Tag Archives: CPAC

Fox News May Not Have Presence At This Year’s CPAC

The Daily Beast reports: Days ahead of this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, it remains to be seen if and how Fox News will cover the annual right-wing confab amid CPAC boss Matt Schlapp’s alleged groping scandal. As of publication, Schlapp and his annual convention have all but disappeared from the Fox News universe. None of Fox News Media’s outlets …

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Pence Joins DeSantis In Blowing Off This Year’s CPAC

ABC News reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence has declined an invitation to the Conservative Political Action Conference, sources told ABC News. The decision by Pence, who is debating a 2024 presidential run, comes as other notable figures are absent from this year’s lineup. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who spoke at CPAC last year, has two events scheduled in Texas …

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REPORT: DeSantis To Skip Next Month’s CPAC Event

Pro-DeSantis outlet The Floridian reports: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) appears to have decided not to speak at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), The Floridian has learned. According to a source, Gov. DeSantis was invited to attend and speak but appears to have a scheduling conflict with the event, which will be held at the Gaylord National Resort …

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Jair Bolsonaro To Speak Next Month At CPAC In DC

The Washington Examiner reports: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has agreed to speak at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in March, a major get for the chairman Matt Schlapp. Bolsonaro, often dubbed the Donald Trump of South America, could lay out his plans to return to power in a campaign against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who won …

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Schlapps Reveal “Secret” To Their 20-Year Marriage

The Daily Beast reports: Greeting the Schlapps on Tuesday night, Newsmax host Jenn Pellegrino gushed over the smiling pair. “As we discussed at the top of the interview here, the two of you work together. You have been married for 20 years. I think a lot of people are wondering: what’s the secret?” After the pair both turned to each …

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Schlapp Hires Johnny Depp’s Lawyer In Groping Suit

The Daily Beast reports: According to court documents filed on Thursday, the legal team of conservative icon Matt Schlapp has formally denied that he committed sexual battery against a former Herschel Walker campaign staffer who has accused the CPAC chair of groping his crotch against his will—and he’s asking the court to name the accuser. Media reports have omitted the …

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Vaseline Woman To Be Keynote Speaker At CPAC Gala

The Hill reports: Kari Lake, the defeated Arizona gubernatorial candidate, will be the featured speaker at the Conservative Political Action Conference’s (CPAC) high-profile Ronald Reagan Dinner next month, the gathering’s organizers announced on Thursday. In a statement announcing Lake as the dinner’s featured speaker, a spokesperson for CPAC praised her as “a rare leader who captured the hearts of conservatives …

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Matt Schlapp: CPAC Will “Go Hungarian” On The Press

“CPAC is going to get more and more activists engaged in the fight on these things. And it’s not just what happens on the mainstage, it’s every news outlet is there, although Steve, I do want to break some news. “We’ve decided to go a little bit Hungarian on the left-wing, I don’t want to call it press or media …

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Walker Staffer Sues Matt Schlapp For Alleged Groping

Welp, here’s an instant update to the post below this one: Matt Schlapp, the head of one of the nation’s largest conservative advocacy groups and an adviser to former President Donald J. Trump, was accused in a lawsuit on Tuesday of groping an employee on Herschel Walker’s Senate campaign in October. The lawsuit, filed in the Virginia Circuit Court in …

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Schlapp: I Never Groped That Man And I Might Sue

“This anonymous complaint demonstrates the accuser’s real agenda, working in concert with Daily Beast to attack and harm the Schlapp family. “The complaint is false, and the Schlapp family is suffering unbearable pain and stress due to the false allegation from an anonymous individual. “No family should have to go through this and the Schlapps and their legal team as …

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Texts Support Groping Allegations Against Matt Schlapp

CNN reports: CNN reviewed a text exchange between the staffer and a friend in politics, where the staffer is clearly upset and wondering how to tell the campaign that one of their surrogates had allegedly assaulted him. The exchange is being made public for the first time. “He’s pissed I didn’t follow him to his hotel room,” the staffer wrote. …

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CPAC Board: Libs Are Trying To Cancel Matt Schlapp

NBC News reports: On Friday evening, after this story was published, two ACU board members issued a statement standing by Schlapp. “We stand squarely behind Matt Schlapp, and the ACU Board of Directors has full confidence in his leadership of the organization,” said Charlie Gerow and Carolyn Meadows, the first and second vice chairs of the board. “We have both …

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Details Emerge In Alleged Schlapp Groping Incident

NBC News reports: Matt Schlapp, one of the nation’s most prominent conservative leaders and a top ally of former President Donald Trump, is being accused of sexually groping a male aide on Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker’s campaign in October. “He reached in between my legs and fondled me,” the former Walker staffer told NBC News in a telephone interview …

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CPAC’s Matt Schlapp Accused Of Groping Man’s Crotch

The Daily Beast reports: A staffer for Herschel Walker’s Senate campaign has alleged to The Daily Beast that longtime Republican activist Matt Schlapp made “sustained and unwanted and unsolicited” sexual contact with him while the staffer was driving Schlapp back from an Atlanta bar this October. The staffer said the incident occurred the night of Oct. 19, when Schlapp, chair …

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CPAC Sorry For Tweet Backing Annexation Of Ukraine

The Hill reports:  CPAC said there was a delay in deleting the “unapproved tweet” because of a time difference, as the organization is currently hosting a conference in Australia. CPAC also acknowledged the post had “belittled the plight of the innocent Ukraine people.” “Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine must be repelled. Putin is a madman that is putting millions of …

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CPAC Tweets Support For Putin’s Ukraine Annexation

Mediaite reports: The CPAC Twitter account earned outrage after tweeting — and quickly deleting — a message referring to “Ukraine-occupied territories” and referring to President Joe Biden’s “gift-giving” to the country as it deals with an invasion from Russia. Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton blasted the outrage stemming from the tweet, but did acknowledge it was “awkwardly-worded.” Radio host Erick …

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Gaetz And Bannon Vow Probes On COVID, The “Stolen Election,” And The “J6 Fedsurrection” After Midterms

Media Matters has the transcript: STEVE BANNON (HOST): What our folks want to know, is when we take back the House, is it going to be same-old-same-old, what’s going to be different? Are we going to go on the attack? REP. MATT GAETZ (R-FL): You know what, the truth is like a lion, it doesn’t need to be protected, it …

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Texas Lt Gov At CPAC: “God Wrote The Constitution”

The Texas Observer reports: A major theme among speakers at the conference—aside from the officially stated one, “Fire Pelosi: Save America”—was Christian identity and nationalism. In addition to leading the crowd in prayer, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick took a page right out of the John Birch Society playbook by proclaiming that the Constitution was literally written by God. “We’re …

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Orban At CPAC: “Christian Politicians Can’t Be Racist”

The Christian Post reports: Following criticism over a recent speech in which he attacked what he called an “ideological move” by the “internationalist Left” to claim that Europe is inherently “populated by peoples of mixed race,” Orbán pushed back against allegations of racism over his statement about not wanting to become “mixed race,” saying, “a Christian politician cannot be racist.” …

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CNN Panel Mocks Homocon’s “Fake Snowflake Tears”

Mediaite reports: On Friday, the Conservative Political Action Conference included a politically charged performance of a man in an orange jumpsuit, donning a MAGA hat, and sitting in a fake jail cell pretending to cry. Brandon Straka, the man in the installation, tallied days on a chalkboard and never once broke character. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)–who spoke during the …

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