Conservative Political Action Conference#Brazil

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File:George W. Bush speaks at 2008 Conservative Political Action Conference.JPG speaking at the 2008 CPAC]]

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The conference was founded in 1974 by the American Conservative Union and Young Americans for Freedom as a small gathering of dedicated conservatives.{{Cite book |last=Diamond |first=Sara |title=Roads to Dominion: Right-Wing Movements and Political Power in the United States |place=New York, NY |publisher=The Guilford Press |orig-year=1995 |year=1995 |edition=2 |pages=128, 138, 146, 198, 210, 212, 285, 289, 327 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w1bqY-DxHMEC&q=Conservative%20Political%20Action%20Conference&pg=PA289 |isbn=0-89862-862-8}}{{Cite book |last=Wilcox |first=Derk Arend |title=The Right Guide: A Guide to Conservative, Free-Market, and Right-of-Center Organizations |publisher=Economics America, Inc. |year=2000 |location=United States of America |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g51IAAAAYAAJ&q=%22conservative+political+action+conference%22 |isbn=978-0-914169-06-2}}{{cite web|url=http://humanevents.com/2003/02/03/cpac-over-30-yearsbrconservatives-have-come-a-long-way/|date=February 3, 2003|title=CPAC Over 30 Years: Conservatives Have Come a Long Way|website=Human Events|access-date=July 31, 2018|archive-date=July 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714221959/http://humanevents.com/2003/02/03/cpac-over-30-yearsbrconservatives-have-come-a-long-way/|url-status=dead}} Ronald Reagan gave the inaugural keynote speech at CPAC in 1974.{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3722734/ronald-reagan-cpac-history/|title=Why Ronald Reagan Is Such a Big Deal at CPAC|magazine=Time|access-date=January 7, 2018|archive-date=December 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214185923/http://time.com/3722734/ronald-reagan-cpac-history/|url-status=live}} The presidential hopeful used it to share his vision for the country—"A Shining City Upon a Hill," words borrowed from John Winthrop.{{cite web |title=CPAC speeches show GOP's shift |url=https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-washington-post-sunday/20170226/283699774283062 |access-date=August 22, 2023 |via=PressReader |archive-date=July 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728195040/https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-washington-post-sunday/20170226/283699774283062 |url-status=live }}

The 2010 CPAC featured co-sponsorship for the first time from GOProud, a gay conservative group. GoProud is credited in the media for initiating talks with ACU to invite Donald Trump to speak at CPAC 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/15/politics/gays-for-donald-trump/index.html|title=Gays for Trump? Activist plans new effort|author1=Chris Moody |author2= Alexander Rosen|website=CNN|date=June 15, 2016}} The 2011 CPAC speech Trump gave is credited with helping kick-start his political career within the Republican Party.{{cite web|url=http://www.towleroad.com/2011/02/goproud-leads-trump-in-2012-movement-at-cpac/|title=GOProud Leads 'Trump In 2012' Movement At CPAC – Towleroad|date=February 10, 2011|website=towleroad.com|access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-date=November 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124221839/http://www.towleroad.com/2011/02/goproud-leads-trump-in-2012-movement-at-cpac/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.towleroad.com/2016/06/chris-barron/|title=Gay GOProud Founder Chris Barron Launches Loathsome 'LGBT for Trump' Campaign: WATCH – Towleroad|date=June 15, 2016|website=towleroad.com|access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-date=January 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125203659/http://www.towleroad.com/2016/06/chris-barron/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/03/politics/donald-trump-first-speech-to-cpac/index.html|title=How gay conservatives helped launch Donald Trump|last=Moody|first=Chris|work=CNN|date=March 3, 2021|access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-date=December 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202235058/http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/03/politics/donald-trump-first-speech-to-cpac/index.html|url-status=live}} Christopher R. Barron, co-founder of GOProud, who later endorsed Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and launched LGBT for Trump, said he "would love to see Mr. Trump run for president".

In 2014, CPAC extended an invitation to American Atheists, which was immediately withdrawn on the same day due to controversial statements by AA's president David Silverman, who declared his group was going to "enlighten conservatives" and that "the Christian right should be threatened by us".{{Cite news|url=http://politicaloutcast.com/atheists-invited-uninvited-cpac/|title=Atheists Invited, Then Uninvited, to CPAC|date=February 26, 2014|newspaper=Political Outcast|access-date=February 20, 2017|archive-date=February 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222201235/http://politicaloutcast.com/atheists-invited-uninvited-cpac/|url-status=dead}} The 2015 CPAC featured Jamila Bey who became the first atheist activist to address CPAC's annual meeting.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/in-a-first-atheist-activist-addresses-conservative-conference/2015/02/26/8c5447e0-bdfd-11e4-9dfb-03366e719af8_story.html |title=In a first, atheist activist addresses conservative conference |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=December 14, 2012 |access-date=February 28, 2015 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402142542/http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/in-a-first-atheist-activist-addresses-conservative-conference/2015/02/26/8c5447e0-bdfd-11e4-9dfb-03366e719af8_story.html |url-status=live }}

The 2016 CPAC featured co-sponsorship for the first time from the Log Cabin Republicans.{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonblade.com/2016/03/04/log-cabin-gets-cosy-with-conservatives-at-cpac/|title='Smooth sailing' for gay Republicans at CPAC|date=March 4, 2016|website=washingtonblade.com|access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-date=August 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828062613/http://www.washingtonblade.com/2016/03/04/log-cabin-gets-cosy-with-conservatives-at-cpac/|url-status=live}} In December 2016, CPAC extended a speaking invitation to conservative blogger Milo Yiannopoulos, despite his history of controversial views on feminism, racial minorities, and transgender issues. The invitation was canceled when the Reagan Battalion{{Who|date=December 2024}} re-posted a video of 2016 and 2015 YouTube videos{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/02/21/the-96-hours-that-brought-down-milo-yiannopoulos/|title=The 96 hours that brought down Milo Yiannopoulos|first1=Abby|last1=Ohlheiser|date=February 21, 2017|via=The Washington Post|access-date=March 5, 2017|archive-date=March 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305182432/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/02/21/the-96-hours-that-brought-down-milo-yiannopoulos/|url-status=live}} in which Yiannopoulos is heard making comments defending sexual relationships between adult men and 13-year-old boys, citing his own sexual experiences at that age with a Catholic priest.{{Cite news|url=https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/02/cpac-milo-yiannopoulos-pedophilia.html|title=CPAC Blasted for Milo Yiannopoulos Invite After Pedophilia Remarks Resurface|last=Hartmann|first=Margaret|newspaper=New York Magazine|access-date=February 21, 2017|archive-date=February 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221011019/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/02/cpac-milo-yiannopoulos-pedophilia.html|url-status=live}}

Richard Spencer, a figurehead of the alt-right and a white supremacist, entered the lobby of the Gaylord National Hotel on February 23, 2017, in an attempt to access CPAC. Organizers of the conference ejected him from the hotel as soon as his presence was discovered, citing his "repugnant [views which] ... have absolutely nothing to do with conservatism or what we do here" as cause for rejecting his admission to CPAC.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/02/23/516867886/white-nationalist-richard-spencer-kicked-out-of-cpac|title=White Nationalist Richard Spencer Kicked Out Of CPAC|website=NPR.org|date=February 23, 2017|last1=Montanaro|first1=Domenico|access-date=June 1, 2018|archive-date=March 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326160020/https://www.npr.org/2017/02/23/516867886/white-nationalist-richard-spencer-kicked-out-of-cpac|url-status=live}} ACU's Executive Director Dan Schneider castigated Spencer and the alt-right in a main-stage speech, calling them "garden-variety, left-wing fascists," and saying that the alt-right "despises everything [conservatives] believe in".{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4680236/cpac-alt-right-left-wing-fascists-dan-schneider/|title=A Top Conservative Said the Alt-Right Are Actually 'Left-Wing Fascists'|magazine=Time|access-date=January 7, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/23/cpac-organizer-denounces-alt-right-as-left-wing-fascist-group/|title=Alt-right leader expelled from CPAC after organizer denounces 'fascist group'|first1=David|last1=Weigel|first2=John|last2=Wagner|date=February 23, 2017|access-date=January 7, 2018|via=www.WashingtonPost.com|archive-date=December 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224220250/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/23/cpac-organizer-denounces-alt-right-as-left-wing-fascist-group/|url-status=live}}

Media members across the political spectrum condemned the intrusion as yet another attempt by groups like the alt-right to conceal their extremist views within a legitimate philosophy. Opinion columns in The New York Times, and articles in Mother Jones and Rolling Stone voiced concern about the 2017 interview of former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and former Trump Chief-of-Staff Reince Priebus with ACU Chairman Matt Schlapp, advocating for the American Right to reject the tenets of the alt-right, including homophobia, xenophobia, sexism, and racism.{{Cite news|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/02/cpac-alt-right-steve-bannon|title=Conservatives can't figure out whether to embrace or denounce the alt-right| newspaper=Mother Jones| access-date=February 25, 2017|archive-date=November 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124155317/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/02/cpac-alt-right-steve-bannon/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/cpacs-flirtation-with-the-alt-right-is-turning-awkward-w468748|title=CPAC's Flirtation With the Alt-Right Is Turning Awkward| newspaper=Rolling Stone| access-date=February 25, 2017|archive-date=August 26, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826074242/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/cpacs-flirtation-with-the-alt-right-is-turning-awkward-w468748| url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/opinion/big-tent-or-circus-tent-a-conservative-identity-crisis-in-the-trump-era.html|title=Big Tent or Circus Tent? A Conservative Identity Crisis in the Trump Era| last=Williamson| first=Elizabeth| date=February 24, 2017|newspaper=The New York Times| access-date=February 25, 2017|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111201134/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/opinion/big-tent-or-circus-tent-a-conservative-identity-crisis-in-the-trump-era.html|url-status=live}}

{{main|2019 Conservative Political Action Conference}}

The 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference was held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland, from February 27 to March 2, 2019. The event was headlined by President Trump, with many additional speakers. Themes throughout the conference were fighting against socialism; criminal justice reform; China; and criticizing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Green New Deal.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}

{{main|2021 Conservative Political Action Conference}}

In 2020, CPAC hosted its main event just prior to the federal emergency declaration regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. On Saturday, March 7, 2020, ACU confirmed that an attendee at the 2020 CPAC had tested positive for COVID-19. Senator Ted Cruz, Representatives Matt Gaetz, Paul Gosar, Doug Collins, and Mark Meadows had recent contact with the patient, who remained unnamed; none of whom would go on to test positive immediately after the event.{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cpac-ted-cruz/senator-cruz-self-quarantines-after-contact-with-coronavirus-carrier-idUSKBN20V16M |title=Senator Cruz Self Quarantines After Contact With Coronavirus Carrier |website=reuters.com |date=March 9, 2020 |access-date=March 28, 2021 |archive-date=April 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408082824/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cpac-ted-cruz/senator-cruz-self-quarantines-after-contact-with-coronavirus-carrier-idUSKBN20V16M |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Al-Arshani |first1=Sarah |title=Incoming White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is self-quarantining until Wednesday after attending CPAC |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-incoming-chief-staff-mark-meadows-self-quarantine-tests-negative-2020-3 |website=Business Insider |access-date=April 2, 2020}}

The following year, the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference was held during the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous customary venue for CPAC, (Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center) in National Harbor, Maryland was subject to restrictions in Maryland, issued by Republican governor Larry Hogan, who had restricted gathering sizes to a maximum of 10.{{Cite web|last=Frost|first=Chris Berinato, Bryna Zumer and Mikenzie|date=December 17, 2020|title=Gov. Hogan lowers MD gathering limit, issues emergency travel order|url=https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/governor-hogan-update-maryland-covid-19-response-december-17-2020|access-date=February 27, 2021|website=WBFF}}{{Cite news|title=Trump, Mr. Potato Head and CPAC: Republicans Show Their Loyalties|language=en|work=U.S. News & World Report|url=http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-02-26/trump-mr-potato-head-and-cpac-republicans-show-loyalty-to-trump|access-date=February 27, 2021}}

As a result, the conference was relocated to Orlando, Florida, which had removed all prior pandemic-related limits on gathering sizes.{{Cite web|last=Cutway|first=Adrienne|date=September 25, 2020|title=Here's what to expect when Florida enters phase 3 of reopening|url=https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2020/06/11/heres-what-to-expect-when-florida-enters-phase-3-of-reopening/|access-date=February 27, 2021|website=WKMG|language=en}} The event was still subject to Orlando mandatory mask-wearing rules. Notwithstanding those restrictions, numerous attendees chose to not wear masks during the event, despite frequent announcements by the event's organizers and hotel staff, requesting attendees to comply with the local mask-wearing mandate.{{Cite web|last=Walker|first=Steven Lemongello, Steven|title=CPAC Orlando: DeSantis calls Florida an 'oasis of freedom' as some resist COVID-19 mask rule|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-cpac-orlando-day-1-desantis-scott-20210226-che27r7wy5f5hj6px6ucj5o3re-story.html|access-date=February 27, 2021|website=orlandosentinel.com|date=February 26, 2021|archive-date=March 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210328072828/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-cpac-orlando-day-1-desantis-scott-20210226-che27r7wy5f5hj6px6ucj5o3re-story.html|url-status=live}} Florida Governor Ron DeSantis characterized the state's resistance to pandemic gathering-size limits as comporting with the state's status as "an oasis of freedom." The conference's theme, "America Uncancelled", sought to highlight alleged attempts by social media companies, the Democratic Party, U.S. universities and progressive organizations to censor conservatives' public expression of their political views. The conference's main event was a closing address by former U.S. president Donald Trump, his first public address and political speech since leaving office. Trump spent significant portions of the speech criticizing his successor, Joe Biden. The speech received significant media coverage in anticipation of Trump's announcement of his post-presidential political activity.

A second 2021 conference was held in Dallas from July 9 to 11 at the Hilton Anatole hotel.{{Cite web|title=Trump, GOP power players to headline CPAC 2021 in Dallas|url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2021/07/06/trump--gop-power-players-to-headline-cpac-2021-in-dallas-|access-date=July 9, 2021|website=spectrumlocalnews.com|language=en|archive-date=July 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711110321/https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2021/07/06/trump--gop-power-players-to-headline-cpac-2021-in-dallas-|url-status=live}} The theme of the conference was immigration policy and border security, in the context of the ongoing migrant crisis at the U.S. Southern Border.

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The 2022 conference was held on February 24 to 27 in Orlando, Florida.{{Cite web|url=https://cpac2022-attendee.cpacregistration.com/|title=CPAC 2022|website=CPACregistration.com|access-date=February 15, 2022|archive-date=February 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201014431/https://cpac2022-attendee.cpacregistration.com/|url-status=dead}} Speakers included Trump, Florida governor Ron DeSantis, and former Democratic congresswoman and presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard.{{Cite web|url=https://cpac.conservative.org/speakers/|title=Announced Speakers|website=CPAC.Conservative.org|access-date=February 15, 2022|archive-date=July 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710002704/https://cpac.conservative.org/speakers/|url-status=live}}

As in 2021, a second conference was held in Dallas, Texas from August 4 to 6. Speakers included Trump, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán,{{cite news |title=Orbán gets warm CPAC reception after 'mixed race' speech blowback |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/04/viktor-orban-cpac-00049935 |work=POLITICO |date=4 August 2022 |language=en}} Arizona Republican Gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, and many congressional representatives.

As part of one of the 2022 break-out sessions, the Dallas CPAC conference displayed a banner across their main stage with the phrase "We are all domestic terrorists."{{Cite web |last=Chron |first=Michael Murney |date=August 8, 2022 |title='We are all domestic terrorists' banner displayed at CPAC Dallas |url=https://www.chron.com/politics/article/CPAC-Dallas-we-are-all-domestic-terrorists-banner-17359959.php |access-date=August 18, 2022 |website=Chron |language=en-US |archive-date=August 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820184539/https://www.chron.com/politics/article/CPAC-Dallas-we-are-all-domestic-terrorists-banner-17359959.php |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=LaCapria |first=Kim |title=CPAC 'We Are All Domestic Terrorists' Digital Banner – Truth or Fiction? |date=August 9, 2022 |url=https://www.truthorfiction.com/cpac-we-are-all-domestic-terrorists-digital-banner/ |access-date=August 18, 2022 |language=en-us |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809193642/https://www.truthorfiction.com/cpac-we-are-all-domestic-terrorists-digital-banner/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Did a CPAC Banner Say, 'We Are All Domestic Terrorists'? |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cpac-banner-domestic-terrorists/ |access-date=August 18, 2022 |website=Snopes.com |date=August 10, 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=August 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818235231/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cpac-banner-domestic-terrorists/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Hardy |first=Michael |date=August 8, 2022 |title=In Dallas, Donald Trump Provided a Violent Blueprint for Seizing Power |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/donald-trump-cpac-dallas/ |access-date=August 22, 2022 |website=Texas Monthly |language=en |archive-date=August 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820033125/https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/donald-trump-cpac-dallas/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Weigel |first=Dave |date=August 9, 2022 |title=The Trailer: Your hour-by-hour guide on what to watch in four states tonight |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/09/trailer-your-hour-by-hour-guide-what-watch-four-states-tonight/ |access-date=September 2, 2022 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=September 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905163452/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/09/trailer-your-hour-by-hour-guide-what-watch-four-states-tonight/ |url-status=live }}

CPAC returned to National Harbor, Maryland for their 2023 conference. Major speakers at the winter event included Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, U.S. House members Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert, presidential candidate Nikki Haley, and Donald Trump Jr.{{cite news |title=What this year's CPAC says about Republican priorities |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-this-years-cpac-says-about-republican-priorities |work=PBS NewsHour |date=March 3, 2023 |author1=Laura Barrón-López |author2=Matt Loffman |access-date=March 6, 2023 |archive-date=March 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306021630/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-this-years-cpac-says-about-republican-priorities |url-status=live }} Attendance was thinner than at previous conferences, with the main ballroom often half-full during speeches, though Trump drew a capacity crowd.{{cite news |title=Trump reigns supreme at a diminished CPAC |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3883452-trump-reigns-supreme-at-a-diminished-cpac/ |work=The Hill |date=March 4, 2023|author1=Caroline Vakil|author2=Julia Manchester}}{{cite news |last1=Oliphant |first1=James |title=At right-wing CPAC forum, Trump shows why he'll be tough to topple |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/right-wing-cpac-forum-trump-shows-why-hell-be-tough-topple-2023-03-05/ |publisher=Reuters |date=March 5, 2023 |access-date=March 6, 2023 |archive-date=March 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306004345/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/right-wing-cpac-forum-trump-shows-why-hell-be-tough-topple-2023-03-05/ |url-status=live }} He said he would not withdraw from the 2024 presidential race if he was indicted as a result of federal and state investigations underway.{{cite news|title=Trump says he won't drop out of 2024 race if he's indicted|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/04/politics/trump-cpac-speech/index.html|publisher=CNN|date=March 4, 2023|author1=Eric Bradner|author2=Kristen Holmes|author3=Kate Sullivan|access-date=March 6, 2023|archive-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828010115/https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/04/politics/trump-cpac-speech/index.html|url-status=live}} CNN fact checker Daniel Dale found that Trump "made some of his most thoroughly dishonest speeches" at the conference.{{cite news |last1=Dale |first1=Daniel |title=Fact check: Trump delivers wildly dishonest speech at CPAC |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/05/politics/fact-check-trump-cpac/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=March 5, 2023 |access-date=March 6, 2023 |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828010115/https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/05/politics/fact-check-trump-cpac/index.html |url-status=live }} Trump said, in part:

In 2016, I declared: I am your voice. Today, I add: I am your warrior. I am your justice. And for those who have been wronged and betrayed: I am your retribution.{{cite news|title=Trump says he won't drop out of 2024 race if he's indicted|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/04/politics/trump-cpac-speech/index.html|publisher=CNN|date=March 4, 2023|author1=Eric Bradner|author2=Kristen Holmes|author3=Kate Sullivan|access-date=March 6, 2023|archive-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828010115/https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/04/politics/trump-cpac-speech/index.html|url-status=live}}

Also during the conference political commentator Michael Knowles called for the elimination of "transgenderism," arguing that those who identify as transgender are "laboring a delusion, and we need to correct that delusion." Knowles further stated that "there can be no middle way in dealing with transgenderism," and that "for the good of society, and especially for the good of the poor people who have fallen prey to this confusion, transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely."{{cite news |last1=Kilander |first1=Gustaf |title=CPAC speaker sparks alarm with call for trans people to be 'eradicated' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/cpac-transgenderism-daily-wire-michael-knowles-b2294252.html |work=The Independent |date=March 4, 2023 |access-date=March 6, 2023 |archive-date=March 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304201901/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/cpac-transgenderism-daily-wire-michael-knowles-b2294252.html |url-status=live }} The full quote is from the video. The text omits "and especially for the good of the poor people who have fallen prey to this confusion." Knowles' comments were criticized by several political media figures, including civil rights attorney Alejandra Caraballo, describing them as genocidal.{{cite news |last1=Hawkinson |first1=Katie |date=March 4, 2023 |title=Michael Knowles Says Transgenderism Must Be 'Eradicated' at CPAC |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-knowles-calls-for-eradication-of-transgender-people-at-conservative-political-action-conference |access-date=March 5, 2023 |archive-date=March 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305020321/https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-knowles-calls-for-eradication-of-transgender-people-at-conservative-political-action-conference |url-status=live }} Knowles demanded that The Daily Beast retract a headline stating that he was calling for the eradication of the "transgender community".{{Cite web |last=McClure |first=Kelly |date=March 4, 2023 |title=CPAC speaker says, "Transgenderism must be eradicated," while claiming it doesn't exist |url=https://www.salon.com/2023/03/04/cpac-speaker-says-transgenderism-must-be-eradicated-while-claiming-it-doesnt-exist/ |access-date=March 6, 2023 |website=Salon |language=en |archive-date=March 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306034042/https://www.salon.com/2023/03/04/cpac-speaker-says-transgenderism-must-be-eradicated-while-claiming-it-doesnt-exist/ |url-status=live }}

Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy later alleged that a political consultant with ties to CPAC had offered to rig the straw poll in his favor in exchange for a fee exceeding $100,000, which Ramaswamy refused.{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/06/ramaswamy-offer-buy-into-cpac-straw-poll-00085757 |title=Vivek Ramaswamy says he received an offer to buy his way into the CPAC straw poll |date=March 6, 2023 |work=Politico |first=Meridith |last=McGraw}}

Longtime CPAC board member and vice-chair Charlie Gerow resigned in August 2023, calling for investigations of Matt Schlapp and the organization's financial practices. He said, "The situation at CPAC has become such that I felt compelled to resign." Four other longtime board members resigned earlier in the year, with one citing concerns over CPAC's financial reports.{{cite news |last1=Allison |first1=Natalie |title=CPAC vice chair resigns amid turmoil |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/25/cpac-vice-chair-resigns-amid-turmoil-00113078 |work=Politico |date=August 25, 2023 |access-date=August 26, 2023 |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828010122/https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/25/cpac-vice-chair-resigns-amid-turmoil-00113078 |url-status=live }} In December 2023, CPAC was accused of covering up sexual assault allegations against Schlapp in a lawsuit against him.{{Cite news |last1=Reinhard |first1=Beth |last2=Arnsdorf |first2=Isaac |date=2023-12-16 |title=Lawsuit claims CPAC knew of past allegations of sexual misconduct by Matt Schlapp |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/12/16/cpac-matt-schlapp-lawsuit-sexual-misconduct/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217072807/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/12/16/cpac-matt-schlapp-lawsuit-sexual-misconduct/ |archive-date=December 17, 2023 |access-date=2024-02-23 |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite web |last=Koenig |first=Lauren |date=2023-12-17 |title=Two more sexual assault claims surface against head of conservative political organization {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/16/politics/matt-schlapp-cpac-sexual-assault-allegations/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226011349/https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/16/politics/matt-schlapp-cpac-sexual-assault-allegations/index.html |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=CNN |language=en}}

CPAC returned to National Harbor, Maryland, for their February 21–24, 2024 conference. Speakers included Donald Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ben Carson, Steve Bannon, Nigel Farage, Liz Truss, Javier Milei, Nayib Bukele, Santiago Abascal, deposed Catholic bishop Joseph Strickland, as well as Senators and Members of Congress.{{Cite web |title=CPAC in DC 2024 |url=https://www.digital.cpac.org/us/events-dc2024 |access-date=February 5, 2024 |website=CPAC Digital |language=en |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828010119/https://digital.cpac.org/us/events-dc2024 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Gillespie |first1=Patrick |title=Milei Heading to Pro-Trump Event on Heels of Blinken Meeting |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-16/milei-heading-to-pro-trump-event-as-blinken-mulls-argentina-trip |website=Bloomberg |date=February 16, 2024 |access-date=February 17, 2024 |archive-date=February 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216035124/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-16/milei-heading-to-pro-trump-event-as-blinken-mulls-argentina-trip |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=February 22, 2024 |title=Bewildered Conservatives Greet a Fallen British Prime Minister |first=Ben |last=Jacobs |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/02/22/truss-at-cpac-00142807 |access-date=February 23, 2024 |website=Politico |language=en}} Politico noted that CPAC had been diminished due to the previous year's scandals involving Matt Schlapp and belief that the conference had "come to be seen as a mere adjunct of Trumpism".

During an event at CPAC on February 23, alt-right commentator Jack Posobiec made a speech that was widely covered in the media, in which he stated, "Welcome to the end of democracy{{snd}}we're here to overthrow it completely. We didn't get all the way there on January 6th, but we will endeavor to get rid of it and replace it with this right here" holding his clenched fist in the air. "Because all glory is not to government — all glory to God."{{Cite news |last1=Bender |first1=Michael C. |date=February 23, 2024 |title=Election Updates: On eve of S.C. primary, Trump is speaking to the Black Conservative Federation. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02/23/us/trump-haley-south-carolina |access-date=February 25, 2024 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828010117/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02/23/us/trump-haley-south-carolina |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last1=Lindsey |first1=David |date=February 25, 2024 |title=Trump's GOP shows its extremism could be a problem in November. |language=en-US |work=Axios |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/02/24/trump-gop-extreme-maga-ivf-cpac-putin |access-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225061814/https://www.axios.com/2024/02/24/trump-gop-extreme-maga-ivf-cpac-putin |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last1=Axelrod |first1=Tal |last2=Shepard |first2=Brittany |date=February 25, 2024 |title='Red meat,' J6 and Trump regalia: The GOP base rallies outside Washington |language=en-US |work=ABC News |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/red-meat-j6-trump-regalia-gop-base-rallies/story?id=107503622 |access-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225031953/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/red-meat-j6-trump-regalia-gop-base-rallies/story?id=107503622 |url-status=live }}Woodward, Alex (February 23, 2024). "Far-right influencer calls for 'end of democracy' at CPAC as Republicans downplay January 6: Jack Posobiec stated he wants to 'overthrow it completely' as panelists hit back at prosecutors for January 6 crimes". The Independent. Retrieved February 23, 2024. The event notably featured several neo-Nazis who were able to secure official CPAC badges to walk the show floor and were not ejected unlike previous years.{{Cite news |last1=Goggin |first1=Ben |date=February 24, 2024 |title=Nazis mingle openly at CPAC, spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories and finding allies |language=en-US |work=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nazis-mingle-openly-cpac-spreading-antisemitic-conspiracy-theories-fin-rcna140335 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225040723/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nazis-mingle-openly-cpac-spreading-antisemitic-conspiracy-theories-fin-rcna140335 |archive-date=February 25, 2024 |access-date=February 25, 2024 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ben-goggin-matt-schlapp-cpac-nazis_n_65dcf2a8e4b0189a6a7ef179 |title=NBC Journalist Shows CPAC Head Matt Schlapp the Nazis Who Attended |date=February 26, 2024 |access-date=February 28, 2024 |work=HuffPost |first=David |last=Moye }}

In addition to the annual presidential straw poll, a poll was also taken on who should be presumptive nominee Trump's vice president. Kristi Noem and Vivek Ramaswamy tied at 15%, followed by Tulsi Gabbard at 9%, and Elise Stefanik and Tim Scott at 8%.{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/02/24/south-carolina-gop-primary-2024/cpac-straw-poll-for-trumps-vp-pick-00143150 |title=CPAC straw poll results: Who should be Trump's VP pick? |date=February 24, 2024 |work=Politico |first=Alex |last=Isenstadt |access-date=February 28, 2024 }}

Opposition to Donald Trump among some conservatives led to a rival conference held by the group Principles First.{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/02/22/1233089965/principle-first-summit-draws-republicans-who-dont-support-frontrunner-trump |publisher=NPR |title=Principle First summit draws Republicans who don't support frontrunner Trump |date=February 22, 2024 |access-date=March 1, 2024 |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828010632/https://www.npr.org/2024/02/22/1233089965/principle-first-summit-draws-republicans-who-dont-support-frontrunner-trump |url-status=live }}

File:CPAC 2025 - Trump speech 01.jpg at the 2025 CPAC]]

Speakers of the 2025 conference included Donald Trump, JD Vance,{{Cite news |date=February 21, 2025 |title=JD Vance, at CPAC, Defends His Munich Speech and Trump's Policy Barrage |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/us/politics/jd-vance-cpac.html |access-date=February 21, 2025 |work=The New York Times}} Liz Truss{{Cite news |date=February 20, 2025 |title=Liz Truss tells CPAC UK is 'failing' and needs Maga-style movement to save it |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/20/liz-truss-cpac-speech |access-date=February 21, 2025 |work=The Guardian}} and Elon Musk. Argentine President Javier Milei gave Musk a chainsaw which Musk called the "chainsaw for bureaucracy".{{Cite web |date=2025-02-21 |title=Elon Musk waves chainsaw gifted by Argentinian President Milei |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/crmj284d0k8o |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}} Steve Bannon spoke, closing his pro-Trump remarks with what appeared to some as a Nazi salute. The incident came one month after Elon Musk made a similar salute during a Trump inaugural appearance.{{cite news |last1=Paperfuss |first1=Mary |title=Did Steve Bannon flash a Nazi salute at CPAC? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/steve-bannon-cpac-nazi-salute-b2702063.html |work=The Independent |date=February 21, 2025}} The following day, Mexican actor Eduardo Verástegui made a similar salute after saying, "My heart is with all of you" and touching his chest, in a manner similar to the Musk incident.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-22 |title=El actor mexicano Eduardo Verástegui hace el saludo nazi en la conferencia ultraconservadora en Estados Unidos |url=https://elpais.com/mexico/2025-02-22/el-actor-mexicano-eduardo-verastegui-hace-el-saludo-nazi-en-la-conferencia-ultraconservadora-en-estados-unidos.html |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=El País México |language=es-MX}}

President of the French populist right-wing party National Rally (RN), Jordan Bardella canceled his speech to the conference (CPAC) after the Bannon incident.{{Cite news |date=February 22, 2025 |title=French far-right leader cancels CPAC speech, calling out Steve Bannon's 'Nazi ideology' hand gesture |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/french-far-right-jordan-bardella-steve-bannon-nazi-ideology-gesture-rcna193195 |access-date=February 22, 2025 |work=NBC News}} Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico delivered an enthusiastic endorsement of Donald Trump.{{cite web |title=Fico's CPAC speech draws fire for pro-Russian, pro-Trump rhetoric |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/ficos-cpac-speech-draws-fire-for-pro-russian-pro-trump-rhetoric/ |website=euractiv.com/ |access-date=18 April 2025}}

At CPAC 2025, conservative groups, such as the Third Term Project, supported Tennessee representative Andy Ogles proposed resolution to amend the Twenty-Second Amendment, allowing for presidents who have served two non-consecutive terms to seek a third term and promoted the idea of Trump running for an as-yet unconstitutional third term.{{Cite web |last=Quarshie |first=Mabinty |last2=Bullis |first2=Hailey |date=February 20, 2025 |title=CPAC pushes Trump to run for an unconstitutional third term- Washington Examiner |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3324704/cpac-trump-power-third-term-push/ |access-date=February 22, 2025 |language=en-US}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/third-term-project-donald-trump-2028-constitution-2034316 |title=What Is the Third Term Project? Pro-Trump Group Bids to Change Constitution |date=February 21, 2025 |publisher=Newsweek|last1=Palmer|first1=Ewan}}

File:CPAC 2015 Straw Poll by Gage Skidmore.jpg as the apparent winner]]

The annual CPAC straw poll vote traditionally serves as a barometer for the feelings of the conservative movement. During the conference, attendees are encouraged to fill out a survey that asks questions on a variety of issues. The questions regarding the most popular possible presidential candidates are the most widely reported. One component of CPAC is evaluating conservative candidates for president, and the straw poll serves generally to quantify conservative opinion.

In total, current U.S. President Donald Trump holds the record for the most wins in CPAC straw polls with seven ({{as of|2024|02|lc=y}}). Mitt Romney follows with four, and Ronald Reagan, Jack Kemp, and Rand Paul follow with three wins each, followed by Ron Paul with two wins. Of these five, the Pauls are the only two to win more than one straw poll, yet never appear on a Republican presidential ticket in any election, although Ron Paul did receive one Electoral College vote in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2017/01/09/rogue-texas-elector-explains-decision-back-ron-pau/|title=Rogue Texas elector explains decision to back Ron Paul|author=Patrick Svitek|work=The Texas Tribune|date=January 9, 2017|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-date=February 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220014604/https://www.texastribune.org/2017/01/09/rogue-texas-elector-explains-decision-back-ron-pau/|url-status=live}}

Despite his former popularity, Romney was not invited from CPAC in 2020 because of his vote to hear additional witnesses in the first impeachment trial of Donald Trump{{cite news|last=Choi|first=Matthew|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/31/romney-cpac-impeachment-110143|title=Romney not welcome at CPAC after impeachment witness vote|work=Politico|date=January 31, 2020|access-date=January 31, 2020|archive-date=February 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226040023/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/31/romney-cpac-impeachment-110143|url-status=live}} and was also not invited to the 2021 CPAC after he voted to convict Trump on one count in his second impeachment trial.{{Cite news|date=February 25, 2021|title=Here Are Some of the Top Republicans Not Attending CPAC This Year|language=en|work=Bloomberg.com|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-25/republican-no-shows-for-cpac-gathering-are-who-s-who-of-the-gop|access-date=February 26, 2021|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225215911/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-25/republican-no-shows-for-cpac-gathering-are-who-s-who-of-the-gop|url-status=live}} CPAC's chairman said he could not ensure Romney's "physical safety" at the 2020 CPAC conference.{{Cite news|date=2020|title=CPAC chairman says he would fear for Mitt Romney's 'physical safety' at conference|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/10/cpac-chair-mitt-romney-impeachment/}}

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has had more second-place finishes in the CPAC straw poll than anyone else, being the runner-up five consecutive times from 2021 to 2023. Mitt Romney has the second-highest number of second-place finishes, with three, followed by Pat Buchanan, George W. Bush, John McCain, and Marco Rubio, all with two each.

The first CPAC in Argentina took place on December 4, 2024, in the city of Buenos Aires. Speakers included Argentinian President Javier Milei, Lara Trump, Kari Lake, Santiago Abascal, Agustín Laje, Patricia Bullrich, Ben Shapiro, Eduardo Verástegui, Rafael López Aliaga, Ricardo Salinas Pliego, Luis Caputo and Eduardo Bolsonaro, with video messages by: Steve Bannon, Jair Bolsonaro and Maria Corina Machado.{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/politica/2024/12/04/la-reunion-de-la-cpac-argentina-en-vivo-las-ultimas-noticias-de-la-cumbre-de-conservadores-mas-influyentes-del-mundo/|title=El presidente Javier Milei habla en el cierre de la CPAC Argentina|date=December 4, 2024|website=Infobae|access-date=December 5, 2024|language=es}}

Australia's first CPAC was held in August 2019 by Andrew Cooper,{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-16/conservative-think-tank-libertyworks-loses-high-court-bid/100219092 |title=Conservative think tank LibertyWorks loses High Court bid against Australia's foreign influence law |author=Elizabeth Byrne |date=June 16, 2021 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=March 26, 2023 |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828011203/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-16/conservative-think-tank-libertyworks-loses-high-court-bid/100219092 |url-status=live }} founder of conservative think-tank LibertyWorks. Guest speakers included former prime minister Tony Abbott, Brexit campaign leader Nigel Farage, former Breitbart News editor-in-chief Raheem Kassam and NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham. Liberal Senator Amanda Stoker and Craig Kelly MP were at the event. There were calls for Kassam to be banned from coming into the country before the event.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/labor-wants-right-wing-bigot-banned-from-australia-ahead-of-conservative-conference|title=Labor wants right-wing 'bigot' banned from Australia ahead of conservative conference|website=SBS News|access-date=September 10, 2019|archive-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828011205/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/labor-wants-right-wing-bigot-banned-from-australia-ahead-of-conservative-conference/nvez3k2uf|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-31/labor-calls-for-right-winger-to-be-banned-from-the-country/11369066|title=Right-wing provocateur who wanted female politician's legs 'taped shut' on his way to Australia|first=political reporter Matthew|last=Doran|date=July 31, 2019|website=ABC News|access-date=September 10, 2019|archive-date=August 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802142922/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-31/labor-calls-for-right-winger-to-be-banned-from-the-country/11369066|url-status=live}}

The second conference was held in November 2020.{{cite news |last1=McGowan |first1=Michael |title=Australian rightwing conference a mix of triumphalism and despair on day of US election |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/nov/04/australian-rightwing-conference-a-mix-of-triumphalism-and-despair-on-day-of-us-election |access-date=December 8, 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=November 4, 2020 |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828011254/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/nov/04/australian-rightwing-conference-a-mix-of-triumphalism-and-despair-on-day-of-us-election |url-status=live }} Canadian alt-right YouTuber Lauren Southern was initially scheduled to appear, but her invitation was rescinded by the organizers.{{Cite web |last1=Hutchinson |first1=Samantha |last2=Brook |first2=Stephen |date=October 1, 2020 |title=Alt-right activist Lauren Southern dumped from Conservative conference |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/alt-right-activist-lauren-southern-dumped-from-conservative-conference-20201001-p5611m.html |access-date=November 23, 2020 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=October 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005084016/https://www.smh.com.au/national/alt-right-activist-lauren-southern-dumped-from-conservative-conference-20201001-p5611m.html |url-status=live }}

The 2022 conference was held in Sydney on October 1. Attendees included Tony Abbott, Eric Abetz, Katherine Deves, Nigel Farage, Jacinta Price and Amanda Stoker.{{cite web | last=Butler | first=Josh | title='Socialism sucks' stickers on display as CPAC Australia stokes fears of Indigenous voice | website=The Guardian | date=October 1, 2022 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/01/socialism-sucks-stickers-on-display-as-cpac-australia-stokes-fears-of-indigenous-voice | access-date=October 7, 2022 | archive-date=October 8, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008123508/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/01/socialism-sucks-stickers-on-display-as-cpac-australia-stokes-fears-of-indigenous-voice | url-status=live }}

The 2023 conference was held in Sydney from August 19–20.{{cite web | last=Butler | first=Josh | title=CPAC Australia: hardline culture warriors rail against Indigenous voice, 'fake news' and 'woke corporates' | website=The Guardian | date=August 19, 2023 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/19/cpac-australia-hardline-culture-warriors-rail-against-indigenous-voice-fake-news-and-woke-corporates | access-date=August 22, 2023 | archive-date=August 28, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828011208/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/19/cpac-australia-hardline-culture-warriors-rail-against-indigenous-voice-fake-news-and-woke-corporates | url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Visentin |first=Lisa |date=August 19, 2023 |title=Inside the conservative forum rallying troops against the Voice |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/inside-the-conservative-forum-rallying-troops-against-the-voice-20230819-p5dxsx.html |access-date=August 22, 2023 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828011209/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/inside-the-conservative-forum-rallying-troops-against-the-voice-20230819-p5dxsx.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Butler |first=Josh |date=August 20, 2023 |title=CPAC Australia defends comedian who referred to traditional owners as 'violent black men' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/21/cpac-australia-defends-comedian-who-referred-to-traditional-owners-as-violent-black-men |access-date=August 22, 2023 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828011210/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/21/cpac-australia-defends-comedian-who-referred-to-traditional-owners-as-violent-black-men |url-status=live }} One prominent speaking point of the conference was in opposition to the proposed constitutional amendment to create an Indigenous voice to parliament. Tony Abbott, Warren Mundine and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price were among the speakers at the conference.{{Cite web |title=CPAC Australia: hardline culture warriors rail against Indigenous voice, 'fake news' and 'woke corporates' {{!}} Australian politics {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/19/cpac-australia-hardline-culture-warriors-rail-against-indigenous-voice-fake-news-and-woke-corporates |access-date=August 24, 2023 |website=amp.theguardian.com |date=August 19, 2023 |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828011210/https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/19/cpac-australia-hardline-culture-warriors-rail-against-indigenous-voice-fake-news-and-woke-corporates |url-status=live }}

The first CPAC in Brazil took place on October 11–12, 2019, in the city of São Paulo, attended by leading American conservatives including ACU chairman Matt Schlapp and his wife Mercedes Schlapp, Utah senator Mike Lee, Fox News specialist Walid Phares, as well as Brazilian figures including President Jair Bolsonaro's son Eduardo Bolsonaro, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ernesto Araújo, and the Prince Imperial of Brazil Bertrand Maria José de Orléans e Bragança and others.{{cite news |title=Official website |url=https://cpacbrasil.com.br |website=CPAC Brazil |language=pt |access-date=June 10, 2021 |archive-date=October 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013234004/https://cpacbrasil.com.br/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|title=ACU Foundation Events|url=https://foundation.conservative.org/|website=ACU Foundation|access-date=August 14, 2019|archive-date=August 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814235257/https://foundation.conservative.org/|url-status=live}}

The ACU Foundation announced that the event would take place annually in Brazil from 2019.{{cite tweet |author-link=Jair Bolsonaro |user=jairbolsonaro |number=1161762914136723459 |date=August 14, 2019 |title=-É com grande satisfação que após meses de trabalho anunciamos que o maior evento conservador do mundo, CPAC, será realizado pela 1ª vez no Brasil. Em breve divulgaremos grandes nomes da direita mundial que se farão presentes em São Paulo nos dias 11 e 12/OUT. Sigam: @cpacbrasil.}}{{cite news |title=Eduardo Bolsonaro tenta trazer ao Brasil maior evento conservador do mundo |url=https://www.poder360.com.br/governo/eduardo-bolsonaro-tenta-trazer-ao-brasil-maior-evento-conservador-do-mundo |publisher=Poder 360 |language=pt |date=May 18, 2019 |access-date=August 14, 2019 |archive-date=March 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314185942/https://www.poder360.com.br/governo/eduardo-bolsonaro-tenta-trazer-ao-brasil-maior-evento-conservador-do-mundo/ |url-status=live }}

In September 2021, Jason Miller, a former senior adviser to Donald Trump, and other American right-wing media personalities in his traveling party, were detained and questioned for three hours at Brasília International Airport following participation in the 2021 CPAC Brazil Conference. The investigation was part of an inquiry by Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes into misinformation allegedly perpetuated by the administration of President Jair Bolsonaro. Miller had praised Bolsonaro's supporters as "proud patriots" and claimed they had been deplatformed and shadow banned by Brazilian authorities.{{cite news |last1=Sonmez |first1=Felicia |last2=McCoy |first2=Terrence |title=Former Trump adviser Jason Miller briefly detained in Brazil as political tumult grips country |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-jason-miller-brazil-bolsonaro/2021/09/07/a3422d10-0ff8-11ec-bc8a-8d9a5b534194_story.html |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908152218/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-jason-miller-brazil-bolsonaro/2021/09/07/a3422d10-0ff8-11ec-bc8a-8d9a5b534194_story.html |archive-date=September 8, 2021}} Miller continued to advise Jair Bolsonaro after his October 2022 election defeat, meeting with the president's son, Eduardo Bolsonaro, in November 2022, as protests and election challenges continued.{{cite news |last1=Dwoskin |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Sá Pessoa |first2=Gabriela |title=Trump aides Bannon, Miller advising the Bolsonaros on next steps |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/23/brazil-bolsonaro-bannon/ |access-date=November 28, 2022 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=November 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127135735/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/23/brazil-bolsonaro-bannon/ |archive-date=November 27, 2022}}

The 2024 CPAC Brazil featured Jair Bolsonaro, Eduardo Bolsonaro, Argentinian President Javier Milei, Chilean Republican Party leader José Antonio Kast and Salvadoran Justice and Public Security Minister Gustavo Villatoro.{{cite web | url=https://elpais.com/chile/2024-07-02/junto-a-milei-y-bolsonaro-el-viaje-de-kast-a-la-cumbre-de-la-ultraderecha-brasilena.html | title=Junto a Milei y Bolsonaro: El viaje de Kast a la cumbre de la ultraderecha brasileña | date=July 2, 2024 | access-date=July 6, 2024 | archive-date=August 28, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828011212/https://elpais.com/chile/2024-07-02/junto-a-milei-y-bolsonaro-el-viaje-de-kast-a-la-cumbre-de-la-ultraderecha-brasilena.html | url-status=live }}

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A conference, billed by the organizers{{Clarify|date=December 2024}} as CPAC Hungary, was held on May 19–20, 2022 in Budapest, Hungary.{{Cite web|url=https://hungarytoday.hu/budapest-cpac-conservative-republican-conference-march/|title=Budapest to Host CPAC Hungary Conference in March|website=Hungarytoday.hu|date=January 26, 2022|access-date=February 15, 2022|archive-date=February 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202163726/https://hungarytoday.hu/budapest-cpac-conservative-republican-conference-march/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hungarianconservative.com/articles/current/budapest-to-host-the-largest-american-conservative-conference/|title=Budapest to Host the Largest American Conservative Conference|website=Hungarianconservative.com|date=October 13, 2021|access-date=February 15, 2022|archive-date=December 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209180851/https://www.hungarianconservative.com/articles/current/budapest-to-host-the-largest-american-conservative-conference/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |last1=Garamvolgyi |first1=Flora |last2=Walker |first2=Shaun |date=February 11, 2022 |title=Viktor Orbán invites Trump to Hungary to boost re-election campaign |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/11/donald-trump-hungary-prime-minister-viktor-orban-reelection |access-date=February 15, 2022 |archive-date=February 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211230752/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/11/donald-trump-hungary-prime-minister-viktor-orban-reelection |url-status=live }} Speakers included Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán; Spain's Vox party leader Santiago Abascal; Eduardo Bolsonaro; right-wing US commentator Candace Owens; Ernst Roets, the Deputy CEO of AfriForum;{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8X4tpTU1PY | title=Ernst Roets at CPAC Hungary 2022 – Don't be derailed by the Keepers of the Script | website=YouTube | date=May 22, 2022 | access-date=May 23, 2022 | archive-date=May 23, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523011904/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=t8X4tpTU1PY | url-status=live }} and former US White House chief of staff Mark Meadows,{{Cite web |last=Garamvolgyi |first=Flora |date=May 20, 2022 |title=Viktor Orbán tells CPAC the path to power is to 'have your own media' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/20/viktor-orban-cpac-republicans-hungary |access-date=May 21, 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=May 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521112128/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/20/viktor-orban-cpac-republicans-hungary |url-status=live }} as well as far-right US conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec and Hungarian journalist Zsolt Bayer.{{Cite web |last1=Garamvolgyi |first1=Flora |last2=Borger |first2=Julian |date=May 21, 2022 |title=Trump shares CPAC Hungary platform with notorious racist and antisemite |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/21/trump-shares-cpac-hungary-platform-racist-antisemite |access-date=May 22, 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=May 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522013411/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/21/trump-shares-cpac-hungary-platform-racist-antisemite |url-status=live }}

CPAC 2024 in Hungary attracted attention by refusing registration to journalists from various national media, using 'CPAC is a no woke zone' as an argument.{{Cite web |date=April 10, 2024 |title=VRT NWS niet welkom op conservatief congres CPAC in Boedapest, wegens "te woke" |url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/04/09/vrt-nws-niet-welkom-op-conservatief-congres-cpac-in-boedapest-w/ |access-date=April 10, 2024 |website=vrtnws.be |language=nl |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828011714/https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/04/09/vrt-nws-niet-welkom-op-conservatief-congres-cpac-in-boedapest-w/ |url-status=live }} The event was attended by 3000 participants, among them 500 from abroad, from 6 continents: two prime ministers in office, Irakli Kobakhidze (Georgia) and Viktor Orbán (Hungary); three former Prime Ministers (Tony Abbott, Mateusz Morawiecki, and Janez Janša); seven ministers in office (5 Hungarians and 2 Israelis); ten presidents of political parties (amongst them: Santiago Abascal, Geert Wilders, and Tom Van Grieken); three American congressmen (Andy Harris, Paul Gosar, and Keith Self); and seven high ranking Polish political leaders. Participants of the conference were greeted with video messages by Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States of America, Vivek Ramaswamy, former candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States, and André Ventura, founder of the Portuguese party Chega!.{{cite web |title=CPAC: Létrejött a nemzeti erők nemzetközi összefogása |url=https://magyarnemzet.hu/kulfold/2024/04/cpac-letrejott-a-nemzeti-erok-nemzetkozi-osszefogasa |website=Magyar Nemzet |access-date=28 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828011720/https://magyarnemzet.hu/kulfold/2024/04/cpac-letrejott-a-nemzeti-erok-nemzetkozi-osszefogasa |archive-date=28 August 2024 |language=hu |date=26 April 2024}}

In 2025 CPAC Hungary was the largest gathering of patriots ever. Mr. Miklós Szánthó said: ‘We are facing a global conspiracy, and the age of patriots has arrived—when we must provide an anti-globalist response to globalist aspirations.’ {{cite web |title= CPAC Hungary Kicks Off Tomorrow Featuring Orbán, Fico, and Weidel |url=https://www.hungarianconservative.com/articles/current/cpac-hungary-2025-orban-fico-weidel-conservative-conference/

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File:Martin Helme - CPAC Hungary 2023.jpg|Martin Helme - CPAC Hungary 2023

File:Garibashvili on CPAC Hungary, May 2023.jpg|Irakli Garibashvili on CPAC Hungary, May 2023

File:Andrej Babiš (2) (cropped 2).jpg|ANO leader, Andrej Babiš, speaking at the 2023 CPAC Hungary

File:Eva Vlaardingerbroek (cropped).jpg|Eva Vlaardingerbroek speaking at CPAC Hungary 2023

File:Alice Weidel in 2025.jpg|Alice Weidel speaking at CPAC Hungary 2025

File:Liz Truss speaking at CPAC Hungary 2025.jpg|Liz Truss speaking at CPAC Hungary 2025

The first international CPAC was hosted in Tokyo on December 16–17, 2017 by the Japanese Conservative Union (JCU) in conjunction with the American Conservative Union (ACU).{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/american-conservative-union-announces-japanese-cpac-in-tokyo|title=American Conservative Union announces 'Japanese CPAC' in Tokyo|date=November 17, 2017|website=Washington Examiner|access-date=July 31, 2020|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109025944/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/american-conservative-union-announces-japanese-cpac-in-tokyo|url-status=live}} JCU and ACU have continued to co-host J-CPACs every year since. Participants have included notable lawmakers and conservatives from the U.S., Japan, and around the world. They include ACU chairman Matt Schlapp and executive director Dan Schneider, White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, U.S. Representatives Bruce Westerman, and Paul Gosar, Fmr. METI Minister Akira Amari, Fmr. Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, Fmr. Defense Minister Tomomi Inada, Fmr. Taiwanese Finance Minister and WTO ambassador {{ill|Ching-Chang Wen|zh|顏慶章}}, journalist Sara Carter, then-SEC commissioner Michael Piwowar, Asia expert and commentator Gordon G. Chang, to name just a few. Hong Kong localist activist Andy Chan Ho-tin attended Japanese CPAC 2019 by video after he was arrested in Hong Kong on his way to Tokyo to make a live appearance.{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/hong-kong-protest-2019-chan|title=Conservatives visit Hong Kong activist arrested on his way to CPAC in Japan|first=Evie|last=Fordham|date=September 6, 2019|website=FOXBusiness|access-date=July 31, 2020|archive-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828011721/https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/hong-kong-protest-2019-chan|url-status=live}}

The first CPAC in Mexico (CPAC México) took place on November 18–19, 2022 at a Westin hotel in Santa Fe, Mexico City. Speakers included former Trump White House advisor Steve Bannon, American anti-abortion activist Abby Johnson, Eduardo Bolsonaro, Argentinian presidential candidate Javier Milei, former Chilean presidential candidate José Antonio Kast, and Juan Iván Peña Neder, the President of the Mexican Republicans.{{Cite web |last=Tomson |first=Danielle |date=November 23, 2022 |title=CPAC México wants to unite a fractured international far-right |url=https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/cpac-mexico-republicans-far-right-movement/ |access-date=November 24, 2022 |website=Coda Media |language=en-US |archive-date=November 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124053037/https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/cpac-mexico-republicans-far-right-movement/ |url-status=live }} It was organized by Mexican anti-abortion activist Eduardo Verástegui.{{Cite news |last=O'Boyle |first=Brendan |date=November 19, 2022 |title=At CPAC Mexico, 'orphaned' right tries to build home as region tacks left |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/cpac-mexico-orphaned-right-tries-build-home-region-tacks-left-2022-11-19/ |access-date=November 24, 2022}} At the start of the conference, a group of anti-fascist protesters wearing Che Guevara shirts and waving red hammer and sickle flags showed up at the hotel; Matt Schlapp dubbed the protest "CPAC Derangement Syndrome".

The first CPAC in South Korea (KCPAC) took place between October 3, 2019, in the city of Seoul. They include ACU chairman Matt Schlapp and executive director Dan Schneider, Fmr. acting United States Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, Fmr. Deputy National Security Advisor of the United States K. T. McFarland, Asia expert and commentator Gordon G. Chang, Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, Founder of the New Institute Andrew Crilly, Fox News Contributor Sara A. Carter, Professor of law at Handong International Law School Eric Enlow, Professor emeritus at Yonsei University Kim Dong-gil, Fmr. public security prosecutor Koh Young-ju, Co-chairperson KCPAC Annie M. H. Chan, Fmr. Prime minister of South Korea Hwang Kyo-ahn, Liberty Korea Party members of the National Assembly Kim Jin-tae and Chun Hee-kyung and Min Kyung-wook, Director of the International Strategic Research Institute Kim Jung-min, Director of Korea Institute for Crisis Management Analysis Huh Nam-sung, Fmr. Director of Korea Institute for National Unification Kim Tae-woo, Founder and former Chief of Pennmike Chung Kyu-jae, Lawyer Chae Myung-sung, Leader of Dawn of Liberty Party Park Kyul, Leader of Truth Forum Kim Eun-koo.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cpackorea.com/kcpac-2019|title=KCPAC 2019 | KCPAC|website=cpackorea.com|access-date=May 19, 2021|archive-date=May 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519040838/https://www.cpackorea.com/kcpac-2019|url-status=dead}} In Korea, Min Kyung-wook and Ryu Chulwoong presented at CPAC2021 in the United States.

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