

This was already set to be a packed summer with lots of 250th-anniversary celebrations. Now Republicans are eyeing an off-year convention, too.