VIPs, Locals Merge at Conservative Confab
By • February 27, 2025 One Comment 343
More than 5,000 conservatives from Georgetown, Washington, the good ol’ U.S.A. and overseas gathered at the annual conference of conservatives — CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference — held at the Gaylord National Convention Center & Resort, Feb. 19 to 21.
A long corridor in front of the ballroom hosted some 25 radio, television and podcast hosts popular with conservatives conducting spontaneous interviews of conference goers on the floor as well as scheduled experts during live interviews.
The thousands of people there, of all ages and stages, reflected a broad slice of Americana from elegant to down-home comfortable. Some wore costumes. There were several Statues of Liberty walking around. Many attendees wore various renditions of red, white and blue in dresses and sparkling jackets decorated in glitter. Overall, the atmosphere was busy, friendly and highly engaged. But, in particular, it was happy — joyously happy. Everywhere throughout the venue, people were hugging and cheering and dancing in the aisles and singing.
Yes, it was fun. This seriously political event has also proven that can be a social event, too, covered by the likes of the New York Times, the Washington Post, BBC News and Al Jazeera.
Of course, every conservative issue seemed to be addressed during the three-day event that was organized around dozens of 15 to 20-minute energetic presentations often by just newly elected, confirmed or appointed executive cabinet officers, agency directors and advisors, congressional representatives and senators. On separate days, President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance spoke.
There was humor and pranks among some of the speakers — such as when Elon Musk was given a chainsaw — even as some of them are current presidents of other countries, such as Argentina.
“All this shows a growth of awareness and activity of conservatives everywhere, including in Georgetown,” said Lori Furstenberg, chair of the D.C. Chapter of the Conservative Caucus, who was once a candidate for mayor. “The focus of the caucus is to build and support grassroots networks in the area to defend our borders, protect parental rights and register voters,” she told The Georgetowner.
Despite the dozens of issues and causes and goals and agendas that were extolled during the three-day conference however, a strong new focus for the CPAC seemed to be emerging. It was touted as a uniting issue for everyone — even centrist leaners on both sides of the political aisle, according to many of the speakers. The issue? To root out waste and fraudulent use of taxpayer money.
“Who could be against that?” chanted some conference-goers.
What a sad commentary – that your publication should paint the CPAC conference as a “very happy” affair. How can you overlook the fact that among its lauded attendees were those who have been convicted by a jury of their peers for the January 6th insurrection. And, now in the name of eliminating “fraud and waste” an unelected billionaire is dessimating the Federal government and destroying the lives of countless Americans. Shame.