CPAC exposes conservative split
Josh Kraushaar at Axios
https://www.axios.com/2023/03/05/cpac-trump-exposes-conservative-split
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This week's CPAC conference underscored the difficulty Republicans will have in keeping their increasingly fractured coalition together for 2024.
Why it matters: The Republican Party once was defined by its general ideological unity on three core conservative principles: free markets, a muscular foreign policy and traditional social values. Those pillars made up the Reagan revolution.
* But the MAGA movement, which dominated this year's CPAC conference, has moved the GOP's center of gravity toward a more protectionist, populist and belligerent outlook.
* The driving theme of the conference was fighting "wokeness," one of the few issues that still unites the GOP.
What happened: Companies showcasing progressive values that embrace diversity — such as Disney and PNC Bank — came under attack.
* Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), meanwhile, urged defunding the FBI, CIA and other intelligence agencies if they don't get "back on our side" — a reference to the many investigations of GOP officials, including himself. He received a standing ovation.
* Venture capitalist and GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy called for the FBI to be shut down and replaced with something else.
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And when that happens, the venture capitalists will go one way, the MAGA / megachurch branch will go another, and the fascists will go another. And that won’t be pretty when that happens. 
