LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Vice President Mike Pence called for conservative supporters at the Conservative Political Action Conference Thursday to keep fighting for Republicans to gain even more power in Congress in 2018. Pence reminded the crowd of the grassroots movement that allowed Republicans to overtake the House of Representatives in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The American Conservative Union has released a statement on Twitter explaining that they have rescinded the invitation to Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos over what they call an “offensive video” in which he “condoned pedophilia.” The statement, written by ACU chairman Matt Schalpp reads: Due to the revelation of an offensive video in…
Rubio Represents the Last Hope for GOP of the Past by Josh Guckert In his speech to CPAC on Saturday, Marco Rubio did his best to sound the same notes that President George W. Bush did in 2004. He expressed that the world is safest when the US has the strongest military in the world, that tactics…
Panel Embodies Shift in Tone at CPAC by Josh Guckert As noted Friday, with a lack of major libertarian voices at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference. This trend continued on Saturday with a forum entitled “What Would A World Without Cops Look Like?” hosted by radio host Wayne Dupree and featuring former Representative Sandy Adams (R-FL),…
Carson Changes the Race in His Exit Speech by Josh Guckert During his speech to CPAC on Friday, Ben Carson officially announced his withdrawal from the presidential campaign after giving perhaps his most eloquent and insightful speech thus far. During the speech he sounded off on many libertarian issues, including a reference to the United States’ highest-in-the-world…
Cruz Attempts to Unite Splintered Party with Soaring Rhetoric by Josh Guckert The first word out of his mouth was “God,” and for this faux televangelist, nothing was more fitting. Ted Cruz spent his speech roaming the stage in jeans and a sports coat, doing his best to seem relatable. However, the truth seemed all…
Kasich Remains Differing Voice in Republican Primary by Josh Guckert Like so many of the other speakers at CPAC, John Kasich began his Friday speech by hearkening back to the days of Ronald Reagan. The Ohio Governor spent much of his time discussing his record as a US Congressman and distancing himself from the so-called…
Has CPAC Been Taken Back by Authoritarians? by Josh Guckert The tone was set at CPAC in Washington, DC early Saturday morning when the doors opened to the conference hall at the Gaylord Convention Center. Significant and unique from prior years was the overwhelming presence of the Secret Service at the entrances to the main…