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underpants

(182,829 posts)
Wed Feb 21, 2018, 11:53 AM Feb 2018

CPAC starts today - D'Souza dropped like a hot rock, NRA's LaPierre hidden

CPAC Says Dinesh D’Souza Not Going to Speak This Year, Condemns ‘Indefensible’ Remarks
https://www.mediaite.com/online/cpac-says-dinesh-dsouza-not-going-to-speak-this-year-condemns-indefensible-remarks/

After Dinesh D’Souza’s disgusting tweets going after teenage survivors of a school shooting, people genuinely wondered if D’Souza was lined up to speak at CPAC this week. The organization says he is and was not.

The Speakers page has D’Souza’s photo on it, but CPAC’s Twitter account says that’s from the archives, they’re taking it down, and his comments today are abhorrent:



CPAC Organizers Hide NRA Chief Wayne LaPierre’s Name From Speaking Schedule After Shooting
https://www.mediaite.com/online/cpac-organizers-hides-nra-chief-wayne-lapierres-name-from-speaking-schedule-after-shooting/

According to the Washington Examiner, with the controversy currently swirling around the NRA and their highly controversial chief, CPAC kept LaPierre’s address off the American Conservative Union’s official agenda for the week, but sources within the organization claim he will still be speaking.
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ProudMNDemocrat

(16,786 posts)
2. Are there protestors positioned outside the venue.......
Wed Feb 21, 2018, 11:58 AM
Feb 2018


Where the CPAC will beheld? I hope there are thousands ready to make their voices known.

underpants

(182,829 posts)
5. Gaylord Hotel National Harbor MD - across the river from Alexandria
Wed Feb 21, 2018, 12:08 PM
Feb 2018

Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
201 Waterfront Street
National Harbor, MD 20745

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
4. The NRA is annoyed by the kids. Buy scared shitless by the FBI
Wed Feb 21, 2018, 12:06 PM
Feb 2018

They were a conduit for Russian money and the Feds are on to them.

UTUSN

(70,708 posts)
6. It's what the Repukes always do: Hide their real members, like at their Conventions
Wed Feb 21, 2018, 12:15 PM
Feb 2018

'jever notice at their conventions that their party leaders are kept out of sight, while they have on the stage minorities dancing and singing their hearts out

procon

(15,805 posts)
9. If they are hiding their agenda, then they know what they are doing is wrong.
Wed Feb 21, 2018, 12:50 PM
Feb 2018

But they are pushing ahead anyway, regardless of who they hurt, and even the shame of public scrutiny isn't enough to deter them.

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