CPAC Host Stunned as Crowd Erupts in Cheers for Trump Impeachment
Attendees at the 2026 Conservative Political Action Conference seem to be dazed and confused after a disastrously chaotic month for President Donald Trump. In the last 30 days, he has started a war in the Middle East, deployed federal agents to airports, and refused to end the partial government shutdown.
While speaking from the CPAC stage Friday in Grapevine, Texas, American Conservative Union chairman Matt Schlapp asked a question he apparently thought would hype up the crowd.
“How many of you would like to see impeachment hearings?”
The crowd erupted in cheers.
“No,” Schlapp responded, shaking his head. “That was the wrong answer. Let me try it again. How many of you would like to see impeachment hearings?” he asked the crowd for a second time.
Attendees at this years Conservative Political Action Conference seem more lost than ever.
The Conservative Political Action Conference is underway, and for the first time in a decade will be President Donald Trump-free since he ch
Walter Einenkel at Daily Kos:
The Conservative Political Action Conference is underway, and for the first time in a decade will be President Donald Trump-free since he chose not to attend this year.
That didn’t stop alleged groper and American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp from trying to fire up the crowd—but things went off the rails.
“How many of you would like to see impeachment hearings?” Schlapp said, followed by an eruption of cheers. “No, that was the wrong answer,” Schlapp told the crowd.
Strange scenes at CPAC: The crowd appeared to cheer for Trump’s impeachment... only for ACU head Matt Schlapp to tell them that was the wrong answer.
It is not surprising #MattSchlapp would be such a hypocrite and self-loathing homophobe. CPAC has a lot of members full of hate and shame.
Conservative men have regressed emotionally and intellectually to where they simp/stan for garbage strongmen rather than process the real world. Structural conservatism is failing.
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As supporters of President Donald Trump try desperately to put a positive spin on former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, their arguments are quickly devolving into nothing but weak, ineffective talking points which only serve to expose them as frightened and on edge.
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“Why is there objection to sending ICE officers to polling places?”
Jacob Knutson at Democracy Docket:
During a norm-shattering appearance at a conservative political conference Thursday, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said he couldn’t understand why anyone would disagree with a president deploying federal agents to the polls.
Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Blanche was echoing recent calls from far-right activists for President Donald Trump to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to voting sites during the 2026 midterms — a tactic clearly meant to intimidate voters and poll workers and influence election outcomes.
Blanche, the second-highest-ranking official in the Department of Justice (DOJ), downplayed concerns over ICE agents patrolling voting sites, even though federal law bars the deployment of federal troops or armed federal law enforcement to any polling place unless “such force be necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States.”
“Why is there objection to sending ICE officers to polling places?” Blanche, one of Trump’s former personal attorneys, said during a stage interview. “Illegals can’t vote. It doesn’t make any sense.”
With his comments, Blanche is now the most prominent Trump official to voice support for federal immigration officers patrolling polls.
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When CPAC chair Matt Schlapp baselessly claimed that noncitizen voting is widespread in the U.S., Blanche agreed with him — even though numerous studies and voter roll audits have shown that vanishingly few noncitizens attempt to register, and fewer still try to vote.
“Well, amen. That’s right,” Blanche said before praising the DOJ Civil Rights Division’s crusade to obtain states’ unredacted voter rolls. The DOJ has sued 29 states and D.C. as part of the effort, which is based on false claims of widespread illegal voting.
“We are fighting a judiciary, and we are fighting in blue states that don’t want this and that say, ‘No,’” Blanche said.
“And you can ask yourself why, but I think the answer is obvious,” he added, insinuating that states have only opposed the DOJ because they seek to promote noncitizen voting.
