Stale jokes and empty seats as CPAC falters on its first day – By John Knefel (Media Matters) / Mar 3, 2023
The right-wing conference was short on ideas and light on attendance as it returned to the D.C. area
As reporters milled around the back of the Potomac Ballroom at National Harbor just outside Washington, D.C., waiting for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference to begin, there was one thing on everyone’s mind: The WiFi wasn’t working.
“They know it’s out. They’re working on it,” a CPAC volunteer told a journalist, and then another, and then another.
It was a fitting beginning to an event struggling to remain relevant amid a rapidly radicalizing, fracturing conservative movement. There were rows and rows of empty seats at the conference, which runs through Saturday, and few newsworthy or memorable moments throughout the first day.
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