like representative jim jordan, marjorie taylor greene, and matt gaetz. keri lake for, example, a prominent election denier who lost the governor s race in arizona last year, was also a guest speaker. so or steve bannon and pillow salesman mike lindell. key republican leaders like house speaker kevin mccarthy, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, and our and see chairwoman, rhonda mcdaniel, did not take part in cpac this week. meanwhile, other presidential candidates possible presidential candidates set out the conference in favor of a different event this week. a sign of the republican party remains somewhat splintered with some members trying to charter new path forward and leaving donald trump far behind. instead of cpac, florida governor ron desantis, former vice president mike pence, south carolina senator tim scott, and new hampshire governor chris sununu opted to attend a private retreat with donors hosted by the conservative organization club for growth. the group
hanging fruit, the stuff that just feels right today by day, there is no long term strategy here. that s what i said earlier, it s nonsensical. it s just no match up to a long term goal here. what i see is problematic is that the gop talks about religious freedom on one hand, yet on the other, they other americans like me, they look at my last name and assume i muslim, they tell me i m indian when i m american and born in southern virginia. this is an issue where i say, if you re this frustrated, talk about systemic reforms. i ve had the great privilege of traveling the country for over a decade and talking to younger conservatives who have an appetite for things like you know, overturning citizens getting big money out of politics, ending gerrymandering, but one i think there are two things that younger conservatives can start to talk about that can get rid of people like marjorie taylor greene and that is grandchild voting, and introducing a term limit. that is something i turned a