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March 11, 2021 —  Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from Organizing Upgrade — Even before the semi-formal anointment of Trump as the GOP’s post-2020 top leader at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Feb. 28, the twice-impeached former President had been awarded the crown. Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, considered Trump’s most powerful opponent in the media-proclaimed “Republican Civil War,” had surrendered without a fight. On Feb. 13 he had told the country, “Trump’s actions that preceded the [Jan. 6] riot were a di...

Trump's CPAC speech cements how far the conference — and the GOP — have fallen This Sunday, Trump will rally conservatives to himself, lacing every sentence with political arsenic. What’s past is prologue and Trump’s prologue with CPAC is a veritable roadmap to his 2021 appearance.Anjali Nair / MSNBC; AP; Getty; Reuters Feb. 28, 2021, 9:30 AM UTC By the time he’d left office, former President Donald Trump had successfully sold his “big lie” that the 2020 election was illegitimate to 65 percent of all Republicans. As Republicans head into their annual and influential CPAC confere...

In all, at least nine sessions will focus on the former president’s unhappiness over the 2020 outcome and try to amplify his false claims to be the rightful winner. All of that poses a sharp contrast with the last time CPAC convened just after a Democratic president took office, said Republican strategist Alex Conant. In the winter of 2009, after President Obama’s inauguration, Rush Limbaugh keynoted the conference, exhorting conservatives to pick themselves up and look to the future, Conant said. Advertisement That conference “was memorable because of how forward-looking it was,” he...

When the annual Conservative Political Action Conference — CPAC for short — kicks off Thursday in Orlando, Fla., it might as well be called TPAC. That&#039

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 25-2...