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Politics
A.J. Cooke

CPAC 2023 In Decline Despite Trump As Keynote Speaker

CPAC Kari Lake Marjorie Taylor Greene Matt Schlapp Z News Inc MD Oxon Hill Daily Beast Tom Rogers Conservative Political Action Conference
Foyer leading to the Chesapeake Rooms at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Oxon Hill, MD on Mar 3, 2023 during the Conservative Political Action Conference. Roman Buhler, National Director of the Madison Coalition, enthusiastically promotes the Keep 9 Amendment - a bi-partisan effort towards a constitutional amendment which would ban packing of the Supreme Court. (A.J. Cooke/Zenger) © Z News Inc.

OXON HILL, Md. – The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the flagship event for right-wing activists and politicos across America, saw a visible drop in attendance – if not energy – this year despite numerous high-profile speakers including former President Donald J. Trump and Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake.

This comes on the heels of a $9.4 million lawsuit against CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp – first reported by the Daily Beast – by a longtime Republican staffer who accused him of groping his penis in a “sustained and unwanted and unsolicited” manner.

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