CPAC 2020 was all about worshiping Trump, hating socialism, and feeling victimized by media and the left
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- The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) was once a place of vigorous debate among right of center intellectuals. This year, however, philosophical diversity was almost non-existent.
- Heretics like Mitt Romney were slammed at every opportunity, and uncritical worship of Trump was everywhere.
- This year's theme was "America v. Socialism," but looming just as large was a feeling among the speakers and attendees that they and the president are under constant attack by the media and "the left."
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NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the annual DC-area gathering, once epitomized Ronald Reagan's vision of "big-tent conservatism." That meant vigorous debates among right-of-center intellectuals representing the neoconservative foreign policy hawks, socially conservative evangelical Christians, non-interventionist free market libertarians, and any other reliable Republican voting bloc.
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