Officially, the theme of this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is “America Uncanceled,” though a more honest theme would probably be “Lying About The 2020 Election.” From the seven “Protecting Elections” panels and speeches starting Friday morning to former President Donald Trump’s closing keynote speech on Sunday, it’s a safe bet that CPAC attendees will be hearing quite a few conspiracy theories about the results of November’s election.
The annual event is hosted by the American Conservative Union (ACU), and will be held this year from February 25-28 in Orlando, Florida. The group’s chairperson, Matt Schlapp, is a loyal Trump supporter and one of the most prominent purveyors of 2020 election disinformation. As recently as February 12, more than a full month after lies about voter fraud sparked a deadly attempt to prevent Congress from making President Joe Biden’s win official, Schlapp tweeted the completely baseless allegation that “
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis discusses the Sunshine State keeping businesses and schools open despite pushback from ‘corporate media.
Florida is going to have a budget surplus despite predictions of its economic doom during the coronavirus pandemic, the Republican governor of the Sunshine State Ron DeSantis said on Friday ahead of his speech at CPAC. I saw that weather forecast, we re in the mid-60s, most of the other states are in the 30s and 40s. So, I’d take 65 with a whiff of freedom over 35 under the yoke of lockdown any day of the week and twice on Sunday, DeSantis told Fox & Friends.
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Attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference booed Friday when organizers encouraged them to wear masks inside the Florida hotel where the annual event is being held.
The American Conservative Union’s Executive Director Dan Schneider and CPAC Deputy Director Carly Patrick took the stage in the morning to urge people in the audience to wear masks, saying they were passing along the guidance of the private company hosting the event.
“I know this might sound like a little bit of a downer, but we also believe in property rights, and this is a private hotel,” Schneider said. “And we believe in the rule of law, so we need to comply with the laws of this county that we’re in. But a private hotel, just like your house, gets to set its own rules.”
CPAC’s Golden Trump Statue Highlights GOP’s Literal Idolization Of Ex-POTUS (Screencap: William Turton/Twitter)
Oh come on, this is just too on the nose.
Despite having unleashed a mob of his bloodthirsty supporters upon the Capitol in his desperate pursuit to steal the election last month, ex-President Donald Trump is being fêted at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) almost as a god-king – a characterization that may have once been seen as an exaggeration of conservatives’ loyalty to Trump until this happened:
That’s right: You’re witnessing an actual golden statue of the former president being paraded around CPAC’s convention halls.
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's hold on the Republican Party will be on full display as an annual gathering of prominent U.S. c.