An Anthropologist at CPAC: Trump's Base Believes He Is the Savior
An anthropologist went to the annual meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, to better understand MAGA faithfuls.
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An anthropologist went to the annual meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, to better understand MAGA faithfuls.
What is happening in the hearts of former President Donald Trump’s supporters? As an anthropologist who studies peace and conflict, I went to the annual meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, to find out. I wanted to better understand the Make America Great Again faithful – and their die-hard support for Trump. […] The post I went to CPAC to understand Trump’s base. They believe, more than ever, he is a savior. appeared first on Arizona Mirror.
March 1, 2021 at 2:49 a.m. PST For four days at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Orlando, speakers at the Conservative Political Action Conference shared a number of contentious views, from echoing false claims about election fraud to undermining the seriousness of a pandemic that has killed more than 512,000 Americans. But some critics also took aim at a seemingly more mundane detail: the shape of the conference stage. Images of the CPAC stage went viral this weekend as many noted a resemblance to the Odal or Othala Rune, a symbol emblazoned on some Nazi uniforms. The Anti-Defamation League has cl...
The company that was hired to set up the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida last weekend has taken full responsibility for the design of the stage that resembled a Nazi insignia. In an exclusive statement to the Forward on Tuesday evening, Design Foundry, a stage design firm based in Hyattsville, Maryland, said it “had no idea that the design resembled any symbol, nor was there any intention to create something that did.” The organizers of CPAC have announced that it will not use the firm for future events. Images of the CPAC main stage — which fea...
As CPAC dismisses claims that its stage resembled a Nazi insignia, Hyatt calls hate symbols 'abhorrent' Jaclyn Peiser, The Washington Post March 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail For four days at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Orlando, speakers at the Conservative Political Action Conference shared a number of contentious views, from echoing false claims about election fraud to undermining the seriousness of a pandemic that has killed more than 512,000 Americans. But some critics also took aim at a seemingly more mundane detail: the shape of the conference stage. Images of the CPAC stage went viral t...