From POLITICO:
CPAC was at the top of its powers last year. Then Covid-19 hit, Trump lost, and the post-election chaos ensued. Now, the confab has some challenges ahead.
This is delicious:
ACU chairman Matt Schlapp said he is convinced this year’s conference will be no different from past years. “CPAC is going great,” he told POLITICO on Tuesday, before then saying that his quote needed to be attributed without his name.
ACU General Counsel David Safavian accused POLITICO of “tortious interference with business relationships” and attempting “to ‘cancel’ both CPAC and the American Conservative Union itself.” The group then tweeted a copy of a letter from Safavian that included a litigation threat.
“We fully intend to explore our legal rights to hold Politico fully accountable for what we see as tortious conduct,” the letter stated.
The full article is worth reading (something I don’t always claim for POLITICO).
The best news for people in the Washington, DC area: CPAC has booked space in Orlando, due to Florida’s less rigorous COVID-19 restrictions.
UPDATE: Here is the full letter tweeted to Politico: