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Conservative Political Action Conference

January 01, 1970

The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC /ˈsiːpæk/ 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.

Conservative Political Action Conference
Logo of CPAC since 2014
DatesFebruary/March/July (dates vary)
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland, U.S. (2024)
Inaugurated1974; 50 years ago (1974)
Most recentFeb 21–24, 2024
Organized byAmerican Conservative Union
Websitecpac.conservative.org

The same name and acronym has been used for conferences in other countries.

History edit

President Ronald Reagan speaking at the 1985 CPAC
 
President George W. Bush speaking at the 2008 CPAC
 
President Donald Trump speaking at the 2018 CPAC

1974 edit

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 edit

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In 2014, CPAC extended an invitation to American Atheists, which was immediately withdrawn on the same day due to controversial statements by AA's president David Silverman, who declared his group was going to "enlighten conservatives" and that "the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 edit

Main article: 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference

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.[citation needed]

2020–2021 edit

Main article: 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference

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 edit

 
CPAC Florida 2022

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 Orbán, 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."[31][32][33][34][35]

2023 edit

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 edit

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][51][52][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 edit

 
Straw poll results at the 2015 CPAC, showing Rand Paul as the apparent winner

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.

Year Straw poll winner % of votes Second place % of votes Eventual Republican nominee
1974–75 Polling irregular?[citation needed] Gerald Ford (1976)
1976 Ronald Reagan[58] 77.2 George Wallace 14.6
1977–79 Polling irregular?[citation needed] Ronald Reagan (1980)
1980 Ronald Reagan[59] n/a n/a n/a
1981–83 Not held (Ronald Reagan's nomination presumptive)[59] Ronald Reagan (1984)
1984 Ronald Reagan[59] n/a n/a n/a
1985 Not held[59] George H. W. Bush (1988)
1986 Jack Kemp[60][61] n/a George H. W. Bush n/a
1987 Jack Kemp[62] 68 Pat Buchanan 9
1988 Not held[59]
1989–91 Not held (George H. W. Bush's nomination presumptive)[59] George H. W. Bush (1992)
1992 Pat Buchanan[63] ? ? ?
1993 Jack Kemp[64] n/a n/a n/a Bob Dole (1996)
1994 Not held[59]
1995 Phil Gramm[65] 40 Bob Dole 12
1996 Bob Dole[66] 26 Pat Buchanan 24
1997 Not held[59] George W. Bush (2000)
1998 Steve Forbes[67] 23 George W. Bush 10
1999 Gary Bauer[68][69] 28 George W. Bush 24
2000 George W. Bush[70] 42 Alan Keyes 23
2001–04 Not held (George W. Bush's nomination presumptive)[71] George W. Bush (2004)
2005 Rudy Giuliani[72] 19 Condoleezza Rice 18 John McCain (2008)
2006 George Allen[73] 22 John McCain 20
2007 Mitt Romney[73] 21 Rudy Giuliani 17
2008 Mitt Romney[73] 35 John McCain 34
2009 Mitt Romney[73][74] 20 Bobby Jindal 14 Mitt Romney (2012)
2010 Ron Paul[73][75] 31 Mitt Romney 22
2011 Ron Paul[76] 30 Mitt Romney 23
2012 Mitt Romney[77] 38 Rick Santorum 31
2013 Rand Paul[78] 25 Marco Rubio 23 Donald Trump (2016)
2014 Rand Paul[79] 31 Ted Cruz 11
2015 Rand Paul 26 Scott Walker 21
2016 Ted Cruz 40 Marco Rubio 30
2017–18 Not held (Donald Trump's nomination presumptive)[80] Donald Trump (2020)
2019 Donald Trump[81][82] 82 Mitt Romney 6
2020 Not held (Donald Trump's nomination presumptive)[83]
2021 (1) Donald Trump[84] 55 Ron DeSantis 21 Donald Trump (2024)
(presumptive)
2021 (2) Donald Trump[85] 70 Ron DeSantis 21
2022 (1) Donald Trump[86] 59 Ron DeSantis 28
2022 (2) Donald Trump 69 Ron DeSantis 24
2023 Donald Trump 62 Ron DeSantis 20
2024 Donald Trump 94 Nikki Haley 5

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). 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 edit

Australia edit

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][99] 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 edit

The first CPAC in Brazil took place on 11–12 October 2019, in the city of São 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 Araújo, and the Prince Imperial of Brazil Bertrand Maria José de Orléans e Bragança 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 Brasília 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 edit

 
Viktor Orbán speaking at CPAC Hungary
 
Rick Santorum speaking at CPAC Hungary 2022

A conservative conference billed by the organizers as CPAC Hungary was held on May 19–20, 2022 in Budapest, Hungary.[107][108][109] Speakers included Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán; 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 Orbán (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 André Ventura, founder of the Portguese party Chega!.[114]

Japan edit

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).[115] 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 edit

The first CPAC in Mexico (CPAC México) 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 José Antonio Kast, and Juan Iván Peña Neder, the President of the Mexican Republicans.[117] It was organized by Mexican anti-abortion activist Eduardo Verástegui.[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 edit

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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The Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC ˈ s iː p ae k 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 Conservative Political Action ConferenceLogo of CPAC since 2014DatesFebruary March July dates vary FrequencyAnnualLocation s Gaylord National Resort amp Convention Center National Harbor Maryland U S 2024 Inaugurated1974 50 years ago 1974 Most recentFeb 21 24 2024Organized byAmerican Conservative UnionWebsitecpac wbr conservative wbr org The same name and acronym has been used for conferences in other countries Contents 1 History 1 1 1974 1 2 2010 2017 1 3 2019 1 4 2020 2021 1 5 2022 1 6 2023 1 7 2024 2 Annual straw poll 3 Foreign CPACs 3 1 Australia 3 2 Brazil 3 3 Hungary 3 4 Japan 3 5 Mexico 3 6 South Korea 4 References 5 External linksHistory edit source source source source source source President Ronald Reagan speaking at the 1985 CPAC nbsp President George W Bush speaking at the 2008 CPAC nbsp President Donald Trump speaking at the 2018 CPAC 1974 edit 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 edit 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 edit Main article 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference The 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference was held at the Gaylord National Resort amp 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 citation needed 2020 2021 edit Main article 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference 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 amp 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 edit nbsp CPAC Florida 2022 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 31 32 33 34 35 2023 edit 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 edit 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 51 52 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 edit nbsp Straw poll results at the 2015 CPAC showing Rand Paul as the apparent winner 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 Year Straw poll winner of votes Second place of votes Eventual Republican nominee 1974 75 Polling irregular citation needed Gerald Ford 1976 1976 Ronald Reagan 58 77 2 George Wallace 14 6 1977 79 Polling irregular citation needed Ronald Reagan 1980 1980 Ronald Reagan 59 n a n a n a 1981 83 Not held Ronald Reagan s nomination presumptive 59 Ronald Reagan 1984 1984 Ronald Reagan 59 n a n a n a 1985 Not held 59 George H W Bush 1988 1986 Jack Kemp 60 61 n a George H W Bush n a 1987 Jack Kemp 62 68 Pat Buchanan 9 1988 Not held 59 1989 91 Not held George H W Bush s nomination presumptive 59 George H W Bush 1992 1992 Pat Buchanan 63 1993 Jack Kemp 64 n a n a n a Bob Dole 1996 1994 Not held 59 1995 Phil Gramm 65 40 Bob Dole 12 1996 Bob Dole 66 26 Pat Buchanan 24 1997 Not held 59 George W Bush 2000 1998 Steve Forbes 67 23 George W Bush 10 1999 Gary Bauer 68 69 28 George W Bush 24 2000 George W Bush 70 42 Alan Keyes 23 2001 04 Not held George W Bush s nomination presumptive 71 George W Bush 2004 2005 Rudy Giuliani 72 19 Condoleezza Rice 18 John McCain 2008 2006 George Allen 73 22 John McCain 20 2007 Mitt Romney 73 21 Rudy Giuliani 17 2008 Mitt Romney 73 35 John McCain 34 2009 Mitt Romney 73 74 20 Bobby Jindal 14 Mitt Romney 2012 2010 Ron Paul 73 75 31 Mitt Romney 22 2011 Ron Paul 76 30 Mitt Romney 23 2012 Mitt Romney 77 38 Rick Santorum 31 2013 Rand Paul 78 25 Marco Rubio 23 Donald Trump 2016 2014 Rand Paul 79 31 Ted Cruz 11 2015 Rand Paul 26 Scott Walker 21 2016 Ted Cruz 40 Marco Rubio 30 2017 18 Not held Donald Trump s nomination presumptive 80 Donald Trump 2020 2019 Donald Trump 81 82 82 Mitt Romney 6 2020 Not held Donald Trump s nomination presumptive 83 2021 1 Donald Trump 84 55 Ron DeSantis 21 Donald Trump 2024 presumptive 2021 2 Donald Trump 85 70 Ron DeSantis 21 2022 1 Donald Trump 86 59 Ron DeSantis 28 2022 2 Donald Trump 69 Ron DeSantis 24 2023 Donald Trump 62 Ron DeSantis 20 2024 Donald Trump 94 Nikki Haley 5 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 editAustralia edit 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 99 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 edit 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 edit nbsp Viktor Orban speaking at CPAC Hungary nbsp Rick Santorum speaking at CPAC Hungary 2022 A conservative conference billed by the organizers as CPAC Hungary was held on May 19 20 2022 in Budapest Hungary 107 108 109 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 114 Japan edit 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 115 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 edit 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 edit 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 References edit CPAC 2015 Straw Poll Rand Paul wins again but Scott Walker is 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