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Going to CPAC is not cheap. Most Americans are concerned with the economy. These far right elitists are back on their bullshit grievances. They have control of the federal government and yet they're still blaming the left for the chaos they created.

The Conservative Political Action Conference is an annual gathering of America and some of the world's biggest assholes. They have nothing better to do with their lives other than convince dumb ass Americans to believe the elite will save them and the vulnerable will harm them.

Most of the people showing up are rich, powerful and always in the ear of a Republican politician or president.

With a damn war going on and so much chaos in the United States, one would think the President of the United States and members of Congress would skip this event...

Well, several of the Trump Administration will make an appearance in Grapevine, Texas.

U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins, Education secretary Linda McMahon, Housing and Urban Development secretary Scott Turner, Medicare and Medicaid Services Dr. Mehmet Oz, FCC chair Brendan Carr, Reps. Keith Self (R-TX), Chip Roy (R-TX), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Mike Collins (R-GA), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Sens. Rick Scott (R-FL), Ted Cruz (R-TX) and several more lawmakers not listed are expected.

On Saturday or Sunday, expect either President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance to make an appearance. They always love the attention, especially Trump.

Also appearing is the son of the ousted shah of Iran. Reza Pahlavi is the Crown Prince of Iran and currently serves as the preeminent transitional leader of the Iranian opposition following the decisive military action by Israel and the United States and the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

The U.S. and Israel are trying to put this puppet in power. 

The chairman of the Conservative Political Action Conference (who faces allegations of sexually abusing men) said he plans to use its annual ​gathering this week to rein in Republican infighting, warning that divisions could hurt the party in November's midterm elections.

Kicking off on Thursday ‌just outside Dallas, the CPAC conference comes at a moment of growing voter unease over U.S. strikes on Iran, a spike in gas prices tied to the conflict, and broader inflationary pressures - all exacerbating cracks within Trump's Make America Great Again movement.

Some of the biggest voices in MAGA have broken with Trump over the Iran conflict, saying it is a break from his 2024 campaign promise ​to end the U.S. involvement in "forever wars," as well as his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

"If some of the luminaries of MAGA are all at ​each other's throats in a kind of continued disunity, I think that could be devastating in the midterm elections," CPAC ⁠chairman Matt Schlapp told Reuters in an interview.

"The question is: can we pull together to get the right guys elected and hold on to the majorities? That's ​one of the intents of this conference."

Republicans will be defending slim majorities in the Senate and the House of Representatives in November, a challenge compounded by the ​historical pattern of the president's party underperforming in midterms.

Sometimes referred to as the "Woodstock An elitist event for conservatives," CPAC has for decades been a central gathering for Republican politicians and activists and presidential hopefuls. Trump's rise in 2016 reshaped the event, however, shifting its tone and purpose toward a more populist, personality-driven platform.

Trump is not scheduled to attend this year's CPAC, which runs through Saturday, skipping ​it for the first time in a decade, as he grapples with the fallout of a war the U.S. and Israel launched against Iran nearly four ​weeks ago.

Trump's approval rating fell in recent days to 36%, its lowest point since he returned to the White House, hit by a surge in fuel prices and widespread disapproval of the ‌Iran war, ⁠a four-day Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Monday found.

While Trump is considering skipping CPAC, his administration, several lawmakers and notable will be there. Former Trump adviser and podcaster Steve Bannon; and online influencer Nick Shirley, whose cellphone videos in December purporting to expose fraud at Minnesota day care centers ​thrust him into the spotlight.

Poland’s nationalist president, ​Karol Nawrocki, and Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro - ⁠who is challenging President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in this year's election - are also scheduled to speak, highlighting CPAC’s continued push to expand globally.

This year's theme, “action over words,” reflects a concerted effort by CPAC to give a platform to speakers ​taking concrete steps to elect Republicans or advance conservative causes, rather than simply offering commentary online, Schlapp said.

Missing from the ​list of speakers ⁠at CPAC is anyone likely to criticize Trump outright, underscoring how tightly the party remains under Trump's sway, said John K. White, professor emeritus at The Catholic University of America.

"It seems to me that they are engaged in a kind of politics of comfort," White said. "They're isolating themselves in a way that prevents the party, in a lot ⁠of ways, ​from moving forward to being a majority party in the country."

CPAC will hold a straw poll for ​the 2028 presidential race on Saturday. Last year in Oxon Hill, Maryland, Vance led with 61% of the vote, followed by Bannon at 12% and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at 7%. Secretary of ​State Marco Rubio captured just 3%, but has risen in prominence in Trump's second term.