cpac s dominated this year by trump loyalists, like representative jim jordan, marjorie taylor greene, and matt gates, kari lake a prominent election denier, who lost the governor s race in arizona last december was also a guest speaker. so is steve bannon, and pillow salesman mike redell. key republican leaders like house speaker kevin mccarthy, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, and rnc chair woman did not take part in cpac this week. meanwhile, other possible presidential candidates sat out the conference in favor of a different event this weekend. a sign of how the republican party remains splintered with some of its members trying to chart a new path forward, and leave 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. another group has
hearings, the supreme court overturning roe v. wade, the fbi raiding the home of a former president, and everything in between. 2022 has been incredibly consequential for american politics a year that has left us with a lot of questions about the future of our country, our democracy, our rights as human beings and about whether you have more of those rights if, say, you are a former president or fewer if you have a uterus and live in a red state. well, 2023 may be the yorear we get answers. we will learn who will be running for president in 2024 and who, if any, in the republican party will stand up to donald trump. though maybe don t hold your breath on that one speaking of which, we could find out if the twicism impe disgrac former president will be held accountable in a laundry list of investigations that he is under. the new year will also present the biden administration with new challenges as the president for the first time will be faced with a split congress. democrat
none of them have any protections under any federal statute, or any federal whistleblower group. and what s even more sinister, michael, the michaels, is that these individuals, you can trace their financing back to individuals like kash patel, mark meadows, who have real interest in ensuring that they are protected, and their actions during january six. as well as going forward they re protected insulated from criminal charges themselves. that s, you know, it s shameful, that jim jordan is using committee time on this. when there are real when we look at bill barr and how he weaponized a federal government, when he was at the head of the doj. why don t we look at individuals, special agents, fbi special agents that have recently come to light, that we re using the fbi for conservative movements. how about the irs disproportionately auditing african american families?