‘The base is solidly behind him’: Trumpism expected to thrive at CPAC

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Admin

Lineup at annual gathering features former president’s allies – and Trump himself – suggesting his dominance is undiminished by his election loss

Ronald Solomon spent five days making the 2,300-mile drive from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Orlando, Florida, where he will sell about 75 different hat designs, 15 types of flag, 10 T-shirt designs and a range of eight face masks.

Solomon is the president of the Maga Mall, a retailer of Donald Trump and “Make America great again” merchandise. Undeterred by the former president’s 2020 election defeat and disgrace, he expects to do brisk business when the biggest annual gathering of grassroots conservatives opens on Thursday.

Trump to tell CPAC he is Republican ‘presumptive 2024 nominee’ – report

Posted on February 22, 2021 by Admin

Unnamed source tells news site Axios Trump’s speech to the rightwing event will have the message ‘I’m still in charge’

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Donald Trump will reportedly tell the Conservative Political Action Conference in Florida this week he is the man to drain the Washington swamp – as Republicans’ “presumptive 2024 nominee”.

Naomi Seibt: ‘anti-Greta’ activist called white nationalist an inspiration

Posted on February 28, 2020 by Admin

German teenager spoke at an event at US rightwing conference CPAC

A young campaigner who has been hailed by climate sceptics as the right’s answer to Greta Thunberg has previously described a white nationalist who appeared to promote “white genocide” theories as one of her “inspirations”.

Naomi Seibt, a 19-year-old from Münster, Germany, who styles herself as a “climate realist”, has also had to deny she made remarks that could be seen as antisemitic following an attack on a synagogue last year.

Democratic oversight is ‘bullshit’: Trump goes off-script at CPAC

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Admin

President slams Russia investigation and Green New Deal
Trump is a national security risk – still Republicans back him

Donald Trump sought to regain his footing after a torrid week with a fiery speech using two of his favourite tactics: going off script and hurling insults at opponents.