CPAC, all-in for Trump, is not what it used to be
The Conservative Political Action Committee's annual presidential preference poll over the years was won four times by Mitt Romney, three times by Jack Kemp and once by George W. Bush.
None would be welcome at the conference held this week in Orlando, Fla.
This right-wing confab now is more TPAC - as in Trump - than CPAC. The former president reasserted his dominance of the Republican party through 2024. Differences, much less dissent, are verboten. Former Vice President Mike Pence isn't attending, knowing he'd face a hostile reception after refusing last month to violate the law and reject the electoral votes on the presidential election.
Trump's complete control of this venerable right-wing forum is all the more remarkable considering the 2016 poll was won by Ted Cruz, followed by Marco Rubio, with Trump a distant third. The co-favorite for vice president then was Ohio Gov. John Kasich, now a prominent anti-Trump Republican.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cpac-all-in-for-trump-is-not-what-it-used-to-be/ar-BB1e5XhH?li=BBnb7Kz
The GOP isn't what it used to be. No longer the party of Lincoln it's the party of white grievance instead.
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We all know what that means!!! 
