List of speakers:
Kelly Ayotte
U.S. Senator
Jeb Bush
Former Governor of Florida
Eric Cantor
House Majority Leader
Al Cardenas
ACU Chairman
Dr. Ben Carson
Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Francesca Chambers
Editor, Red Alert Politics
Ted Cruz
U.S. Senator
Ken Cuccinelli
Virginia Attorney General
Artur Davis
Former U.S. Representative
Carly Fiorina
ACU Board Member
Tom Fitton
President, Judicial Watch
Jeff Frazee
President, Young Americans for Liberty
Newt Gingrich
Former House Speaker
Kristan Hawkins
President, Students for Life
Chelsi Henry
Outreach Chair, Young Republican National Federation
Bobby Jindal
Governor of Louisiana
Ron Johnson
U.S. Senator
Sonnie Johnson
Founder, “Did She Say That”/Breitbart News Network
David Keene
President, NRA
Katie Kieffer
Wayne LaPierre
Executive VP, NRA
Mike Lee
U.S. Senator
Art Linares
Connecticut State Senator
Dana Loesch
Host, “The Dana Loesch Show”
Nicole Malliotakis
New York State Assemblywoman
Alexander McCobin
President, Students for Liberty
Mitch McConnell
U.S. Senate Republican Leader
Kate Obenshain
Author/Commentator
Sarah Palin
Former Governor of Alaska
Rand Paul
U.S. Senator
Katie Pavlich
News Editor, Town Hall
Rick Perry
Governor of Texas
Mitt Romney
Former Republican Presidential Candidate
Wayne Allyn Root
2008 Libertarian Nominee for Vice President
Marco Rubio
U.S. Senator
Paul Ryan
Chairman, House Budget Committee
Rick Santorum
Former U.S. Senator
Tim Scott
U.S. Senator
T.W. Shannon
Speaker, Oklahoma House of Representatives
Pat Toomey
U.S. Senator
Scott Walker
Governor of Wisconsin
Allen West
Former U.S. Representative
Crystal Wright
Editor & Publisher, conservativeblackchick.com
Jeb Bush, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Eric Cantor, Mitch McConnell ...
The fact that those people are invited speakers tells you that the ACU’s goal has little to do with conservatism.
They could scratch Jeb Bush and Eric Cantor and I probably wouldn’t complain. I think the establishment is pushing them on us for 2016. There may be another one or two squishes on the list that I don’t need to hear from again.
I’m done with squishes.
Carly Fiorina is an ACU board member?!! When did Carly become so prominent in the conservative movement?
Not one of them will address the communist-Islamist alliance that put a foreign enemy combatant in our White House - who is systematically destroying this country’s foundations, abandoning our allies, and lifting up our enemies. They are guard dogs that rolled over and fell asleep while the enemy ransacked the whole house.
Right now there is nobody who gets much but a “meh” from me. Nobody in the public eye has the courage to be real with the country about what is happening. Some are braver than others but none will address the elephant in the room.
Certainly some squish on that list (McConnell? Carly Fiorina? Noot? REALLY?) but on the whole, a pretty good one.
The one that really bugs me, though, is Romney. He’s literally yesterday’s news and his candidacy split the conservative movement right down the middle. He did far more harm than good to the conservative cause and really shouldn’t have been invited.
They have Allen West and Sarah Palin on to speak?
Maybe there is still some hope.