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The American Conservative Union on Tuesday accused Politico of attempting to cancel the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) by contacting potential sponsors in an act that crosses the line from protected speech to political activism.
CPAC organizers sent a scathing letter, signed by American Conservative Union general counsel David Safavian, to Politico’s CEO and top editor that promises legal action. It began by claiming Politico has ignored its ethos to provide accurate reporting and nonpartisan impactful information. We see Politico’s ethos abandoned, and instead find its reporters working, not to report news, but instead to create a self-justifying narrative to support its own partisanship, the letter said.
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A top MAGA gathering finds life complicated after Trump
CPAC was at the top of its powers last year. Then Covid-19 hit, Trump lost, and the postelection chaos ensued. Now, the confab has some challenges ahead.
Mike Pence speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in 2020. | Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images
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One of the premier MAGA gatherings in the nation is struggling to recreate the magic this year.
For decades, the Conservative Political Action Conference has been a staple of Republican politics. In recent years, the conservative confab has been the go-to stop for rising GOP stars, grassroots organizers and luminaries in the Trump movement.
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The American Conservative Union accused
Politico of trying to ward off sponsors of the Conservative Political Action Conference by peddling misleading claims about the event. We understand that Politico reporters are calling sponsors of our national conference (CPAC) and making claims about both our chairman and our conference that are contrary to the facts, CPAC organizers wrote in a joint letter with the ACU to
Politico. We know this because those very same potential sponsors have immediately contacted us. In pushing a misleading narrative to our supporters using cooperate resources, Politico is attempting to chill sponsorship of CPAC and harm the American Conservative Union.
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