CPAC begins annual conference with call for unity amid GOP divisions

GRAPEVINE, Texas — The annual Conservative Political Action Conference began with repeated calls from leaders for the GOP to put aside internal fights and focus on uniting behind President Donald Trump‘s agenda ahead of the midterm elections.

Infighting over the Iran war, Israel, and antisemitism has divided the MAGA base during the second year of Trump’s administration.

Chairman Matt Schlapp and his wife, CPAC senior fellow Mercedes Schlapp, implored the crowd gathered at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas, not to allow Democrats to coast to victory this November due to conservative disagreements.

“We all have to remember that because the Left, the hard Left, the Marxists, the satanists, the communists, they love it when we’re all fighting, when we’re at each other’s throats, when we’re calling each other names,” Schlapp said during Thursday’s opening remarks.

Mercedes Schlapp pushed the crowd to support Trump’s agenda, which could be nullified if Democrats win