I know CPAC was last weekend, but I can’t help but be fascinated on a hint of what appears to be an attempt to rip the conservative movement apart. From LifeSiteNews:
A spirited discussion during a breakout session at CPAC today brought out into the open what many religious Americans have been saying the past several years, namely, that the conservative movement is compromising on social issues in order to win over gay and pro-LGBT voters.
Pro-life activist Abby Johnson lit the fuse Saturday with remarks she gave during a panel conversation on Christianity that also featured former Trump legal advisor Jenna Ellis. Johnson’s comments resulted in a twenty minute, sometimes combative, back and forth between herself, other panelists, and audience members.
“They haven’t had one keynote speaker stand up there and talk about the attack on traditional marriage,” Johnson thundered. “And they can’t. Because some of their sponsors are gay conservatives.”
Johnson, who has previously spoken on CPAC’s main stage, said she was referring to the influence of groups like Log Cabin Republicans and Atheists for Liberty, which had booths at the conference.
“Transgenderism is running rampant through CPAC and we’re not talking about traditional families, we’re not talking about traditional marriage …. because we have compromised to this false sense of diversity.” …
And here’s the giveaway, the tell of someone who’s desperate for power:
“We have a problem with the conservative movement … we don’t hear enough of [the word of God] from the main stage,” she said. “I think gun rights, election integrity is important … but we need to hear more about God from the largest conservative conference in the United States.”
Rather than support the organization’s bid to increase its influence, she’d rather take the next step in the accumulation of political power. Because this is all about political power, because that’s what CPAC is all about. Like many zealots, it doesn’t seem reasonable to her that her grab for power will be just like Jello squeezing, with much of it running away, but that’s what will happen. Especially those who think she’s committing blasphemy.
Which, by the way, this appears to be most perilous, trying to use her religious mania to accumulate power in the world. Not that there’s anything new in that, but I did have to laugh at this:
She also criticized a golden statue of President Trump that was wheeled into the conference. Attendees could be heard praising the statue as “awesome” as it made its way through the convention floor.
Good for her for spitting into the wind. Too bad she’s not self-aware enough to know she’s treading on equally God-forsaken – literally! – ground herself.
But all of this speaks to an ongoing fracturing of the conservative movement. I wonder how long it’ll take for the Mormons to get run out of the movement, despite being more authentic than the purifiers.
