Matt Schlapp Boasts About Banning Liberal Media From Now-Irrelevant CPAC
American Conservative Union chairman Matt Schlapp boasted on Wednesday that he has implemented a “new rule” banning liberal media outlets from covering this week’s Conservative Political Action Conference.
It’s a peculiar strategy seeing as the annual right-wing confab has been relegated to obscurity and largely shunned by establishment conservatives wary of its over-the-top MAGA sycophancy; and by Fox News, who has seemingly cut ties with the event over Schlapp’s alleged sexual misconduct.
While hosting Schlapp on his Wednesday morning podcast, former Trump strategist Steve Bannon touted his status among a cadre of far-right media personalities and lawmakers slated to speak at CPAC this week, and dismissed criticism that the event has become increasingly irrelevant. Bannon cheered on Schlapp’s ban on most media he deems to be “left-wing.”