Annual meeting in the US and other countries
The
Conservative Political Action Conference
(
CPAC
SEE
-pak
) is an annual political conference attended by
conservative
activists
and elected officials from across the
United States
. CPAC is hosted by the
American Conservative Union
(ACU).
[1]
The first CPAC took place in 1974.
The same name and acronym has been used for conferences in other countries.
History
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1974
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The conference was founded in 1974 by the
American Conservative Union
and
Young Americans for Freedom
as a small gathering of dedicated conservatives.
[2]
[3]
[4]
Ronald Reagan
gave the inaugural keynote speech at CPAC in 1974.
[5]
The presidential hopeful used it to share his vision for the country?"A Shining City Upon A Hill," words borrowed from
John Winthrop
.
[6]
2010?2017
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The 2010 CPAC featured co-sponsorship for the first time from
GOProud
, a gay conservative group. GoProud is credited in the media for initiating talks with ACU to invite
Donald Trump
to speak at CPAC 2011.
[7]
The 2011 CPAC speech Trump gave, is credited for helping kick-start his political career within the
Republican Party
.
[8]
[9]
[10]
Christopher R. Barron
, co-founder of GOProud who would later not only endorse Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, but also launch LGBT for Trump, said he "would love to see Mr. Trump run for president".
In 2014, CPAC extended an invitation to
American Atheists
, which was immediately withdrawn on the same day due to controversial statements by AA's president David Silverman, who declared his group was going to "enlighten conservatives" and that "the Christian right should be threatened by us".
[11]
The 2015 CPAC featured
Jamila Bey
who became the first atheist activist to address CPAC's annual meeting.
[12]
The 2016 CPAC featured co-sponsorship for the first time from the
Log Cabin Republicans
.
[13]
In December 2016, CPAC extended an invitation to conservative blogger
Milo Yiannopoulos
to speak at the event, despite his history of controversial views on feminism, racial minorities, and transgender issues. The invitation was canceled when the
Reagan Battalion
re-posted a video of 2016 and 2015
YouTube
videos
[14]
in which Yiannopoulos
is heard making comments defending sexual relationships between adult men and 13-year-old boys
, citing his own sexual experiences at that age with a Catholic priest.
[15]
Richard Spencer
, a figurehead of the
alt-right
and a
white supremacist
, entered the lobby of the Gaylord National Hotel on February 23, 2017, in an attempt to access CPAC. Organizers of the conference ejected him from the hotel as soon as his presence was discovered, citing his "repugnant [views which] ... have absolutely nothing to do with conservatism or what we do here" as cause for rejecting his admission to CPAC.
[16]
ACU's Executive Director Dan Schneider castigated Spencer and the alt-right in a main-stage speech, calling them "garden-variety, left-wing fascists," and saying that the alt-right "despises everything [conservatives] believe in".
[17]
[18]
Media members across the political spectrum condemned the intrusion as yet another attempt by groups like the alt-right to conceal their extremist views within a legitimate philosophy. Opinion columns in
The New York Times
, and articles in
Mother Jones
and
Rolling Stone
voiced concern about the 2017 interview of ex-Trump Adviser
Steve Bannon
and ex-Trump Chief of Staff
Reince Priebus
with ACU Chairman
Matt Schlapp
, advocating for the American Right to reject the tenets of the alt-right, including homophobia, xenophobia, sexism, and racism.
[19]
[20]
[21]
2019
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The 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference was held at the
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
in
Oxon Hill, Maryland
, from February 27 to March 2, 2019. The event was headlined by President Trump, with many additional speakers. Themes throughout the conference were fighting against socialism; criminal justice reform; China; and criticizing
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
and the
Green New Deal
.
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citation needed
]
2020?2021
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In 2020, CPAC hosted its main event just prior to the federal emergency declaration regarding the
COVID-19 pandemic
. On Saturday, March 7, 2020, ACU confirmed that an attendee at the 2020 CPAC had tested positive for
COVID-19
. Senator
Ted Cruz
, Representatives
Matt Gaetz
,
Paul Gosar
,
Doug Collins
, and
Mark Meadows
had recent contact with the patient, who remained unnamed; none of whom would go on to test positive immediately after the event.
[22]
[23]
The following year, the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference was held during the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous customary venue for CPAC, (
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
) in
National Harbor, Maryland
was subject to restrictions in
Maryland
, issued by Republican governor
Larry Hogan
, who had restricted gathering sizes to a maximum of 10.
[24]
[25]
As a result, the conference was relocated to
Orlando, Florida
,
[25]
which had removed all prior pandemic-related limits on gathering sizes.
[26]
The event was still subject to Orlando mandatory mask-wearing rules. Notwithstanding those restrictions, numerous attendees chose to not wear masks during the event, despite frequent announcements by the event's organizers and hotel staff, requesting attendees to comply with the local mask-wearing mandate.
[27]
Florida Governor
Ron DeSantis
characterized the state's resistance to pandemic gathering-size limits as comporting with the state's status as "an oasis of freedom."
[27]
The conference's theme, "America Uncancelled", sought to highlight alleged attempts by social media companies, the
Democratic Party
, U.S. universities and progressive organizations to censor conservatives' public expression of their political views. The conference's main event was a closing address by former U.S. president
Donald Trump
, his first public address and political speech since leaving office. Trump spent significant portions of the speech criticizing his successor,
Joe Biden
. The speech received significant media coverage in anticipation of Trump's announcement of his post-presidential political activity.
A second 2021 conference was held in
Dallas
from July 9 to 11 at the
Hilton Anatole
hotel.
[28]
The theme of the conference was immigration policy and border security, in the context of the ongoing
migrant crisis at the U.S. Southern Border
.
2022
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The 2022 conference was held on February 24 to 27 in
Orlando, Florida
.
[29]
Speakers included Trump, Florida governor
Ron DeSantis
, and former Democratic congresswoman and presidential candidate
Tulsi Gabbard
.
[30]
As in 2021, a second conference was held in
Dallas
, Texas from August 4 to 6. Speakers included Trump, Hungarian Prime Minister
Viktor Orban
, Arizona Republican Gubernatorial candidate
Kari Lake
, and many congressional representatives.
As part of one of the 2022 break-out sessions, the Dallas CPAC conference displayed a banner across their main stage with the phrase "We are all
domestic terrorists
."
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[32]
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[35]
2023
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CPAC returned to
National Harbor, Maryland
for their 2023 conference. Major speakers at the winter event included
Donald Trump
,
Steve Bannon
, U.S. House members
Marjorie Taylor Greene
,
Matt Gaetz
and
Lauren Boebert
, presidential candidate
Nikki Haley
, and
Donald Trump Jr.
[36]
Attendance was thinner than at previous conferences, with the main ballroom often half-full during speeches, though Trump drew a capacity crowd.
[37]
[38]
He said he would not withdraw from the 2024 presidential race if he was indicted as a result of federal and state investigations underway.
[39]
CNN fact checker
Daniel Dale
found that Trump "made some of his most thoroughly dishonest speeches" at the conference.
[40]
Trump said, in part:
In 2016, I declared: I am your voice. Today, I add: I am your warrior. I am your justice. And for those who have been wronged and betrayed: I am your retribution.
[41]
Also during the conference political commentator
Michael Knowles
called for the elimination of "transgenderism," arguing that those who identify as
transgender
are "laboring a delusion, and we need to correct that delusion." Knowles further stated that "there can be no middle way in dealing with transgenderism," and that "for the good of society, and especially for the good of the poor people who have fallen prey to this confusion, transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely."
[42]
Knowles' comments were criticized by several political media figures, including
civil rights
attorney
Alejandra Caraballo
, describing them as
genocidal
.
[43]
Knowles demanded that
The Daily Beast
retract a headline stating that he was calling for the eradication of the "transgender community".
[44]
Presidential candidate
Vivek Ramaswamy
later alleged that a political consultant with ties to CPAC had offered to rig the straw poll in his favor in exchange for a fee exceeding $100,000, which Ramaswamy refused.
[45]
Longtime CPAC board member and vice-chair
Charlie Gerow
resigned in August 2023, calling for investigations of
Matt Schlapp
and the organization's financial practices. He said, "The situation at CPAC has become such that I felt compelled to resign." Four other longtime board members resigned earlier in the year, with one citing concerns over CPAC's financial reports.
[46]
2024
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CPAC returned to National Harbor, Maryland for their February 2024 conference. Speakers included
Donald Trump
, Vivek Ramaswamy,
Ben Carson
, Steve Bannon, Nigel Farage,
Liz Truss
,
Javier Milei
,
Nayib Bukele
,
Santiago Abascal
, deposed Catholic bishop
Joseph Strickland
and many
[
which?
]
Senators and Members of Congress.
[47]
[48]
[49]
Politico
noted that CPAC had been diminished due to the previous year's scandals involving Matt Schlapp and belief that the conference had "come to be seen as a mere adjunct of Trumpism".
[49]
During an event at CPAC on February 23,
alt-right
commentator
Jack Posobiec
made a speech that was widely covered in the media, stating "Welcome to the end of democracy – we're here to overthrow it completely. We didn't get all the way there on
January 6th
, but we will endeavor to get rid of it and replace it with this right here" holding his clenched fist in the air. "Because all glory is not to government ? all glory to God."
[50]
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[53]
The event notably featured several
neo-Nazis
who were able to secure official CPAC badges to walk the show floor and were not ejected unlike previous years.
[54]
[55]
In addition to the annual presidential straw poll, a poll was also taken on who should be presumptive nominee Trump's vice president.
Kristi Noem
and
Vivek Ramaswamy
tied at 15%, followed by
Tulsi Gabbard
at 9%, and
Elise Stefanik
and
Tim Scott
at 8%.
[56]
Opposition to Donald Trump among some conservatives led to a rival conference held by the group Principles First.
[57]
Annual straw poll
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The annual CPAC
straw poll
vote traditionally serves as a barometer for the feelings of the conservative movement. During the conference, attendees are encouraged to fill out a survey that asks questions on a variety of issues. The questions regarding the most popular possible presidential candidates are the most widely reported. One component of CPAC is evaluating conservative candidates for president, and the straw poll serves generally to quantify conservative opinion.
In total, former U.S. President
Donald Trump
holds the record for the most wins in CPAC straw polls with seven (as of February 2024
[update]
).
Mitt Romney
follows with four, and
Ronald Reagan
,
Jack Kemp
, and
Rand Paul
follow with three wins each, followed by
Ron Paul
with two wins. Of these five, the Pauls are the only two to win more than one straw poll, yet never appear on a Republican presidential ticket in any election, although Ron Paul did receive one
Electoral College
vote in 2016.
[87]
Despite his former popularity, Romney was not invited from CPAC in 2020 because of his vote to hear additional witnesses in the
first impeachment trial of Donald Trump
[88]
and was also not invited to the 2021 CPAC after he voted to convict Trump on one count in his
second impeachment trial
.
[89]
CPAC's chairman said he could not ensure Romney's "physical safety" at the 2020 CPAC conference.
[90]
Foreign CPACs
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Australia
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Australia's first CPAC was held in August 2019 by Andrew Cooper,
[91]
founder of conservative think-tank LibertyWorks. Guest speakers included former prime minister
Tony Abbott
,
Brexit
campaign leader
Nigel Farage
, former
Breitbart News
editor-in-chief
Raheem Kassam
and NSW
One Nation
leader
Mark Latham
. Liberal Senator
Amanda Stoker
and
Craig Kelly
MP were at the event. There were calls for Kassam to be banned from coming into the country before the event.
[92]
[93]
The second conference was held in November 2020.
[94]
Canadian
alt-right
YouTuber
Lauren Southern
was initially scheduled to appear, but her invitation was rescinded by the organizers.
[95]
The 2022 conference was held in
Sydney
on October 1. Attendees included Tony Abbott,
Eric Abetz
,
Katherine Deves
, Nigel Farage,
Jacinta Price
and
Amanda Stoker
.
[96]
The 2023 conference was held in
Sydney
from August 19?20.
[97]
[98]
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One prominent speaking point of the conference was in opposition to the proposed constitutional amendment to create an
Indigenous voice to parliament
. Tony Abbott,
Warren Mundine
and
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price
were among the speakers at the conference.
[100]
Brazil
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The first CPAC in Brazil took place on 11?12 October 2019, in the city of Sao Paulo, attended by leading American conservatives including ACU chairman
Matt Schlapp
and his wife
Mercedes Schlapp
, Utah senator
Mike Lee
, Fox News specialist
Walid Phares
, as well as Brazilian figures including President
Jair Bolsonaro
's son
Eduardo Bolsonaro
, the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ernesto Araujo
, and the Prince Imperial of Brazil
Bertrand Maria Jose de Orleans e Braganca
and others.
[101]
[102]
The ACU Foundation announced that the event would take place annually in Brazil from 2019.
[103]
[104]
In September 2021,
Jason Miller
, a former senior adviser to
Donald Trump
, and other American right-wing media personalities in his traveling party, were detained and questioned for three hours at
Brasilia International Airport
following participation in the 2021 CPAC Brazil Conference. The investigation was part of an inquiry by Brazilian Supreme Court Justice
Alexandre de Moraes
into misinformation allegedly perpetuated by the administration of President
Jair Bolsonaro
. Miller had praised Bolsonaro's supporters as "proud patriots" and claimed they had been deplatformed and
shadow banned
by Brazilian authorities.
[105]
Miller continued to advise Jair Bolsonaro after his October 2022 election defeat, meeting with the president's son,
Eduardo Bolsonaro
, in November 2022, as protests and election challenges continued.
[106]
Hungary
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A conservative conference billed by the organizers as CPAC Hungary was held on May 19?20, 2022 in
Budapest
,
Hungary
.
[107]
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[109]
Speakers included Hungary's Prime Minister
Viktor Orban
; Spain's
Vox party
leader
Santiago Abascal
;
Eduardo Bolsonaro
; right-wing US commentator
Candace Owens
;
Ernst Roets
, the Deputy CEO of
AfriForum
;
[110]
and former US White House chief of staff
Mark Meadows
,
[111]
as well as far-right US conspiracy theorist
Jack Posobiec
and Hungarian journalist
Zsolt Bayer
.
[112]
CPAC 2024 in Hungary attracted attention by refusing registration to journalists from various national media, using 'CPAC is a NO WOKE ZONE' as an argument.
[113]
The event was attended by 3000 participants, among them 500 from abroad, from 6 continents: two Prime Ministers in office (Irakli Kobakhidze (Georgia) and Viktor Orban (Hungary), three former Prime Ministers (Tony Abbot, Mateusz Morawiecky, and Janes Jansa), seven ministers in office (5 Hungarians and 2 Israelis), ten presidents of political parties (amongst them: Satiago Abascal, Geert Wilder, and Tom van Grieken), three American congressmen (
Andy Harris
, Paul Gosar, and Keith Self), and seven high ranking Polish political leaders. Participants of the conference were greated with video messages by: Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States of America, Vivek Ramaswamy, former candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States, and Andre Ventura, founder of the Portguese party Chega!.
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Japan
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The first international CPAC was hosted in Tokyo on December 16?17, 2017 by the Japanese Conservative Union (JCU) in conjunction with the American Conservative Union (ACU).
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JCU and ACU have continued to co-host J-CPACs every year since. Participants have included notable lawmakers and conservatives from the U.S., Japan, and around the world. They include ACU chairman Matt Schlapp and executive director Dan Schneider, White House chief of staff
Mick Mulvaney
, U.S. Representatives
Bruce Westerman
, and
Paul Gosar
, Fmr. METI Minister
Akira Amari
, Fmr. Defense Minister
Gen Nakatani
, Fmr. Defense Minister
Tomomi Inada
, Fmr. Taiwanese Finance Minister and WTO ambassador
Ching-Chang Wen
[
zh
]
, journalist Sara Carter, then-SEC commissioner
Michael Piwowar
, Asia expert and commentator
Gordon G. Chang
, to name just a few. Hong Kong localist activist
Andy Chan Ho-tin
attended Japanese CPAC 2019 by video after he was arrested in Hong Kong on his way to Tokyo to make a live appearance.
[116]
ryu chulwoong was registered as an advisor to JCU and APCU in Japan and was also invited to JCpac2021.
Mexico
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The first CPAC in Mexico (CPAC Mexico) took place on November 18?19, 2022 at a
Westin hotel
in
Santa Fe, Mexico City
. Speakers included former Trump White House advisor
Steve Bannon
, American anti-abortion activist
Abby Johnson
,
Eduardo Bolsonaro
, Argentinian presidential candidate
Javier Milei
, former Chilean presidential candidate
Jose Antonio Kast
, and Juan Ivan Pena Neder, the President of the Mexican Republicans.
[117]
It was organized by Mexican
anti-abortion
activist
Eduardo Verastegui
.
[118]
[117]
At the start of the conference, a group of
anti-fascist
protesters wearing
Che Guevara
shirts and waving red
hammer and sickle
flags showed up at the hotel; Matt Schlapp dubbed the protest "CPAC Derangement Syndrome".
[117]
South Korea
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The first CPAC in South Korea (KCPAC) took place between 3 October 2019, in the city of Seoul. They include ACU chairman Matt Schlapp and executive director Dan Schneider, Fmr. acting United States Attorney General
Matthew Whitaker
, Fmr. Deputy National Security Advisor of the United States
K. T. McFarland
, Asia expert and commentator Gordon G. Chang, Fox News host
Jeanine Pirro
, Founder of the New Institute Andrew Crilly, Fox News Contributor Sara A. Carter, Professor of law at Handong International Law School Eric Enlow, Professor emeritus at Yonsei University Kim Dong-gil, Fmr. public security prosecutor Koh Young-ju, Co-chairperson KCPAC Annie M. H. Chan, Fmr. Prime minister of South Korea
Hwang Kyo-ahn
, Liberty Korea Party members of the National Assembly
Kim Jin-tae
and Chun Hee-kyung and Min Kyung-wook, Director of the International Strategic Research Institute Kim Jung-min, Director of Korea Institute for Crisis Management Analysis Huh Nam-sung, Fmr. Director of Korea Institute for National Unification Kim Tae-woo, Founder and former Chief of Pennmike Chung Kyu-jae, Lawyer Chae Myung-sung, Leader of Dawn of Liberty Party Park Kyul, Leader of Truth Forum Kim Eun-koo.
[119]
In Korea, Min Kyung-wook and Ryu Chulwoong presented at CPAC2021 in the United States.
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