{"id":1868506,"date":"2023-03-05T15:28:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T20:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cpac-2023-five-takeaways-from-the-conservative-summit-where-trump-reigned-supreme\/"},"modified":"2023-03-05T15:28:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T20:28:54","slug":"cpac-2023-five-takeaways-from-the-conservative-summit-where-trump-reigned-supreme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cpac-2023-five-takeaways-from-the-conservative-summit-where-trump-reigned-supreme\/","title":{"rendered":"CPAC 2023: Five takeaways from the conservative summit where Trump reigned supreme"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcpac-2023-five-takeaways-from-the-conservative-summit-where-trump-reigned-supreme%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1868506&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_77699312\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"'Beginning of the end': Most likely 2024 GOP hopefuls snub CPAC's DC return\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Something will be missing from this year's Conservative Political Action Conference, and it is not its famed straw poll or the kaleidoscope of color provided by the thousands of activists and conservative media darlings who attend. Instead, most potential 2024 Republican presidential candidates are missing this year's annual conference, headlined by former President Donald Trump, amid the GOP's post-Trump administration reckoning and denied allegations against American Conservative Union president and CPAC organizer Matt Schlapp.\">               <meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M48S\">               <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-01 19:33:52\">               <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/1252190_th_1677699306.jpg\">               <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1252190.mp4\">              <\/div>\n<p>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var _bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_77699312\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1252190\"} }); <\/script>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\"><\/span>An entourage of Republican stars and conservative darlings joined the annual gathering. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cpac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conservative Political Action Conference<\/a> This week, Washington, D.C., provided a measure of the GOP base\u2019s mentality as it relates to the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 battle<\/a> It&#8217;s time to get into gear. <\/p>\n<p>Ex-President <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>The confab&#8217;s dominance was evident as the other hopefuls for 2024 failed to get traction, while CPAC-goers expressed their desire for more confrontational politics. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/trump-reveals-plan-largest-domestic-deportation--history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRUMP REVEALS PLAN FOR \u2018LARGEST DOMESTIC DEPORTATION OPERATION IN AMERICAN HISTORY&#8217;<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><\/source><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source><source width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source>                                 <\/picture><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\"> Donald Trump, former President, speaks at CPAC 2023 at National Harbor, Oxon Hill (Md.) on Saturday, March 4, 2023. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)                <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\"> Alex Brandon\/AP                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The confab offered five important takeaways. <\/p>\n<p><b>Trump wins CPAC crown<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>CPAC was a success as grassroots conservatives wore MAGA clothing and asked questions about Trump&#8217;s influence on the conservative movement. <\/p>\n<p>The overwhelming majority of attendees favored Trump over his possible rivals including the former governor. Ron DeSantis. It was clear in the dozens of interviews that were conducted by Ron DeSantis. <i>Washington Examiner<\/i> The <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/cpac-2023-trump-wins-straw-poll-desantis-loses-support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CPAC straw poll<\/a> This positioned Trump as the obvious favorite for CPAC. DeSantis received 20% support while Trump got 62%. <\/p>\n<p>Trump was first at CPAC in 2011 and this win wasn&#8217;t always possible. He has also won nearly every CPAC straw vote since his election to the presidency. <\/p>\n<p>DeSantis was one of the top 2024 hopefuls. This ensured that there would be a MAGA love-fest. <\/p>\n<p><b>CPAC loses its pull<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Trump might have called CPAC Trump&#8217;s conference, but CPAC was plagued with lower attendance and more prominent sponsors than past conferences. It was clear to see the increasing divide between conservative movements and Republican Party this year. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think there&#8217;s a bit of a division in the party, and I think the party needs to get its act together. We&#8217;ve got a country to save,&#8221; The Seminole County Republican Executive Committee Chairman Bruce Cherry told the <i>Washington Examiner<\/i>. He claimed that 2023 CPAC was less than any of the two other CPACs he had attended. <\/p>\n<p>Except for Elise Stefanik (R.NY), almost everyone from the congressional Republican leadership was absent. DeSantis and former Vice President Mike Pence attended the event, while Sen. Tim Scott (R\u2013SC) skipped this year. <\/p>\n<div id=\"dsk-banner-ad-g\"><\/div>\n<p>CPAC&#8217;s annual event at the Gaylord National Resort &#038; Convention Center, outside Washington, D.C., was plagued by controversy. This year, it will be the first return since the COVID-19 pandemic. Matt Schlapp was charged with sexual misconduct. He denies the allegations. <\/p>\n<p>Traditionalist and moderate conservatives complain that the group has become a Trump cult, and drifted too far right. <\/p>\n<p><b>Transgenderism takes center stage<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>It was during the <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read more from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/five-takeaways-cpac-2023\">CPAC 2023: Five takeaways from the conservative summit where Trump reigned supreme<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An entourage of Republican stars and conservative darlings joined the annual gathering. Conservative Political Action Conference This week, Washington, D.C., provided a measure of the GOP base\u2019s mentality as it relates to the 2024 battle It&#8217;s time to get into gear. Ex-President Donald TrumpThe confab&#8217;s dominance was evident as the other hopefuls for 2024 failed &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1896521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[8016,4914,19858,20663,7778,4730,10191,3634],"class_list":["post-1868506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-8016","tag-conservative","tag-cpac","tag-reigned","tag-summit","tag-supreme","tag-takeaways","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1868506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1896521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1868506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1868506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1868506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}