Howdy folks, it's that time of year again where I'll be covering CPAC in Dallas. I'm reporting for a couple different outlets and will be doing some live tweeting from this thread. Strap in for three full days of far right and fascistic shenanigans. Let's go!
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I'm starting off my day by attending a "Metaverse training session" hosted by Jay Aeba, the head of the political arm of a Japanese religious cult called Happy Science which is run man who claims to be the incarnation of multiple Gods, as discussed by .
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Jay gave a brief intro via translator about his vision for Metaverse to be used by conservatives across the world to circumvent censorship. It's been handed over to a data scientist who is now explaining the differences btw Web 2.0 / Web. 3.0. "Misinformation" noted as a problem.
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The Walk Away Campaign, whose leader Brandon Straka gave information to the FBI about several "Stop the Steal" activists, has set up a mock prison cell here on at the CPAC convention hall.
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The main event starting off with a concert by Natasha Owens. They messed up the transition into her song "America First" which revealed that the music is not being played live. She's wrong that the phrase "America First" was coined by Trump. It was used by the KKK decades ago.
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The CPAC Dallas concert performer Natasha Owens is wearing a "Patriot Mobile" branded dress. Patriot Mobile is a Christian phone company whose PAC spent over $400,000 to support far right candidates in school board elections across Texas.
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CPAC has produced their own Leni Riefenstahl style film. The trailer promotes an "enemy within" narrative that is reminiscent of the Red Scare.
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We are ten minutes into the "Texas: The Start of the Big Red Wave" segment at CPAC and just got on stage. Hungarian prime minister Victor Orbán, who had a former staffer compare a recent speech of his to Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels, is speaking next.
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Matt Schlapp, in conversation with Greg Abbott, suggests the program to send undocumented immigrants via buses to Washington D.C. should also bring back "freedom lovers" to Texas.
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The room was only about half full during Greg Abbott's speech here at CPAC in Dallas.
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Here's a better view of just how empty the room was for Texas Governor Greg Abbott's segment at CPAC Dallas, one of the biggest conservative conventions in his own state.
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Viktor Orbán, the fascistic Hungarian prime minister who is shorter than me according to Wikipedia, has begun his speech here in Dallas. One of his recent speeches which attacked "race mixing" caused a Jewish cabinet member to resign in disgust and compare it to Nazi propaganda.
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Orbán attacks the media for describing him as a racist and anti-Semite. He fails to mention such descriptions came from a former cabinet member of his. He claims accusations are "fake news" due to "zero tolerance policies" for racism & anti-Semitism in Hungary. The crowd roars.
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Orbán's use of the phrases "Christian Democracy" and "globalists" share a strong familial resemblance with ideas that were incubated in the United States by groups like the John Birch Society and are now a dominant strain in American conservative politics.
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The closed captioning system operator here at CPAC had a bit of a moment here.
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Orbán is now claiming that the worst things in history were orchestrated by people who hate Christianity. He then pivots to a stray comment about George Soros, calls him his opponent. I doubt this juxtaposition was incidental.
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Orbán compares Hungary to David, describes "globalists" as "woke Goliath."
This is some thinly veiled stuff.
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Orbán says that they don't recognize and therefore do not support with social programs same sex marriages in Hungary. The crowd goes wild.
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"Globalists go to hell, I have come to Texas," Orbán says to uproarious applause.
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I screwed up my tweet thread. It keeps going here.
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Outside in the lobby at CPAC Dallas, protesters are denouncing Orbán's presence at CPAC. One says she wouldn't be here if the war hadn't been won against the Nazis.
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