If you’ve been to the Conservative Political Action Conference before, you know that the speakers’ hall fills up and empties out based on who’s speaking.

You generally feel sorry for whoever has to speak right after one of the big shots, in front of an audience that’s mostly exiting the ballroom. But personally, I think one of those walk-out-the-door speeches may be one of the more important ones this year. Dan Schneider, the American Conservative Union’s executive director, came in just after Scott Walker to deliver a timely jeremiad against the alt-right.