President Trump Pays Tribute to Rush in CPAC Address Mar 1, 2021 BRETT: CPAC this weekend was unbelievable. The energy level was off the charts. Sure, a lot of it had to do with the fact that you had former President Donald Trump coming in to speak to give the big stem-winder closing speech of the conference. But throughout the days that I was there on the ground in Orlando staying there at the Hyatt Regency, you could feel the energy crackling in the room. You really could. Speaker after speaker was talking about the most important issues: immigration, election integrity, getting tough on China, getting jobs protected here in the United States of America, redoing trade deals — and, of course, undoing the horrible, horrible mess that is the Biden-Harris energy policy. But it all came down to Sunday afternoon, late afternoon.