Orlando, Florida – Former President Trump is giving his keynote speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Sunday – an end to the annual conference that sees Trump making his first major speech since leaving office.
Trump is expected to attack President Biden on issues ranging from immigration to Big Tech, while a source told Fox News that he will walk “to the line of announcing another campaign” in 2024.
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His speech was preceded by the straw vote of the CPAC, which asked participants about who they would see in the vote. Most participants chose Trump for a 2024 race, while voting for Florida governor Ron DeSantis, in a separate vote to see if Trump did not throw his hat in the ring.
Trump is not expected to announce a 2024 run in the speech and will instead focus on the immediate future of the Republican Party. He must freeze the idea of creating a new party, committing himself instead to the Republican Party and plotting a way for him to resume Congress in 2022.
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“We are not starting new parties, and we are not going to share our power and our strength. Instead, we will be united and strong like never before, ”says Trump, in an excerpt from the speech obtained by Fox News.
However, this unit is unlikely to extend to those who opposed him as president – and he should be targeted by name, including Congresswoman Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., Who voted for the president’s impeachment in January.
Trump’s speech was highly anticipated by the extremely pro-Trump crowd. MAGA hats are ubiquitous at the conference, a plethora of Trump merchandise can be purchased at kiosks, and there’s even a huge gold statue of Trump wearing shorts with the American flag and holding a star-shaped wand at the central CPAC.
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Other potential candidates for 2,024 were present and speaking at the conference – which is sponsored by Fox Nation – including Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Tom Cotton, R-Ark., Rick Scott, R-Fla., Governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former secretary of Mike Pompeo State.
Meanwhile, many of those who opposed Trump, including Cheney and Senator Mitt Romney, R-Utah, did not attend.
Fox News Tyler Olson, Mark Meredith and John Roberts contributed to this report.