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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One of the people protesting Orbán's presence here at CPAC is the legendary Rev. Peter Johnson, who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. in the civil rights movement and has carried on the legacy in Dallas.
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Someone with the Hilton Anatole is telling the protesters that banners are not allowed here. One of them tells him that they have permission from the owner of the hotel, offers to show the text messages.
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A separate set of activists just did a banner and leaflet drop inside the hotel here at CPAC Dallas.
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The anti-Orban protesters are now being escorted out of the Hilton Anatole where CPAC Dallas is being held.
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Erik Prince, former CEO of Blackwater, is mingling here at CPAC Dallas.
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Now at CPAC Dallas, a segment called "Back to the 1970s" that features Papa John. "The toll it took on me is scarring."
He's talking about business regulations and his family having businesses go bankrupt, not drugs or disco.
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Papa John is telling the crowd there are "five entities" that control processed food and pharmaceuticals, suggesting the former make you sick so you take the latter. He says they also control media and academia. Then brings up the Frankfurt Institute. This is subtle antisemitism.
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Freedom House has erroneously been included on a banner as a sponsor by CPAC. They're not happy about it.
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We don’t know how our logo ended up on this sign at CPAC 2022 in Dallas. We are not a sponsor of the event and did not authorize use of our logo.
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Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick is going full John Birch Society mode by claiming that God literally wrote the constitution.
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Here is Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick leading the attendees at CPAC Dallas in an impromptu Christian Nationalist prayer.
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We've also got Texas attorney general Ken Paxton here at CPAC Dallas.
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Jack Posobiec, a deeply fascistic media figure, is here speaking by the Patriot Mobile booth. Posobiec was recently profiled by the for his hateful work. He will be a mainstage speaker tomorrow.
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Posobiec is speaking with Leigh Wambsganss, who has played a major role in the PACs that have helped elect far right school board candidates across Texas.
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New Apostolic Reformation took over Texas. We must vote them out ASAP.
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Can we also talk about how sparsely attended this thing is...
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I'm really curious, what makes a prayer a "Christian Nationalist" prayer?
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