{"id":7721606,"date":"2021-03-02T11:36:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T19:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com?p=7721606&#038;preview_id=7721606"},"modified":"2021-03-02T11:48:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T19:48:23","slug":"cartoons-trump-highlights-gop-unity-election-lies-at-cpac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2021\/03\/02\/cartoons-trump-highlights-gop-unity-election-lies-at-cpac\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartoons: Trump highlights GOP unity, election lies at CPAC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bayareane.ws\/3b7BdWK\"><em><strong>CLICK HERE if you&#8217;re viewing on a mobile device.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump calls for GOP unity, repeats lies about election loss<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump on Sunday called for Republican Party unity at the Conservative Political Action Conference, AP reported. The former President also peddled lies about his defeat in the 2020 election in a televised speech, repeating the unfounded claim that he lost only because of mass voter fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Judges, Republican state officials and Trump&#8217;s own administration have rejected his own claims, which Democrats have dubbed the \u201cbig lie,\u201d and countered with the fact that he lost by more than 7 million votes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7871203\"  class=\"wp-caption aligncenter size-article_inline\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CPAC-Clown-by-Bill-Day-FloridaPolitics.com_.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"768\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CPAC-Clown-by-Bill-Day-FloridaPolitics.com_.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CPAC-Clown-by-Bill-Day-FloridaPolitics.com_.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CPAC-Clown-by-Bill-Day-FloridaPolitics.com_.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CPAC-Clown-by-Bill-Day-FloridaPolitics.com_.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CPAC-Clown-by-Bill-Day-FloridaPolitics.com_.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CPAC-Clown-by-Bill-Day-FloridaPolitics.com_.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">CPAC Clown by Bill Day, FloridaPolitics.com&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7871349\"  class=\"wp-caption aligncenter size-article_inline\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Trump-goes-to-CPAC-by-Dave-Whamond-Canada-PoliticalCartoons.com_.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"768\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Trump-goes-to-CPAC-by-Dave-Whamond-Canada-PoliticalCartoons.com_.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Trump-goes-to-CPAC-by-Dave-Whamond-Canada-PoliticalCartoons.com_.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Trump-goes-to-CPAC-by-Dave-Whamond-Canada-PoliticalCartoons.com_.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Trump-goes-to-CPAC-by-Dave-Whamond-Canada-PoliticalCartoons.com_.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Trump-goes-to-CPAC-by-Dave-Whamond-Canada-PoliticalCartoons.com_.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Trump-goes-to-CPAC-by-Dave-Whamond-Canada-PoliticalCartoons.com_.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trump goes to CPAC by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2021\/02\/28\/trump-calls-for-gop-unity-repeats-lies-about-election-loss\/\">Trump calls for GOP unity, repeats lies about election loss<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript'><!--\/\/--><![CDATA[\/\/><!--\t\t\/*! 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CPAC was nearly canceled when Maryland&#8217;s pandemic-related restrictions on large gatherings forced the event organizers to relocate to Orlando.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat state decided to cancel us because they said this was unsafe,\u201d said Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, which puts on CPAC. \u201cAnd I said to myself, I\u2019ll be damned if I\u2019ll be the first ACU chairman in 50 years to not have CPAC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Florida\u2019s restrictions are looser than in some other states, there is a mask mandate inside the hotel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2021\/02\/26\/cpac-speakers-lament-covid-restrictions-loss-of-freedoms\/\">CPAC speakers lament COVID restrictions, loss of &#8216;freedoms&#8217;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript'><!--\/\/--><![CDATA[\/\/><!--\t\t\/*! 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