Posted on 03/04/2016 11:05:12 AM PST by KansasGirl
Washington (CNN)Donald Trump will no longer speak at the annual conservative confab CPAC this weekend, he announced Friday.
Trump was scheduled to speak at the annual gathering of the who's-who of the conservative world Saturday, but said he would be campaigning, instead.
In a statement, the Trump campaign said the GOP front-runner will instead attend rallies in Kansas and Florida.
"Because of this, he will not be able to speak at CPAC as he has done for many consecutive years," the campaign said. "Mr. Trump would like to thank Matt Schlapp and all of the executives at CPAC and looks forward to returning to next year, hopefully as president of the United States."
The American Conservative Union, the conference's organizers, said it was "disappointed."
"We are very disappointed Donald Trump has decided at the last minute to drop out of CPAC," the group said. "This comes at a critical time in our movement's history. His decision sends a clear message to grassroots conservatives."
But ACU said it remains "neutral" on the presidential race.
"CPAC is the heart and soul of the conservative movement and will be, with or without Mr. Trump," ACU said. "Since we invited him several months agoand Mr. Trump accepted our invitation and terms we made it clear all candidates would follow the same format. And now he is backing out."
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Beck’s gone insane. He is jealous of Trump.
Does this mean he is dropping out the race entirely?
Yeah, let’s see their statements and quickly.
Absolutely
Shoot only a few of us here are calling Glenn Beck out for this incitement to kill a presidential candidate.
and threatening, obviously, as the main point.
I heard that if he was to speak there, the audience was going to walk out.....if that was the case, good for him!!!!
More to come from these Uniparty lunatics.
The machine will not give up power easily to the political revolution that is forming against the DNC and the GOP Establishment.
There’s no telling where they will go next. They were already scraping the bottom of the barrel trying to use Romney as an attack dog. Tried to help him so we could get rid of EH, and now he proves he’s GOPe through and through.
Not that we are surprised. Sigh.
Like every organization they get full of themselves and can forget their purpose. It has certainly changed— that purpose of theirs.
You noticed that too?
Absolutely, this cycle EVERYBODY is a “conservative”! The Establishment speaks of itself in those terms, the media does the same and lets them get by with it, and word is now TOTALLY CO-OPTED.
We were better off when we were known as the Religious Right, and/or as Fiscal Conservatives.
Notice TRUMP cleverly revives the term “silent majority”.
Quiz: Who said,
"If I told the real stories of my experiences with women, often seemingly very happily married and important women, this book would be a guaranteed best-seller." ?
A. Bill Clinton
B. David Patterson
C. David Duke
D. Donald Trump in his book, The Art of the Comeback
I agree. Give up on the debates, Donald. That way it will give Cruz and Rubio a chance to destroy each other, which is where it was going before Donald Trump became the punching bag.
Talk about denial. Trump bragged about it IN WRITING. And you call the person who points it out a liar. This is the epitome of the danger of the Trump cult - you don't bother to ever check the facts. If it is favorable to Trump, you believe it; if it is unfavorable to Trump, you deny it and attack anyone who brings it up. You do this even when it is something that Trump not only admits, but has bragged about!.
Look, dope, voters of whole states come before a room full of lobbyists. He gave them his fifty grand donation, reportedly, upthread and who said he gave his word, actually? You?
In the middle of wilding, smear campaign, he probably said he would “try” to make it, and let them know if something came up.
Changing their mind is too hard.
"Believe me." (it's a "tell.")
You’re late to the party. See post 76.
Where does Trump claim he had “extra-marital affairs”?
Nowhere, he only mentions “experiences”.
I’m a happily married man who has never cheated on my wife, yet I have experiences with women almost every day.
It’s called interacting with people and talking to them. It’s an experience. Completely innocent.
Way too many anti-Trumps need to get their heads out of the gutter.
Just heard on MSNBC this CPAC gagle is a Cruz event mostly, and with a Cruz crowd, who word had it was going to stage a walk out when TRUMP spoke.
Donald Trump never said he was perfect or did not need forgiveness he said he was not sure he asked for it. He admits if he does something wrong he tries to make it right. Nothing about being perfect.
“CPAC is the heart and soul of the conservative movement and will be, with or without Mr. Trump,”
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CPAC has invited the queers to the table.
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