They include Mike Lindell, the MyPillow founder who continues to spread election conspiracy theories, and Georgia Rep. The conference schedule features a litany of election deniers who reject findings from judges, election officials and Trump’s own attorney general that there was no widespread fraud during the 2020 campaign. Both have recently signaled their intentions to run for reelection instead of vying for the nomination. Ted Cruz of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida will appear. Ambassador Nikki Haley and biotech investor Vivek Ramaswamy.įormer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is also mulling a White House run, is set to speak. Trump, hyping his speech as a “monster” and urging attendees to vote for him in the poll, said on his social media site: “The only reason certain ‘candidates’ won’t be going to CPAC is because the crowds have no interest in anything they have to say.”Īlso on the schedule are the two other declared Republican candidates: former U.N. Key Words (August 2022): Trump will lead conservatives until ‘he takes his last breath,’ CPAC chairman says He is almost guaranteed to win the event’s annual unscientific presidential preference poll of attendees. This year, Trump has top billing, delivering the conference’s headlining speech Saturday evening. Now it’s much more the Trump show,” Conant said. “I think CPAC used to be a place where stars could break out.
Marco Rubio, a 2016 presidential candidate who was one of a long list of Republicans with a breakthrough moment on CPAC’s stage over the years. They go to celebrate the last one,” Conant said.Ĭonant returned often as an aide, including when he was working for Florida Sen. “I don’t think people go there to meet the next generation of leaders. The former Florida governor, who is now criticized by many on the right, received a warm reception, even as a small number of activists staged a walkout.Īlex Conant, a longtime GOP strategist, remembers attending his first CPAC as a high school student in the 1990s and being star-struck meeting Newt Gingrich, the Georgia congressman who had just stepped down as House speaker. The glaring absence of many prominent Republicans this year marks a dramatic change from 2015, the year before the last competitive GOP presidential primary, when CPAC’s schedule included nearly all of the major candidates, Jeb Bush among them. “ ‘If you’re Ron DeSantis, what’s the strategic reason for you to go to a place that’s pretty well on the record as just being a Trump fan club?’ ” - Ross Hemminger, a former American Conservative Union publicist
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In explaining why Pence declined to attend this year, his aides cited a full schedule of events, including a Club for Growth donor summit a trip to South Carolina, where he will speak at the evangelical Bob Jones University a speech at the Christian and conservative Hillsdale College in Michigan and a Students for Life of America event in Florida. Pence was a longtime CPAC regular who has not appeared at the conference since he drew the ire of some Trump supporters by resisting Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. “He’s laser-focused on Virginia and having a good legislative session and now focused on passing the budget,” said Jeff Roe, a Youngkin political consultant. Glenn Youngkin, who has been building buzz among some donors. See: Conservative activist Matt Schlapp accused of ‘aggressively fondling’ staffer to Herschel WalkerĪmong those bypassing this year’s event are congressional leaders and governors, Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel, and several potential presidential prospects, including Virginia Gov. “There’s a lot of chatter in the media about who’s here and not here,” he said. Schlapp, who has denied the staffer’s account, did not address the allegations against him as CPAC programming began Thursday, but did make a nod to the notable absences. “ ‘There’s a lot of chatter in the media about who’s here and not here.’ ” - Matt Schlapp, American Conservative Union
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