Right-Wing Pundit Aptly Renames CPAC To Highlight Disgraced Chairman And Speakers

Conservative radio host Erick Erickson called out the head of the annual conservative conference and two of its upcoming speakers.

Conservative radio host Erick Erickson on Wednesday said the “C” in “CPAC” should stand for “clown,” noting that the annual Conservative Political Action Conference is led by a man with sexual misconduct allegations against him — and that isn’t the only problem.

“Two weeks ago, I mentioned the problems with CPAC,” Erickson wrote on X.

He continued, “The head of CPAC, Matt Schlapp, has been accused multiple times of inappropriate sexual behavior towards other men. Undeterred from running the Conservative Political Action Conference, Schlapp has invited Steve Bannon on stage.”

Schlapp is chairman of the American Conservative Union, which runs CPAC. He was accused in 2023 of sexual misconduct by GOP strategist Carlton Huffman, who claimed Schlapp “groped” and “fondled” his groin without consent, which Schlapp firmly denied.

Huffman eventually dropped his lawsuit, but Schlapp was previously accused of trying to kiss a male CPAC staffer without consent in 2017 and making unwanted sexual advances on another person during a 2022 business trip, The Washington Post reported in 2023.