A statue of former United States president Donald Trump is pictured at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, US on Friday. Reuters
United States conservatives praised Donald Trump at an annual gathering on Friday, even unveiling a golden statue of the former president, showing he remains a Republican political force despite violent scenes in Washington last month.
Prominent congressional conservatives including Senators Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton and Josh Hawley and Representatives Steve Scalise and Matt Gaetz were among the Trump loyalists speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, which the former president will address on Sunday.
Pelosi Spokesperson Mocks McCarthy for Offering to Bet Own Home on GOP Taking Back House
On 2/27/21 at 10:08 PM EST
Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi s deputy communications director on Saturday mocked House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California for saying that he would bet his own house that Republicans will win control of the lower chamber next year.
In a Saturday CPAC panel with Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana and American Conservative Union Chair Matt Schlapp, McCarthy said that he s so confident that Democrats will lose their majority in the House in 2022 that he would wager his own house on it. We re going to get the majority back. We re five seats away, he said. I would bet my house. My personal house. Don t tell my wife, but I will bet it. This is the smallest majority the Democrats have had in 100 years.
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), and Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) had harsh words for Democrats during the third day of CPAC.
"There are men of character in the U.S. Congress, both House and Senate. There are women of character, too. But the evidence for 'character' needs to be