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Theocracy reigns at CPAC. Christian nationalist says “we didn’t get all the way there on January 6th”

John Fea   |  February 23, 2024

In my recent review of Rob Reiner’s film “God and Country” at Christianity Today, I suggested that many on the political left tend to conflate “Christian nationalism” with basically any form of conservative evangelical political engagement. But that doesn’t mean […]

How Ben Carson appropriated the Asbury Revival at CPAC

John Fea   |  March 7, 2023

Check out our full coverage of the Asbury Revival. The former HUD director and presidential candidate’s speech this weekend at the Conservative Political Action Conference praised the founding fathers, repeated the myth that Ben Franklin led the Constitutional Conventional in […]

Apparently $100,000 is the price to compete in the CPAC straw poll

John Fea   |  March 7, 2023

Vivek Ramaswamy is running for the GOP nomination for president in 2024, but he has no name recognition and as a result was not expected to do well on the straw poll conducted last weekend at a gathering of the […]

CPAC 2023 in six minutes

John Fea   |  March 7, 2023

Thanks to Ron Filipkowski for putting posting this:

Does Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick believe in the verbal, plenary inspiration of…the U.S. Constitution?

John Fea   |  August 15, 2022

A lot of people grow tired of me calling this stuff out. I grow tired of having to call it out. But somebody’s got to do it. This stuff is not going away anytime soon. If the words of the […]

Putin is rarely mentioned at CPAC

John Fea   |  February 26, 2022

The speakers at the pro-Trump Conservative Political Action Conference this week are in a tough spot. I am sure many of them condemn the Putin invasion of Ukraine, but they can’t do that publicly without invoking the ire of their […]

Ted Cruz calls Jen Psaki “Peppermint Patty”

John Fea   |  February 25, 2022

In a speech at the meeting of the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC), Ted Cruz referred to White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki as “Peppermint Patty.” Watch: But I wonder–is someone calling Psaki “Peppermint Patty” really an insult? Why does […]

Anti-Trump Republicans will gather for the “Principles First” summit

John Fea   |  February 21, 2022

They will meet this weekend at the National Press Club. Speakers include Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, Denver Riggleman, Geoff Duncan, Brad Raffensperger, Alexander Vindman, Joe Walsh, Barbara Comstock, Bill Kristol, Charlie Sykes, Tom Nichols, Peter Wehner, and Harry Dunn. Meanwhile, […]

Joe Biden is coming for your Bibles!

John Fea   |  July 10, 2021

The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is meeting this weekend in Dallas. After looking at the lineup of speakers, it should probably just be called Trump Political Action Conference or TPAC. (I am sure someone already came up with that […]