Trump’s speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) was the highly anticipated finale to a grand weekend that attracted the country’s biggest Republican names. His Sunday speech marked the first major appearance since leaving the White House and it drew loads of applause and crowds to see the former president. During the speech, Trump blasted Biden’s horrendous job thus far but also pointed to the future of the Republican Party. These are some of the biggest takeaways from Trump’s speech.
Fox News reports:
Trump rips into Biden during CPAC speech
“Joe Biden has had the most disastrous first month of any president in modern history,” Trump said, calling the new administration “anti-jobs, anti-families, anti-border, anti-energy, anti-women and anti-science.”
Trump declares he would not start a new political party
“We’re not starting new parties. You know — they kept saying, ‘He’s going to start a brand new party,'” Trump said. “We have the Republican Party. It’s going to unite and be stronger than ever before.”
Trump wasn’t the only Republican to deliver impassioned speeches over the weekend which brought crowds to their feet. Pro-Trump Republicans like Matt Gaetz, Ted Cruz, and Andrew McCarthy also spoke on the future of the Republican Party and how we will take back the House while blasting prominent Democrats and Republicans who’ve found themselves at the center of scandals recently.
Matt Gaetz criticizes Andrew Cuomo, Liz Cheney
“Speaking of people who should lose primaries, if Liz Cheney were on this stage today she’d get booed off of it. The leadership of our party is not found in Washington, D.C.,” Gaetz told the crowd.
McCarthy predicts GOP will take the majority in 2022
“It’s not a chance, we’re going to get the majority back. We’re five seats away,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Saturday during a panel at CPAC.
It’s clear the Republican Party is more united than ever and is ready to go forward to win back majorities no matter what. Based on these speeches, we should prepare for a whirlwind of fierce midterm elections.
