CPAC 2022 - Around and About, Feb. 24-27, 2022

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Prominent conservatives and colorful personalities traversed the central area and corridors around the media booths.

Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, did some interviews before the start of the conference.

45: Born To Ride.

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At CPAC, Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) promoted his "11-Point Plan to Rescue America."

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) does an interview.

In little more than a year in office, freshman U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA-14) has made many controversial statements and actions, including speaking earlier in the day at the America First Political Action Conference hosted by White nationalist Nick Fuentes.

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Former New Mexico State University law professor David Clements, who was at the center of "bitter feud" over Arizona post-election forensic audit, was busy distributing copies of "Election 2020, You Decide" board game on media row. Among the features of the game (electionfun.com): fake news cards ("Answer quick questions about disinformation in the news media"), corruption cards ("Watch video footage of direct candidate statements, flip-flops and factual data") and triggered cards ("Get triggered by the memes and schemes from the campaign trail"). In the media row area, Clements got involved in a heated discussion with Josh Barnett, who has argued that Clements is a "deep state grifter" who sabotaged forensic audits.

Hunter Deering is dressed for the occasion.

David Todd Duffy sports a remarkable pair of shoes.

Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.

Barry Goldwater Jr., son of the 1964 Republican nominee, served seven terms in Congress representing a district in Los Angeles County and ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 1982.

Julie Kelly, senior contributor at American Greatness and author of Disloyal Opposition: How the Never Trump Right Tried—And Failed—To Take Down the President (Encounter Books, July 2020).

Lady MAGA (Ryanna Woods), a drag queen, toted a bag that with the hand-painted slogan "Leftism is a DRAG!"

Mike Lindell, CEO of My Pillow, has been one of the most outspoken supporters of Trump's election fraud claims and is being sued for defamation by both Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic. Lindell launched a social media platform FrankSpeech in May 2021 and held a much publicized cyber-symposium on election fraud in Aug. 2021. At the Lindell TV booth nearby, Brannon Howse and Emerald Robinson had a busy schedule of interviews.

Marc Lotter, chief communications officer for America First Policy Institute. He was director of strategic communications for Trump's 2020 presidential campaign, and served as press secretary to Vice President Mike Pence in 2017 and press secretary to then-Gov. Pence on the 2016 campaign.