#CPAC endorses President Donald Trump for President of the United States.The Conservative Political Action Committee endorsed President Donald Trump ahead of the Iowa Caucus.
“Joe Biden has turned calm into chaos, competence into incompetence, stability into anarchy, and security into catastrophe,” the political organization wrote in a statement posted to X on Jan. 12.
Joe Biden has turned calm into chaos, competence into incompetence, stability into anarchy, and security into catastrophe. pic.twitter.com/xoqFFle0sX
— CPAC (@CPAC) January 12, 2024
CPAC chairman Matt Schlapp said in a separate statement that “conservatives are the heart, soul, and backbone of the Republican coalition.”
“The extreme leftist marxists have infiltrated our colleges, universities, elementary schools, the military, in fact all of our sacred institutions,” he wrote on X. “As conditions at the border, the economy and culture dramatically worsen every day, one person has again clearly won the hearts and minds of conservatives for his tireless commitment to Make America Great Again.”
“Now is the time to unite and support the candidate who best can accomplish what is needed to put America back on track,” said Schlapp. “President Trump will win. He will be the 47th President and the best for America is yet to come.”
The former president is currently leading the field of Republican presidential hopefuls. A poll from Reuters/Ipsos found that 49% of self-identified Republicans plan to support Trump – 37% more than the second-highest polling candidate Nikki Haley. Florida Governor Ron Desantis took third place with 11%.
An I&I/TIPP poll released on Jan. 11 found Trump would narrowly lead President Joe Biden by 1% in head-to-head among all voters. Moreover, independent voters were more likely to support Trump (35%) than Biden (28%) in a face-off. Another 23% of independent voters would elect to support another candidate.
Trump and CPAC have not always had a positive relationship.
In 2016, the real estate mogul skipped the group’s conference to campaign in Kansas and Florida.
“Very disappointed [Trump] has decided at the last minute to drop out of #CPAC — his choice sends a clear message to conservatives,” the organization posted on then-Twitter.
Schlapp called the campaign’s decision a “mistake” and “a missed opportunity.”
“Mr. Trump would like to thank [American Conservative Union Chairman] Matt Schlapp and all of the executives at CPAC and looks forward to returning to next year, hopefully as President of the United States,” the Trump campaign said in a statement, per Politico.
Trump spoke at CPAC’s conference in March, where he called the 2024 presidential election the “final battle.”
"In 2016, I declared I am your voice. Today I add: I am your warrior. I am your justice, and for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution," the 45th president said during his speech, per ABC News. “This is the final battle, they know it. I know it, you know it, and everybody knows it, this is it. Either they win or we win. And if they win, we no longer have a country.”
Trump also discussed the ideological shift among Republican voters.
"People are tired of RINOs and globalists; they want to see America first. That's what they want. It's not too complicated," he said. "The Republican party was ruled by freaks, neocons, open border zealots and fools. We're never going back to the party of Paul Ryan, Karl Rove, and Jeb Bush."
