Sen. Marco Rubio’s campaign announced that he will be attending CPAC next week after the event’s organizer called him out for repeatedly declining to commit to attend.
CONFIRMED: Grassroots activists will hear from @marcorubio at #CPAC next week — be part of history! #tcot pic.twitter.com/l2opz7k5Pq
— Matt Schlapp (@mschlapp) February 24, 2016
American Conservative Union President Matt Schlapp tweeted out the news, making Rubio the final of the five remaining GOP candidates to commit to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
According to a Rubio spokesman, the Florida senator will speak on Saturday, March 5 at 11:35 a.m, making it the eighth consecutive year he will be appearing at the annual conference of conservative activists.
The ACU and the Rubio campaign became engaged in a game of he-said, she-said throughout Tuesday about the Florida senator potentially not attending, which extending into Wednesday before the afternoon announcement.
The opening of CPAC next week will coincide with next Thursday’s GOP debate, the first to take place after Super Tuesday, when 13 states and 595 delegates are up for grabs.
