began together four years ago is far from over. in that quote, the republican party is united. the only division is between a handful of washington, d.c. establishment political hacks and everybody else all over the country. those are quotes from trump s prepared remarks. let s be clear about who republicans at cpac are celebrating. a man who lost them the house, the senate and the presidency and then incited a mob to attack the capitol because he didn t like the election results. cnn s chief domestic correspondent jim acosta is there. is this looking to be the return to the political stage trump was seeking? reporter: it s certainly the return to the stage he s seeking. i m not so sure it s the return to the stage every republican is seeking. if you look at the results of the cpac straw poll which just came out in the last several minutes, ana, it s very good news for donald trump. he is far and away the choice of people at cpac to be the next president in 2024 should he r
you ve got some news about what the president will say. reporter: right, ana. it s news he finally took the stage. he was running an hour late. he took the stage a few moments ago. we ll play a little sound here. he begins the speech by describing the journey he s been on as successful, saying there s noefr been a journey as successful as the one we ve been on he says in this speech even though he just lost re-election and republicans just lost the senate in the last election. here is some of what donald trump had to say a few moments ago. i stand before you today to declare that the incredible journey we ve begun together, we went through a journey like nobody else. there s never been a journey like it. there s never been a journey so successful. we began it together four years ago, and it is far from being over. so there you have it. the former president is back on the political stage after being essentially in hiding for the last several weeks since leaving office. o