Matt Gaetz' allies promoted an "official" CPAC speech. CPAC officials tell a different story

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.salon.com/2021/07/11/matt-gaetz-allies-promoted-official-cpac-speech--conference-officials-tell-a-different-story/

DALLAS — Volunteers for a right-wing organization at the Conservative Political Action Conference spent Sunday morning promoting an "official" event featuring a speech Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., posting signs sponsored by a group called "Look ahead America" — though a CPAC official told Salon the event was never sanctioned at all.

The conference sought to distance itself from the embattled Congressman by confiscating several signs and handouts for the speech, which read "join Look Ahead America's official CPAC event featuring Representative Matt Gaetz and Colonel Allen West."

The conference took action against the unsanctioned event, which was being held in a different section of the Dallas Hilton Anatole than the rest of the conference, after CPAC Executive Director Regina Bratton said she received questions from Secret Service agents preparing for an appearance by former President Trump.

The whole debacle kicked off just before noon on Sunday, when security personnel approached a "Look Ahead America" volunteer holding a sign which read, "Matt Gaetz & Allen West Event," with a large arrow pointing attendees outside of CPAC's security checkpoint and into a second-floor ballroom at the hotel.

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[leftieNanner]

1. Two Slimy Creatures

Need to get back under their rocks.

Ick.

[Blue Owl]

2. Fuck them and their shitfest

CPAC can eat shit and die for all I care...

[brewens]

3. I hope they had to pay for that ballroom. n/t