President Trump will speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference later this week.
“We are honored to have @realDonaldTrump join us again for #CPAC2019 where he’ll share his vision for #WhatMakesAmericaGreat. Thank you, Mr. President!” tweeted Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union. Schlapp is married to White House director of strategic communications Mercedes Schlapp.
The event is taking place in National Harbor, Md., just south of Washington, D.C.
We are honored to have @realDonaldTrump join us again for #CPAC2019 where he’ll share his vision for #WhatMakesAmericaGreat. Thank you, Mr. President! pic.twitter.com/NpV3dqkew5
— Matt Schlapp (@mschlapp) February 25, 2019
Trump has spoken at the annual gathering of grassroots conservatives, also known as CPAC, multiple times, including in 2011 when he raised the possibility of running for office in the 2012 presidential election.
“And I can tell you this, if I run and if I win, this country will be respected again,” Trump said, according to the Washington Times.
Although Trump was slated to speak at CPAC in 2016 when he was a presidential candidate, he withdrew on short notice to campaign in Kansas and Florida. He has spoken at the event in 2017 and 2018 as president.
Other speakers at CPAC this year include Reps. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, Mark Meadows, R-N.C., and Sens. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn. Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is also scheduled to speak, along with activists and former members of the Trump administration such as Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and Sebastian Gorka, a former deputy assistant to Trump
