Posted on 02/28/2023 9:25:56 AM PST by SoConPubbie
As the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is set to return to the Washington, DC area this week after spending the pandemic years in Orlando, former Vice President Mike Pence and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who are both being eyed for presidential runs in 2024, are not expected to attend.
DeSantis, who spoke at last year’s conference in Orlando, Florida, reportedly has "other plans" and will not be attending, according to News 4 Jax. A CPAC spokesperson told the outlet on Monday that the Florida Governor is currently not slated to attend the event.
DeSantis is set to headline two Republican fundraisers in Texas on Saturday, and at a reception for the GOP of Orange County, California on Sunday.
Sources told ABC News that Pence has declined an invitation to the conference.
"It's a missed opportunity for any potential Presidential Candidate to not address the thousands of grassroots activists at CPAC this year. Luckily, CPAC attendees will get to hear from every announced Presidential candidate and over 100 premiere speakers, including over 30 elected officials," Megan Powers, a spokesperson for CPAC, told ABC News on Saturday.
Both former President Donald Trump and former Ambassador Nikki Haley, who have announced their runs for president, are scheduled to speak at the conference, with Trump giving the keynote address.
Ditto here. I reckon since he immediately stuck his nose in McConnell's crack that McConnell has him out beating the ground for money to be turned over to McConnell's general slush fund. Hit up on the marks he fooled into thinking that he's anything but a Silicon Valley RINO.
ABOUT DAMN TIME!
The CCP hasn’t been stealing our technology. GREEDY MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS HAVE BEEN HANDING IT TO THEM! TIME TO TAKE IT BACK.
And why in hell aren’t the CCC (Climate Change Clowns) raising hell about the thousand DIESEL powered CONTAINER SHIPS moving the stuff?
http://politicalsignal.com/donald-trump-unveils-plan-for-pro-american-trade-policy-aimed-at-independence-from-china/
He’s living rent free in your head...24/7
+1
Further I suspect that if DeSantis attended CPAC, he knows Trump would go over the top even more than usual with the ad hominem schoolyard taunts.
Perhaps Ron feels he doesn’t want to escalate Trump, who is, I fear, too predictable at this point. Remember there is an actual election coming up after the mud rasslin’ is over.
That said, I’d hope Trump leaves the schoolyard behind and acts as presidential as we need him to.
It’s interesting.
CPAC = activists and the base. Trump is a lot closer to them than his would be challengers.
It should tell you something .
I do not give any politician any money at all.....
they are afraid to go head-to-head with Trump - wonder why????
Second that!!
Hopefully he's not...just building up his political war chest, and using some of the money to help Conservatives get elected. If he does give some of that money away, people need to keep track of who it's going to.
Derek Sissors/AEI on US "Outgoing (and restricted portfolio Investment"
..." The 2021 data just appeared. They show cumulative US portfolio investment of $950 billion in China , the fourth-largest foreign recipient. We have little idea what the money is doing..." [emphasis added]
It’s a no-brainer, really. He can get into a knock-down bloody fight with Trump and maybe get nominated, but even then be damaged or damage Trump as the nominee, or he can cash in on a great record as governor to run in 2028.
smart men...
nobody in their right mind would want to visit or live in washington dc nowadays...
you’re preaching from a keyboard while desantis is on the front lines winning the battle...
thank you for proving you’re a hypocrite...
desantis is fighting the war on wokeness and the grooming and the indoctrination of floridians children in our education system...
you know this...
your willful ignorance is on full display...
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