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Trump calls for GOP unity, repeats lies about election loss
Donald Trump on Sunday called for Republican Party unity at the Conservative Political Action Conference, AP reported. The former President also peddled lies about his defeat in the 2020 election in a televised speech, repeating the unfounded claim that he lost only because of mass voter fraud.
Judges, Republican state officials and Trump’s own administration have rejected his own claims, which Democrats have dubbed the “big lie,” and countered with the fact that he lost by more than 7 million votes.
Golden Trump proves wildly popular at CPAC
Tommy Zegan, a California-based artist, created a 6-foot-tall golden statue of Donald Trump wearing a suit jacket, American flag-themed shorts and flip-flops. Zegan said his work is a symbolic response to multiple pieces of art mocking Trump.
The red white and blue shorts represent Trump’s patriotism, a red tie stands in for his Republican ideals and the thongs and shorts serve to convey his retirement age.
“He should be at the beach right now,” said Zegan, adding however that he would be ecstatic if Trump ran for office again in 2024.
CPAC speakers lament COVID restrictions, loss of ‘freedoms’
The Conservative Political Action Conference kicked off its 2021 meeting with a defiant stance toward COVID-19 restrictions, CNN reported. CPAC was nearly canceled when Maryland’s pandemic-related restrictions on large gatherings forced the event organizers to relocate to Orlando.
“That state decided to cancel us because they said this was unsafe,” said Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, which puts on CPAC. “And I said to myself, I’ll be damned if I’ll be the first ACU chairman in 50 years to not have CPAC.”
While Florida’s restrictions are looser than in some other states, there is a mask mandate inside the hotel.
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