What to expect from this year’s CPAC: Biden bashing, 2024 Republican primary chatter and lawsuit gossip
by David Smith in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#697YS)
The gathering of conservatives returns to Washington and could prove to be a crystal ball into the GOP's 2024 outlook
Its impresario is facing allegations of sexual assault. Its headline act is a twice impeached former US president under criminal investigation. And its after-dinner speaker is a local news anchor turned far-right election denier.
Welcome to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which claims to be the biggest and most influential gathering of conservatives in the world. It is also a perennial window to the soul of the Republican party.
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