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CPAC has become the very thing Trump hates

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Before the fun began officially began at the Conservative Political Action Conference, a handful of supporters began chanting “Free J6” after a trailer ran for a documentary. This documentary concerned the supposed persecution of inmates arrested for their actions at the January 6 riot at the US Capitol.

Most planners would see such a chant at a major gathering of conservatives to be a public relations headache. But instead, in their opening address, Matt Schlapp, the ringleader of CPAC, and his wife Mercedes Schlapp

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