McConnell And McCarthy Are Skipping This Year’s CPAC

The Hill reports:

McConnell is not among the list of announced speakers at CPAC, though it may be unsurprising given that the Senate GOP leader has been a Trump critic and many of CPAC’s attendees are supportive of the former president.

McConnell drew Trump’s ire for criticizing the former president in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, and he notably hedged his party’s bets over taking back the Senate.

McCarthy is also not on the list of announced speakers at CPAC. The Speakership vote underscored lingering divisions within the House GOP, though some of McCarthy’s initial detractors have since gained top committee assignments.

Read the full article. Also skipping this year’s CPAC: Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis, and Fox News. It’s going to be wall-to-wall cultists. Trump will deliver the closing speech on Saturday. The convention kicks off this morning with a welcoming speech by accused groper and likely closet case Matt Schlapp.

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