CPAC Sure Isn't What It Used to Be
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Fact Checking Claims on Vaccines, Election 2020, and January 6 From CPAC: Friday’s speakers made statements that have been repeatedly debunked. - The Dispatch
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Fact Checking Claims on Vaccines, Election 2020, and January 6 From CPAC: Friday’s speakers made statements that have been repeatedly debunked. - The Dispatch
“At the same time that the evidence of far-left intolerance is overwhelming, a few of us have been on a very lonely corner of conservatism, jumping up and down and yelling about the new right, ‘Censorship is coming! Censorship is coming!’ And we were correct.” - David French
“The Gateway Pundit … published an article with the following headline: ‘Wisconsin Assembly Votes to Advance Rep. Ramthun’s Resolution to Reclaim Wisconsin’s Electors For President and Vice President That Were Certified Under Fraudulent Purposes.’ This is a false statement.” - The Dispatch
“Some might dismiss the Christian symbols at the insurrection—not only signs but prayers ‘in Jesus’ name’ right next to a horn-wearing shaman….
“A year later, here’s a look back at how Americans saw the events of Jan. 6 and how some partisan divisions grew wider over time.” - Pew
“Trump Jr. spoke to a room full of young conservatives, calling Jesus’ command to “turn the other cheek” into question and implying that an overabundance of civility on the part of conservatives has kept them from winning the culture.” - C.Leaders
“While assuring her followers that she is a Christian and is opposed to radical Islam, Greene went on to praise NOI’s current leader, Louis Farrakhan, for calling vaccine mandates a ‘declaration of war,’ and urged all groups that support religious liberty, “across the aisle,” to come together to resist them.” - RNS
“The anti-abortion movement itself has enough resources in its organizations and PACs to create a bipartisan, multi-racial anti-abortion majority….
“A new survey finds a majority of Americans who hold to such a view also believe in a ‘replacement’ conspiracy theory holding that immigrants are invading the U.S. in an attempt to replace the country’s current culture.” - RNS
“Lead pastor of Sheridan Church in Tulsa, OK Jackson Lahmeyer told his congregation this past weekend that ‘It’s time to shout it in the halls of Congress that Jesus is King.’…Lahmeyer has said that he has signed thousands of vaccine exemption forms, a service he has offered for a one-time donation of any amount to his church.” - C.Leaders
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