Vance poses immigration as ‘greatest threat’ to US and Europe

Vice-president also reaffirmed the administration's Ukraine stance at largest conservative voters conference

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/20/jd-vance-cpac-trump

Pundit Mona Charen blew up CPAC. Even she was stunned by the vitriol that ensued - The Washington Post

A "darling of the right" takes on sexual harassment in the GOP, much to the ire of Trump partisans. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/pundit-mona-charen-blew-up-cpac-even-she-was-stunned-by-the-vitriol-that-ensued/2018/03/12/e85f6150-1db3-11e8-ae5a-16e60e4605f3_story.html

Sebastian Gorka: Trump's Election Is Proof That God Exists | Right Wing Watch

Former White House adviser Sebastian Gorka spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference this morning, where he declared that Donald Trump’s election is proof that God exists.....

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/sebastian-gorka-trumps-election-is-proof-that-god-exists/?mc_cid=16b6d77b6c&mc_eid=077f8ff121

Wayne LaPierre’s Unconstitutionalism - The New York Times

Wayne LaPierre is rarely accused of progressivism. But when Mr. LaPierre, the leader of the National Rifle Association, addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference last week, he invoked the Second Amendment in much the same way that a significant portion of the left has long spoken of the rights it values....

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/opinion/wayne-lapierres-unconstitutionalism.html

At CPAC, Seb Gorka Is a Cult Hero Who Gets Mobbed by Fans -- The Daily Beast

To his detractors, former Donald Trump aide and current Fox News contributor Seb Gorka is a cartoon character, a buffoon thug, an academic fraud, an anti-Muslim zealot, and even an ally to Nazi and fascist sympathizers. At the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference, Gorka is a star. ....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/at-cpac-seb-gorka-is-a-cult-hero-who-gets-mobbed-by-fans

CPAC Speaker Who Got Booed: ‘Fewer And Fewer’ People Are Speaking Up – Talking Points Memo

Mona Charen, the conservative columnist who called out Republicans who back accused sexual harassers like President Donald Trump and Roy Moore at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday, said that the experience was an encouraging one....
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mona-charen-support-after-cpac-comments

Michael Steele’s Treatment at CPAC Is a Sad and Worrisome Omen for the GOP -- The Daily Beast

The news that former RNC Chairman Michael Steele was criticized on the stage of the Conservative Political Action Committee should not have been a surprise. ....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-steeles-treatment-at-cpac-is-a-sad-and-worrisome-omen-for-the-gop

Trump, Parkland and the #NeverAgain Movement: A Closer Look

https://youtu.be/m6qubM54PtE

Trump misleads on immigration, MS-13 at CPAC -- PolitiFact

Speaking at the conservative CPAC conference in Washington, President Donald Trump took a hard line on immigration and again used the deadly Central American gang MS-13 as an example. ....
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2018/feb/26/donald-trumps-misleading-impression-about-immigrat/

Nationalism — and heckling — take spotlight at conservative conference -- The Washington Post

Immigration used to prompt a vigorous debate at the annual CPAC gathering. Some are now wondering whether the argument inside the Republican Party is over. ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/nationalism-anti-immigration-rhetoric-take-spotlight-at-conservative-conference/2018/02/24/abe967ea-1988-11e8-92c9-376b4fe57ff7_story.html

Ana Navarro on Nunes rebuttal to Dem rebuttal: 'So irresponsible, so off the rails' -- Raw Story -- WATCH

Today House Democrats released the long-awaited rebuttal to Devin Nunes partisan memo attacking the Trump Russian investigation just as the chairman of the House Intelligence committee was speaking at CPAC. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/watch-ana-navarro-nunes-rebuttal-rebuttal-irresponsible-off-rails/

Donald Trump's CPAC speech, fact-checked -- PolitiFact

President Donald Trump spoke for more than hour at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 23, 2018, veering from prepared remarks to joke about his hair and ask conference goers what they wanted more — tax cuts or the Second Amendment — while delivering a litany of questionable claims related to immigration, health care and the country's economy. We fact-checked his remarks. ....
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2018/feb/23/fact-checking-donald-trumps-2018-speech-cpac/

'Painfully stupid': Former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele responds to racial insult hurled at him during conservative conference -- Business Insider

Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) communication director Ian Walters sparked controversy with what was seen as a racially charged insult on Friday night. ....
http://www.businessinsider.com/former-rnc-chair-michael-steele-responds-to-racial-insult-cpac-2018-2018-2

For conservatives at CPAC, the FBI is Public Enemy No. 1 -- NBC News

CPAC speakers, including the NRA's Wayne LaPierre, put the FBI, the Justice Department and Special Counsel Robert Mueller at the top of their most wanted list. ....
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/conservatives-cpac-fbi-public-enemy-no-1-n850331