The CPAC Clown Train Pulls Into Town: The Big Lie, And Pretty Much Nothing Else On The Agenda
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The four-day Conservative Political Action Conference features seven separate sessions — seven — devoted to elections. The titles include “Protecting Elections Part 2: Other Culprits: Why Judges and Media Refused to Look at the Evidence,” and “Protecting Elections Part 4: Failed States (PA, GA, NV, oh my!).” The panels will repeat over and over the Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump, and they will further rationalize election law changes that make it harder to vote, like those proposed in Florida and in more than two dozen other states.
Among the many election panelists is Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks who, on Jan. 6 in Washington, exhorted a crowd to “start taking down names and kicking ass.” Not long after that, a mob took his advice and stormed the U.S. Capitol, attacking police officers in an attempt to stop Congress from fulfilling its duty to certify the presidential election. But yes, by all means, let’s hear more from Rep. Brooks about “protecting elections.”
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The best illustration of that is the scant attention given to the annual national deficit and the overall national debt. Those issues energized conservative thought a decade ago, giving life to the tea party movement that shifted power to Republicans in Congress. This year, CPAC is devoting just one session to the subject, even though the debt has doubled over the past decade and interest payments on the debt now cost the government nearly $350 billion a year.
Another serious issue, trade, also gets a single session. Health care gets two sessions but the title of one — “Prescription for Pain: The Left’s Agenda on Healthcare” — suggests more complaining than problem-solving, which has been the essence of GOP health care policy for years. Not surprisingly, CPAC didn’t schedule any sessions on racial justice or climate change, even though its conference is being held in a state menaced by sea level rise like none other. Nor did the pandemic warrant a panel, even as the nation passed the tragic milestone of 500,000 lives lost to COVID-19.
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https://www.dailycamera.com/2021/02/24/editorial-buckley-would-weep-at-the-cpac-circus-coming-to-orlando/
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