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EXCLUSIVE: The Conservative Political Action Conference is kicking off in Orlando, Florida on Thursday under the banner of ‘Awake not Woke’— a theme that aims to hammer the left and serve as “the starting gun” for Republicans ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
The premier annual conservative gathering, held in Orlando at The Rosen Shingle Creek from Thursday, Feb. 24 through Sunday, Feb. 27, will feature speeches and presentations from former President Donald Trump, Republican lawmakers, former Trump administration officials, and more.
Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, U.S., February 28, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque – RC1556BA8460
“CPAC will be the starting gun to the 2022 election and it expresses the mood of our coalition of Americans,” CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp told Fox News. “I’m expecting CPAC Florida to be a packed house because America is experiencing a great Un-Wokening.”
“From San Francisco and Seattle to border towns and Virginia it’s clear that people are simply exhausted from being barred from speaking their minds and this attack on American families and their children,” Schlapp told Fox News.
“When we invited top speakers this year, almost everyone said yes and is coming, starting with President Trump,” Schlapp said.
CPAC annually brings together more than 18,000 people from college-aged to retired, representing conservative organizations, educational institutions, elected officials, thought leaders, media personalities, and grassroots activists “who fight for conservatism in America and abroad,” the CPAC website states.
This year, though, Schlapp told Fox News CPAC will also “have record numbers of high school kids as they battle the war on gender and girls sports.”
“The most gratifying aspect of CPAC will be speakers who would not consider…
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